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Minutes of H. M. Council, 1736-1749. |
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His Honor the President acquainted the Board that two french men from Mines had been to wait upon him at Noon in Relation to a Minute of Council abt their Civil Affairs upon which he had no sooner dismissed them than he observ'd that the Sergeant of the Guard took them into Custody and carried them to the Guard for which Reason he had called the Council to inform them thereof, as he designed to call the two Men tomorrow Morning to know for what crime they had been imprisoned & then adjd till tomorrow Morning at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon.
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Thursday, the 29th April, 1742 met according to adjmt and the same Members being Present.
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The two Men from Mines were Call'd in, Whose Names being John Terriot & his Brother Joseph, & being asked by the President whether they knew the Reason why they were confined to which John answered that being asked why in coming into the Garrison he went to the President before he had waited upon the Lieut. Govr of the Fort he told the Sergeant who ask'd him the Question, That he was informed at Mines that he was to wait upon the President first, & knows no other Reason than that for their Confinement.
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Then the President told them that as soon as he had seen them carried to the Main Guard, he had ordered the Council to meet to take proper Measures to hinder any further Violence being used towards them but upon hearing they were released from their confinement, he had adjourned the council to this time, in order to enquire of them the cause they might have been told for their being confined, which he was glad to hear was for no great crime committed on their side, & to assure them that as long as the Inhabitants of this Province shall behave themselves according as they were bound to by their Duty and Allegiance to His Majesty and should obey the lawfull Orders & Regulations established by this Board, & signified to them by the President of the Council who as such in the absence of the Govr. & Lieut. Gov. of the Province is the Commdr in Chief of this Province, they, should be maintained in their Propertys and Libertys which they were entitled to upon their Oaths of Allegiance to His Majesty and that they might acquaint the Inhabitants of their Parts with what the President had told them in Council.
Signed P. Mascarene
By His Honor the Presidents Command
Copy – Signed Wm. Shirreff Secty.
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Extracts of A Minute of Council
Nov. 30, 1742 |
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Then was read a letter from the Bishop of Quebec directed a Monsr Mascarene in recommendation of Monsr L' Abbé Miniac whom he had sent to assist Monsr La Goudalie as grand Vicar and also a letter from the said Monsr L' Abbé Miniac dated from Menis excusing himself on accot of the
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