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in need of or by placing the Same
in the hands of responsible persons
in the said Counties. As regards
Queens County your Petitioner would
be glad if the money was placed in
the hands of the members. That the
Indians in the last named county
are, some of them, in immediate need
of flour meal and blankets. If it
were not for the Kindness and Charity
of the white men in their neighbourhood
they would be in a Starving Condition.

If the money should be expended
in Halifax, you Petitioner is desirous
that the articles purchased should
be put on board the [Liverpool?] Packet
which has just left for Halifax.

Your Petitioner humbly prays
that your Excellency will
cause such measures to be
adopted in relation to the
subject as your Excellency
shall deem just and proper
And your Petitioner as in duty bound
will ever pray
Peter X Bobie.

Witness
Charles. Morse