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Harbour Grace Requisition to Dismiss Deputy Sherriff 1846

Just a score from the hundreds of "Happy Events" in the 19th Century, of HARBOR GRACE. They were all compiled by the late R. Connelly of Harbour Grace, and on file at the Harbour Grace War Memorial Library.

On May 13, 1846, the following Requisition was posted in different parts
of the town:

We, the undersigned, request a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants
of this District, to be held at the Commercial Room, to-morrow,
Thursday, the 14th instant, at 11 o'clock, a.m., to take into
consideration the propriety of petitioning His Excellency, the
Governor on the contemplated dismissal of the Deputy Sheriff,
Garland C. GADEN, Esq., from office.

(Signed)    			May 13, 1846

Charles DALTON, P.P.
John CUMMINS, c.c.
John CHAPMAN, Rector
George ELLIDGE, W.M.
John SMITH
J.L. PRENDERGAST, M.G.A.
John MUNN, J.P., M.G.A.
John HAYWARD, Barrister-at-law
Andrew DRYSDALE, N.P.
William DOW, Surgeon
Robert WALSH
Thomas POWER
P. DEVEREAUX
John GREEN
J.J. DEARIN
Thomas DUNFORD
John FENNELL
John BYRNE
James SULLIVAN
J.R. KNIGHT
Arthur THOMEY
Archibald MUNN
Edward PETERS
J.F. DANCEY
John RICHARDS
Mark PARSONS
J.P. JILLARD
Samuel BOREHAM
Daniel GREEN
William MEAGHER
Francis PARSONS
James HANRAHAN
Lawrence DEGAN
Edward KEEFE
Francis LYNCH
James LAMPEN
Thomas WOOLFREY
J.C. NUTTALL
Francis RONAN
Thomas KITCHEN
Thomas LYNCH
Edward FINN
Robert Lee WHITING
Samuel BENNETT
John FITZGERALD
Martin KELLY