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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
Letter from the Military Secretary's Office to Lt. Gov. Kempt advising that the commmissary has been instructed to release the presents for the Mi'kmaq in his charge as required.
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Mil[itary]. Secretary's Office
Halifax November 29.
1824
Sir/
I have it in [ illegible] from
His Excellency Sir Howard Douglas to
intimate to Your Honor that in
compliance with your request the
Deputy Commissioner General is
instructed to issue on Your Honors'
Order [such?] of the Indian Presents
in his charge as may be from time to
time required for the use of those
people~
I have the honor to be
Your Honors most obedient
Humble Servant
[G Couper?]
His Honor
the [President?]
of Nova Scotia
Date: 1824
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 161