Submitted by Christine Gorman
From the Royal Gazette, Jan. 27, 1850
Note: It is not known for what reason this notice was posted, but it is an interesting document.
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to certify that we the undersigned, have known SARAH POWER since she came to the North River, and believe her to be a simple, harmless, and chaste woman.
Wm. Cummings
Wm. Howard
Michael Corcoran
John Cummings
D. Robertson
James Corcoran
Roderick McDonald
Maryan Robertson
Joseph M'Kenzie
Margt. M'Donald
Arnold Halloran
Mrs. M'Kenzie
Catherine M. M'Donald
Jane Halloran
Ann M'Donald
Timothy Connor
Mathias Halloran
Ann Corcoran
Thos. Power
Sarah Halloran
John Walsh
Thomas Harrington
Mary Ann Shannon
Joseph Moreshead
Timothy Leary
Maurice Peeter(?)
Miss Moreshead
Catherine Byrne
Daniel Munrow
Neil M'Kinnon
Moses Byrne
Thomas Halloran
John M'Kinnon
Catherine Keough
Thos. Walsh
Miss M'kinnon
Martin Dunn, Jr.
John Sullivan
Hugh M'Kinnon
Martin Dunn
Mrs. E. Walsh
Ann M'Kinnon
Patrick Dunn
Mrs. J. Walsh
Kitty M'Kinnon
Nicholas Moreshead
Thos. Walsh(?)
Malcolm M'Kinnon
Eliza Dunn
Maurice Halloran
Donald M'Kinnon
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These are to certify that we have known the bearer, SARAH POWER, for a period of more than Twenty years, and that she always bore the character of an honest, decent, harmless person.
Dated at St. Peter's Bay, 10th November, 1849.
Peter M'Callum,. J. P.
John Jardine, J. P.
John Wilson
John M'Kenzie
Edward Cooke
Samuel Wilson
Murdoch Murray
Thomas Weeks.