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Letter from James Flemming to George requesting relief for approximately 100 Mi'kmaq who fled from Dartmouth, Shubenacadie Grand Lake to Londonderry to escape sickness in Halifax. The Mi'kmaq are left destitute.
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Londonderry
13
My Dear [?Sir]
I take the liberty of addressing you in [behalf]
of the Indians to the amount of about 100
of them who from sickness then [illegible]
at Halifax, - fled from Dartmouth
and Shubenacadie Lake to this place, last
summer, Such work as thay [they] [?are conformed]
to and usually do. the neighbourhoods
are soon supplyed [supplied] with, and although
kindly [illegible], they [?at persuit] with
their children are very destitute not
only of provisions - but of Cloathing.

Such articles as [?unservicable]
Blankets Great Coats &c. would be a very
great boon to them, A few (say) 6 or 12 --
[unservicable] fire [?locks] such as they might
get repaired would be very [?exceptable]
Wm. Rupert D. George


Date: 1835

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 13

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