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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide

Record of relief distributed to Mi'kmaq of Queens County. Also includes acknowledgement of receipt of payment from Eastern Stage coach for carriage of blankets and great coats.
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24
Queens County
An Account of the distribution of Twenty pair of Blankets, sent by Her Excellency Sir [Colin?] Campbell for the poorer Indians in this County.

Names of the Indians Number in Family Blankets delivered
1. [Malti] Gloud 10 in Family 5 Blankets
2. Abraham Gloud 5 do. 3 "
3. Alexr. Davis 3 do. 3 "
4. Mallory Jeremy (Widow. 3 do. 3 "
5. John Meuse 11 do. 4 "
6. Francis Labradore 4 do. 3 "
7. Joseph Gloud 4 do. 3 "
8. John Meuse Junr 5 do. 3 "
9. Stephen Aukhart 3 do. 2 "
10. Abraham Peter 2 Wife Child 1 "
11. Francis Gloud 5 " 2 "
12. Paul Martin 3 " 2 "
13. [illegible]. Gloud Junr 3 " 2 "
14. Peter [?Bobbey] 3 " 2 "
15. James Foley 4 " 2 "
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15 men - 68 - Total 40. Blankets
{women & children}

Liverpool 29th January 1836
[illegible]


Mentions names of heads of Mi'kmaq families and size of families.

Date: 1836

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 24

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