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[f. 97]

At a Council holden in the Council room in the Lieutenant governor's House in Sydney on Thursday the 20th day of September 1787

Present

His Honor the Lieutenant governor

                          } David Mathews  }
                          } William Smith     }
The Honorable } Thomas Uncle     } Esquires
                          } Samuel Sparrow  }

....

[f. 100]

.. a petition from the Reverend Mr. Cossit, praying leave to go to the State of New Hampshire in order to having his family to this Island, and it appearing that if Mr. Cossit should obtain such leave at this particular season of the year he will not be able to return to his Duty on this Island before the month of June or July ...

[f. 101]

the Honorable Mr. Mathews, Mr. Smith and Mr. Sparrow gave it as their opinion to His Honor that they could not advise such leave being granted  ...

Manuscript Group 11, Colonial Office 220, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Sessional Papers, Minutes of Executive Council, 1787 (M.G. 11, C.O. 220, C.B. "B", Vol. 3  ff. 97-101

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