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Answer to the foregoing.
5th Dec. 1842.

My dear Sir
I was in hopes to have been able to have got East this summer, but it was with a good deal of difficulty that I made out to get round the Western Counties. Early in the Spring I hope to visit the Indians in your County, - in the meantime I have directed Mignowits to send you a few Blankets and Coats, to be given to the aged and infirm, or poor families only. I wish you would let me know whether there are any Crown Lands in situations that would be suitable for them, because if there are then would be no difficulty in getting a grant or reserve of 500 or 1000 acres.

Jos. Howe.

From Mr Dawson
Pictou 8th Dec. 1842

Hon Joseph Howe.
I duly received yours of 5th inst. and a few hours after, the blankets etc. arrived, which