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To His Excellency the Right Honorable
The Earl of Mulgrave,
Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over Her Majesty's Province of Nova-Scotia and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.

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The Petition of John Arthur Phillips and John Darlington of London
Mining Engineers + Metallurgists

Humbly Sheweth

That they are British Subjects and are desirous of obtaining a License to search for Minerals upon land situate in the County of Halifax contained within the following description:

commencing from low water mark at Sable Island

which said land does not exceed in extent three square mile.

And as in duty bound will ever pray.

[signatures]
John Arthur Phillips
by his Attorney John Darlington
John Darlington

Date
November 27, 1862