Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources

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to an absolute deed the land to revert to me
provided the Indians shall [absent] themselves
from their residence upon it for two years. Before
I close I beg to be permitted to observe the
astonishment I have felt at the Revd. Mr Trotters
assumption of [Power] in undertaking to give
a licence or authority to occupy Lands conveyed
to me by a Royal Grant; a power which his
Majesty's Representative in the Province; [nay]
which His Majesty himself could not legally
exercise and which I presume, was never before
attempted. If such is to be the [tenure] by
which granted lands are to be held in the County
of Sydney I care very little how soon I cease
to be a landholder there. To Your Honor as
the Representative of His Majesty in this
Province the Inhabitants naturally [look] as
the Protector and Guardian of our rights and
feel the most perfect security that the high
powers that you possess will be constitutionally
exercised. The Public Good requires (I presume
it will be [illegible] admitted) that the test of the law
should be applied to ascertain the [prerogative]
of the executive Council or [little] sovereignty
at Sydney - I wish to make mention with