At a Council holden at Halifax on the 9th October 1776
| Present |
| The Honorable the Lieutenant Governor |
| The Honorable |
Charles Morris |
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Richard Bulkeley |
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Henry Newton |
Counsellors |
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Arthur Goold |
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John Butler |
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The Lieutenant Governor having Applied to Major General [Eyre] Massey for a party of the Troops, to defend the Coasts from the Insults and depredations of the Rebels. ー And the General having Agreed to give Eighty Men for that purpose. ー It was Resolved that thirty Men be sent to Liverpool and fifty to Yarmouth.ー
