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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
Letter from Crawley, Deputy Surveyor General, Cape Breton, to Rupert George regarding tresspasses on Mi'kmaq lands at Whycocomagh and requests for land from non-Mi'kmaq in that area. Includes note from the Lt. Gov. advising that Crawley is to be told that he approves of the arrangement proposed as far as it confirms the Mi'kmaq in possession of their land.
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Sydney. C.B. __
Surveyor General with
14 [illegible] &c
Novr. 5th. _ 1821
inform Capt. Crawley
that I approve very
much of the arrangement
he has made for
[?Securing] the Indians
in the [?possession] of their
Lands to the extent
he has [illegible]
[illegible]
Date: 1821
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 158