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Letter from Newton [?] to James acknowledging the receipt of 20 pairs of blankets to be distributed among the most destitute Mi'kmaq of Liverpool.
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Liverpool 17th Decr. 1835.
Dear Sir/
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 9th [last] with [Twenty pair - underlined] of Blankets by the Sch[oone]r [illegible] Cap[tai]n McLannon by directions from His Excellency the Lt Governor. We distributed among the Poorer Indians of this County, and I shall have great pleasure in executing His Excellencys benevolent intentions.
Believe me
Dear Sir
Your very [obt] Servant
[?Joshua] Newton
Tho[ma]s. W. James Esqr
D. Provincial Secretary _
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Date: 1835
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 21