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Reports that there is no eligible candidate for the position of rector of Smiths...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/194/15

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CO 37/194/15
Date
1866 Feb 5
Description

Reports that there is no eligible candidate for the position of rector of Smiths and Hamilton Parish. Requests that a clergyman be appointed from England. Encloses a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury from Church Warden John C Davis and the Vestrymen of Hamilton Parish - James L Pearman, Richard H Davis, and P B Outerbridge; a letter to the bishop of Newfoundland from J W Mercer, J P Ceorn (?) and the members of Parliament; a copy of the resolution of the parishioners of Hamiton made at a meeting held on 17 January; and copies of petitions from the parishioners of Hamilton to the governor and the bishop of Newfoundland. Each petition has more than 140 signatories including Elmira A Burrows, Ann Hill, Thomas Furbert, James Burgess, John M Fubler, Emily Fox, Eliza J Hollis, Samuel F Trott, Prince Hodgden, and Charlotte Pearman.

Harry St. George Ord, Governor of Bermuda, No. 13, Folios 58-92

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
2064/1866
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Open Document, Open Description
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