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The Governor asked the Opinion of the Council in respect of Persons claiming the right of Inhabitants of this Province in Order to obtain Certificates for their safety as proprietors of fishing Vessells as it is requir'd by an Act to "restrain the Trade & Commerce of the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay & New Hampshire & Colonies of Connecticut &ca:ー
And it having been consider'd...
Date: 6 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
At a Council holden at Halifax on the 15th of August 1775
Present
His Excellency the Governor The Honorable Jonathan Belcher
Charles Morris, Richard Bulkeley, Henry Newton, Arthur Goold, John Butler, James Burrows, Counsellors
The Governor laid before the Council letters received last night from Windsor from the Lieut. Governor2 [and] Mr. [Isaac] Deschamps assistant Judge of the...
Date: 15 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
At a Council holden at Halifax on the 16th of August 1775
Present
His Excellency The Governor The Honorable Jonathan Belcher
Charles Morris, Richard Bulkeley, Henry Newton, Arthur Goold, John Butler, James Burrows, Counsellors
Captain [Edward] Meadows Commandr of His Majestys Ship the Tartar, Captain [William] Duddingston Master & Commander of His Majestys ship Senegal.
Captain Duddingston...
Date: 16 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Present
His Excellency The Governor The Honorable Jonathan Belcher, Richard Bulkeley, Henry Newton, John Butler, James Burrow, Counsellors
The Governor laid before The Council a letter from Mr [Joseph] Winniett & Mr [Thomas] Williams Magistrates at Annapolis [Royal] giving account of a Sloop belonging to the Pirates of Machias, having landed a number of Men at St John's River where they burnt...
Date: 4 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Christopher Basset Master of the Schooner Polly lately Arrived from Canso, having been desired to Attend the Council declared ー That being at Canso on Monday the 20th Instant with a Cargo of dried Fish for Mr Cochran of this Town, and Mr Binney the Deputy Collector of the Customs who was returning to Halifax in said Schooner, he was Boarded by two Large Schooners, and examined as to His Cargo and...
Date: 30 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2