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Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide

Petition of John Nowland for land

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[written vertically]
Petition
of
John Nowland
referred to
Mr. Morris _
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The Petitioner
to have the Land
[M?]
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Entd.
a Warr[en]t of Survey is
necessary [?be] [illegible - written above so insert here] I can lay out
the land
C Morris

John Nowland is married to a Mi'kmaq woman and they have a large, young family. Also includes Letter from Hurlihy [?] and Cunningham to Wentworth regarding a petition for Mi'kmaq relief.

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 34 1/2