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Negative copy of an attestation by Lawrence Kavanaugh that Father Lawlor has attended the Mi'kmaq of the Bras d'Or Lakes and asks that the House of Assembly pay lawlor the amount granted for the instruction of the Mi'kmaq in Cape Breton.
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[We?] the undersigned do Certify that the Rev. W. Lawler R. C. Clergyman, has attended the Indians of the Bras D'or Lake County Cape Breton at their Several Stations to their entire satisfaction and from my personal knowledge I every reason to beleive he has given them general Satisfaction in the manner he has instructed them, and the attention he has paid their morals as well as religious duties. In consequence I beg leave to recommend him to the attention of the Government of his Province for the Sum granted by the House of Assembly " to instruct the Indians of Cape Breton" Laurence Kavanagh [ illegible] Augt [7?] 1828


Date: 1828

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 166

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