Copy of petition from 11 Mi'kmaq families to Sir J. Wentworth requesting the allocation of 200 acres per family plus tools and provisions, etc., in order that they may improve their condition of life since Eurpoean immigration. A note states that 100 acres was approved for each family by Wentworth, 1807.
Date: 1807
Retrieval no.: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 26