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Letter from Chearnely regarding a visit to Mi'kmaq women who were requesting government assistance to properly bury the late Chief Francis Paul who died 18 May 1861 in Dartmouth. They wish his remains to be shipped by rail to Shubenacadie free of charge.
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The Bearers Indian women have called upon me in the hopes of receiving some aid from the Govt. to enable them to inter the remains of the late Chief of the Tribe Frances Paul. who died on the18th inst. [?at]
Date: 1861
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 128