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Statement of distribution of various articles among Mi'kmaq people for relief by order of James Kempt.
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Distribution of sundry articles for the use of the Indians by order of His Excellency Sir James Kempt

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Date | To whom delivered | Yds Cloth | Pairs Blankets | Flannel shirts | Yds Swanskins | [Hdkps?] | lbs Thread | Bbls Meal | Gallons Molasses | lbs Tobacco | Axes | [paper torn - ?Fl]annel Gowns | Bushels Corn | Hoes | Grindstones | Bbls Rye flour | Bushels Potatoes | Bushels Wheat | Shawls | Homespuns | Fearna't coating yds | bags shot | lbs gunpowder | bls beans | picks | Medicines

1827 29 May To Indians by Father Carroll | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 20 |
May & June To Do by Jno Heckman, Esq Lunenburg } | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |[illegible]| - | - | 4 | - | - | 37 | 2 | -
19 Septr_ To Do by C.E. Dickson Esqr Amherst } | 6 ¾ | 3 | -
Octr_ To Do by T.C. Haliburton Esqr Annapolis } | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | -
Novr Wm Campbell Esqr Cornwallis} | - | 5 | -
Father Vincent, Pomquet | 10 | 10 | 6 | - | 6 | ½lb | 2 | -
Judge Marshall, Sydney | 16 ½ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | -
7 Decr Father Vincent | Sundries
Decr Monsieur Segoine Sissaboo } | 10 | 5 | 6 | - | 6 | ½ | -
Laurence Kavanagh St Peters } | 17 ½ | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 |

1828 January Robt Bingay Esqr Shelburne} | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | - | 1 | -
February Robt Dickson, Esqr. Onslow } | - | 20 | -
May Judge Wiswall, Digby | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | - | 40 | 12 | 1 | -
Novr Do. Do. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | -
CE [?Leonard], Cape Breton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 40 | - | _ | 10 | -
Decr Peter Joseph & other Indians, Cumberland } | 2 ½ | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | -
Indians in the neighbourhood of Halifax, at different times } | - | 18 | ~ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 ½ | 12 | 1 | 25 | -
Geo Smith, Pictou | - | 18 | ~ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | -
1829 Wm Campbell Esqr | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | -
Jno Heckman Esqr Lunenburg } | - | 8 | -
Father Geary, Chezzetcook | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | -

Total | 73 ¼ | 131 | 53 | 30 | 42 | 3 | 14 | 84 | 15 | 56 | 25 | 40 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 6 | 2 ½ | 12 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 5 | Sundries

[faintly written bottom left corner]
In Store
33 Flannel Gowns
9 Flannel Shirts. _


Mentions many names and places of distributors of supplies and amounts of specific articles given. Does not mention Mi'kmaq names.

Date: 1827

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 162 1/2

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