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To his Excellency Sir John Wentworth
The addressed

May it please your Ex'y [Excellency]

The many calamitous accidents which have taken place in the Shipwreck of Vessels and loss of Lives & valuable property on the Isle of Sable an appendage to this province have induced the House of Assembly to bestow much serious Consideration on devising means for providing a Remedy for such evils

On mature deliberation the House of Assembly are of opinion that the settlement of three Families of good Character on that Island under the immediate authority & direction of this Government might not only preserve many lives &