NL GenWebHistorical InformationConception Bay NorthHarbour Grace Court House Petition 1791The principal merchants of Conception Bay addressed a petition to Chief Justice John REEVES at St. John's for the establishment of a permanent Court at Harbor Grace. He had been sent from England to promote improvements in court proceedings. The petition was signed by the following: |
| James CLEMENT | George C. CAWLEY |
| James PRENDERGAST | I. ANDREWS |
| James CAWLEY | Jonathan PARSONS |
| Robert PARSONS | Michael DALEY |
| John SNOW | James MacBRAIRE |
| Henry ANDREWS | George DAVIS |
| Isaac BRADBURY | Henry THOMAS |
| William COLE | William MARTIN |
| William BADCOCK | Richard VALENTINE |
| William COUGLAN | Thomas DANSON |
| Charles PARSONS | William DANSON |
| Timothy HEARN | Edward PIKE |
| William DROVER | LINTHORNE & WARN' |
| Robert SMITH | William HENDERSON |
| Thomas BAKER | J. STRETTON |
| John COX | John HEFFERMAN |
| William PINSENT | Thomas LEWIS |
| Joseph FURNEAUX | John LEVISCONT |
| William HILL | Helier FLOCQUARD |
| Barth CORBAN | Darby HARTERY |
| Philip BEENLEN | Richard NITT |
| Richard CORNISH | |
| John G. DUNBAR (For Jones, Romb, Joy & Co.) | |
| William MULLOWNEY (For John Webb, Jr. & Co.) | The petition was granted, but it took some 15 years before the first Court House was erected at Harbor Grace. |
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