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Address from the Province of Nova-Scotia, presented to the King by the Earl of Dartmouth. [1775-09-01] Nesbitt, William; Legge, William, Earl of Dartmouth. [S4-V3-p0619] [Document Details][Complete Volume]
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Whitehall, September 1, 1775.
The House of Representatives of the Province of Nova-Scotia, in North-America, having unanimously agreed to a loyal and dutiful address, petition, and memorial, to the King' s most excellent Majesty, the Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, containing declarations of their obedience and submission to the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain, as the supreme legislature of that Province, and of all the British Dominions, and of their readiness, as an indispensable duty, to submit to the payment of such taxes, to be raised upon a permanent plan, and at the disposal of Parliament, as shall be their due proportion of the expenses of the Empire; and William Nesbitt, Esq., Speaker of the said House of Representatives, having transmitted a transcript of the said loyal and dutiful address, petition, and memorial, to the Earl of Dartmouth, one of His Majesty' s principal Secretaries of State, it was this day presented to His Majesty, and most graciously received.
Address from the Province of Nova-Scotia