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to order the inhabitants of his district to give their assistance in this affair “as has been Practiced in such Like Cases": each and all to obey.
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Annapolis, May 12, 1740.
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P. Mascarene
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| Notice of Declaration of War. |
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In French. Notifies the Indians and inhabitants of this province of Nova Scotia that the King of England has declared war with the King of Spain, and at present we have no war with any other nation.
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Annapolis, May 15, 1740.
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P. Mascarene
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Preamble refers to two Minutes of Council having been laid before the Governor. Petitioner has again complained that James Giroard has positively refused to pay her what was therein ordered, she having by the accidents of fire lost a former copy. Minutes hereby confirmed in Council and Giroard is ordered to comply with the said sentence as be will answer at his peril.
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Annapolis, May 27, 1740.
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P. Mascarene
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| Commission to Bourg as Notary. |
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Preamble rehearses the particulars of Philipps's appointment of A. Bourg as Procurator at Minas and of Armstrong's appointment of Mangeant in his place. All which being considered, and finding that, notwithstanding all care and precautions hitherto taken for the preservation of H. M. interest, the inhabitants, contrary to the tenor of the grants by which they hold their lands, daily impair and encroach thereupon, by passing deeds of sale and exchange of their land; it has been judged proper to re-establish Bourg as Notary "at The Grand
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