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I have written to Mr Hamer to distribute 20 bushels
of seed potatoes among those who have land cleared
and fit to receive them
Yours Truly
Joe Howe
Dr Geddes, Barrington.
Halifax, May 8, 1843.
My Dear Hamer
There are two or three Indians who have clearings on the Sabin Lake - will you distribute among such of them as you are certain will plant and not eat them 20 Bushels of Potatoes for seed, and I will pay the Bill, when I know the amount
Yours Truly
Joe Howe
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 173
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