[Dispatch instructs recipient to arrange for a survey of St. John's Island in order to ascertain 'the nature of the soil the rivers and harbours' and to 'protect all temporary establishments for carrying on the Fishery']

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Title
[Dispatch instructs recipient to arrange for a survey of St. John's Island in order to ascertain 'the nature of the soil the rivers and harbours' and to 'protect all temporary establishments for carrying on the Fishery']
Contributors
Author: Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations
Addressee: Wilmot, Montagu
Date Created
1763-11-22
Note
Author: (Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations)
Recipient: WILMOT Montagu (Governor of Nova Scotia)
Type
Text
Local Identifier
DOC-0195
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Document Type
LETTER/MEMO (CORRESPONDENCE)
Item Location
Library and Archives Canada, MG11, Series CO217, Vol. 72, pp. 104-109, Reel C-9129
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