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"To our right trusty and well-beloved Councillor Charles Poulett Thomson, our Captain
General and Governor in Chief in and over our Province of Nova Scotia, or in his absence
to our Lieut. CJovcrnor. or the officer adniinisterin;; the affairs of nur said Province for the
time being." "Victori.\ Reg."
"Right trusty and well-beloved councillor, we greet you well. We. being well satisfied of
the loyalty, integrity, and ability of our trusty and well beloved John Morton, Esquire, have
thought hereby to signify our will and pleasure : that forthwith upon the receipt of these
l^resents you swear and admit him, the said John Morton, to be of our Legislative Council of
our Province of Nova Scotia, and for so doing this shall be your warrant. Given at our
Court at Buckingham Palace, this :3d day of May, 1S40, in the third year of our reign.
"]!y her Majesty's command.
"John Morton. Esquire, to he of the Legislative Council. Nova Scotia."
(Signed) "J. RfsSELi.."
In 1846, he was commissioned by Lord Falkland, then Lieutenant-Governor
at Halifax, as Keeper of the Rolls, for his nalive township. He was
an influential owner and director of the Western Stage Coach, the Cornwallis
Bridge, and the Electric Telegraph Companies. In all these varied services
of public office he was characterized as most genial, manly, and faitiiful. He
enjoyed the public confidence, and was popular and well supported by the
good opinions and votes of those among whom he was called to exercise
authority. His rule was not to dispute with political opponents, and the oppo-
nent of to-day became his warm supporter 1 the _ to-morrow.
As a member of legislative bodies, his discussions of public topics were
able and persu.oivc. While in attendance on Legislative Session in Halifa.v,
he suffered from inflammation of the lungs, and died March 3, 1S58, at the
residence of his son.
Monumental Tablets in tiie Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church,
Cornwallis, tell the place of Hon. John and .Mrs. Anne Morton's sepulture.
"1)E .MoKrris NIL MSI homm."
jHrmorantia.
/i^,';/. /,//« J/,';Aw gave n.ame to that ]>.irt of Cornwallis in which he lived, lie called
it "The Ippcr Dyke Village." in allusion to the first dyke erected by the French. The
name still remains to designate the gathered dwellings visible in all directions from the site
of the original homestead of )Ie/ekiah Cog.swell [ 193 ], the grandfather of Mrs. Morion.
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