History of Halifax City

by Thomas B. Akins

Halifax, July 6th, 1812.

Sgd. RICHARD TREMAIN,
Capt. H. V. A.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note.

Inconsistent hyphenation, spelling, and capitalization have been left as in the original. Except for obvious errors (e.g. missing, extra, or transposed letters), incorrect and obsolete spellings have also been retained. Mathematical errors have not been corrected.

The following changes were made to the text:

• [p. 4]: indispensibly to indispensably (indispensably necessary to the support)
• [p. 8]: De Anvilles' to D'Anville's, to correspond with the same passage quoted later in the book (D'Anville's Fleet have only cut wood for present use)
• [p. 15]: Grande to Grand (quartered at Grand Pre)
• [p. 15]: Footnote marker with no note attached removed (after "hired at fair wages to assist in the work.")
• [Footnote 16] (originally on p. 15): Note. to Note.
• [p. 26]: embarassed to embarrassed (was continually embarrassed)
• [p. 44]: Surveyers to Surveyors (Surveyors of Pickled Fish)
• [p. 45]: Exellency to Excellency (his Excellency the Lieutenant Governor)
• [p. 51]: 6. to 6d. (for the Church £350 18s. 6d.)
• [p. 56]: subscripton to subscription (A subscription was set on foot)
• [Footnote 48] (originally on p. 86): extra "of" removed (the accommodation of the people)
• [p. 60]: parochials to parochialis (notitia parochialis)
• [p. 82]: $ to £ (The highest prize was £2000.)
• [p. 90]: extra "in" removed (prisoners, six in number)
• [p. 96] comformity to conformity (in conformity with the Act)
• [p. 97]: "Royal Gazette:" to "Royal Gazette":
• [p. 97]: Prince William Henry to "Prince William Henry" (The brig "Prince William Henry,")
• [Footnote 55] (originally on p. 98): Crdnance to Ordnance; Oonnors to Connors
• [Footnote 58] (originally on p. 106): Footnote marker was originally between dash and "Uncertain" instead of before "Note."
• [p. 107]: genera to general (as a general)
• [p. 109]: Hemmiongton to Hemmington (J. Hemmington, Grocer)
• [p. 117]: conmiseration to commiseration (commiseration of their countrymen)
• [p. 118]: pproaching to approaching (On his approaching near)
• [p. 118]: dist nguishes to distinguishes (so often distinguishes)
• [p. 119]: Halibur on to Haliburton
• [p. 124]: fvaourite to favourite (a favourite resort)
• [p. 128]: Beaujoile to Beaujolie (Count Beaujolie)
• [p. 132]: inh is to in his (in his 83rd year)
• [p. 139]: extra "the" removed (appeared in the Gazette)
• [p. 150]: extra "and" removed (and all the other decimal parts)
• [p. 153]: ballotted to billetted (billetted for service)
• [Footnotes 74-80] (originally on p. 165): "Note.--" removed; these notes were originally grouped together into one paragraph
• [p. 168]: suing to using (using these small boats)
• [p. 175]: extra "to" removed (to the Bishopric)
• [Footnote 84] (originally on p. 188): Parado to Parade (The Grand Parade)
• [p. 190]: Admirality to Admiralty (Admiralty Records)
• [p. 192]: eollege to college (erecting the college)
• [p. 193]: delapidaated to delapidated (old and delapidated)
• [p. 197]: neucleus to nucleus (nucleus for loungers)
• [p. 205]: aids-de-camp to aides-de-camp ( with his aides-de-camp)
• [p. 206]: asssembled to assembled (assembled under the portico)
• [p. 211]: woooden to wooden (old wooden fortifications)
• [p. 214]: Dorie to Doric (Doric pillars)
• [p. 216]: erecteed to erected (erected there a large stone warehouse)
• [p. 218]: stork to store (present stone store)
• [p. 222]: pretentions to pretensions (his pretensions to skill)
• [p. 225]: were to where (where he received his education)
• [p. 229]: a to as (as Judge of the Supreme Court)
• [p. 231]: Abbe to Abbey (Abbey of St. Matthew)
• [p. 234]: Storkkeeper to Storekeeper (Naval Storekeeper)
• [p. 234]: 1659 to 1759 (bears date August 16th, 1759)
• [p. 237]: Carles to Charles (Charles Mason)
• [p. 239]: seamen to seaman (private soldier or seaman)
• [p. 242]: off to of (Shipping of the settlers)
• [p. 245]: seige to siege (accurate account of the siege)
• [p. 246-261]: all repeated headings in tables removed (e.g. North Suburbs.--(Continued.))
• [p. 247]: Rodoph to Rodolph (John Christopher Rodolph)
• [p. 248]: La renz to Laurenz (Laurenz Busgler)
• [p. 248]: E izabeth to Elizabeth (Elizabeth Werner)
• [p. 248]: U rich to Ulrich (Ulrich Seeger)
• [p. 249]: Johanues to Johannes (Johannes Hoaif)
• [p. 268]: soonas to soon as (should deliver as soon as)