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Soon after the Fishing Admirals Arrival in Renews I presented a Petition setting forth the Trespasses &c. and prayed for Redress (got none) I then applied to Justice Carter of Ferryland who advised me to remain silent and lay the state before your Excellency in which I might rely upon your Excellency would do me Justice.

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This is an action brought to recover £2.6.6 Stg. being the balance due Pltffs. for the Rent of a Room in Renews whereon the Defd. has a Fishery

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She had left the rental of her plantation in Renews in his hands, but he had remitted no rents since 1786.

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A comparable incident was reported in Renews in 1853-54.

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Note 36: PANL, GN 2/1/A, vol. 2, 121-22, Decree of Surrogate Edward Le Cras, 3 September 1754, confirming decision at a court of fishing admirals in Renews, 2 October 1752.

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Note 68: The Goodridge fish business was first established in Renews ca. 1807 by Henry Goodridge of Devon, who most likely operated it from the West Country.

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One such woman was Johanna (Jackman) Johnson, who lived in Renews in the mid-nineteenth century. 132 Although some of her nursing experiences may have taken place just beyond the study period, they reflect a tradition rooted in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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Note 132: Johanna Jackman's ancestors had come to Renews from the Isle of Wight in 1637, but, like many other local English lines (including her in-laws, the Johnson family), had begun to intermarry with the Irish population in the early 1800s and continued to do so as the nineteenth century unfolded. back

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William Jackman Museum in Renews describes Johanna as "a local doctor of sorts" who is "credited with curing many ailments and saving the life of a man who had accidentally shot himself."

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William Jackman Museum in Renews, there is a depiction of the legend along one wall, painted by local artist Dana McCarthy; the mural shows a man and a woman hiding and smiling as two soldiers blunder off in the opposite direction.

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