The Talbot Papers: Edited, with Preface, Introduction and Some Annotations

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James Henry Coyne
Author, 1908 - Port Talbot (Ont.) - 196 pages

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Page 103 - I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all treasons, and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which I shall know to be against him, or any of them ; and all this I do swear without any equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation...
Page 103 - I do renounce refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to any of them. And I do swear That I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person crown or dignity.
Page 119 - Captain and you are also to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from...
Page 103 - Majesty, his heirs, and successors, all treasons, and traitorous conspiracies and attempts, which I shall know to be against him, or any of them ; and all this I do swear without any equivocation, mental evasion or secret reservation, and renouncing all pardons and dispensations from any power or person whomsoever to the contrary. So help me God.
Page 105 - ... disabled, so as to be, rendered incapable of earning his livelihood, shall be allowed an annuity of nine pounds lawful money of this Province, during the time he shall continue under such incapacity. XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of an Act passed in the...
Page 101 - So help you God." And as soon as the said oath shall have been administered to the respective members, the president of the court shall administer to the...
Page 99 - An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America," and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province...
Page 103 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear. That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King GEORGE the Third...
Page 41 - ... he himself assumed the blanket-coat and axe, slept upon the bare earth, cooked three meals a day for twenty woodsmen, cleaned his own boots, washed his own linen, milked his cows, churned the butter, and made and baked the bread.
Page 100 - Government, as often as occasion shall require, to order any and every of the said Companies, to march to any part of this Province, upon any such duty as he shall think necessary. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Captain, or other Officer commanding any Company of Militia, if he shall think necessary, to divide his Company into squads of such number as to him shall seem proper, and the convenience of the men...

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