Petition of Peter Bobie, Mi'kmaq Chief in Kings, Queens, Lunenburg, and Shelburne Counties to Lt. Gov. LeMarchant requesting relief in the four counties for destitute Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1854
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 78
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Unsigned memo on stationary of the Provincial Secretary's office regarding the condition of the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, apparently referring to earler recommendations regarding trespasses on Mi'kmaq land. 1858.
Date: 1858
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 98
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Letter from Rev. G. Townshend of Amherst to Chearnley regarding the bearers of the letters. They are representatives of the Mi'kmaq in Minudie and on Parrsboro road on the way to Halifax for the annual dole of blankets. Also request cloth for the same Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1859
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 102
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Petition by Francis Bouriceau requesting release of Gabriel Meuse from the Provincial Penitentiary. He is sentenced to one year for perjury. Pleading mitigation of 'extreme poverty.' Petition not approved.
Date: 1859
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 103
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Letter from Samuel Fairbanks, Indian Commissioner, to the Provincial Secretary regarding disbursement of funds granted by the House for Mi'kmaq relief.
Date: 1865
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 143
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Letter from Charles Glode of Liverpool Road, Annapolis, to Joseph Howe regarding an offer to sell to Howe a yoke and oxen for people at Bear River.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 111-112
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Letter of Daniel Dimock of Chester to Joseph Howe reporting the Mi'kmaq of Gold River.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 165-166
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Census of Pictou Mi'kmaq - December 1842.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 167-168
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Letter from Moses Perley, Indian Commissioner of Saint John, NB, to Howe regarding Howe's report and the state of the Mi'kmaq on PEI.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 174-175
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Letter from James Dawson of Pictou to Howe regarding the state of the Mi'kmaq on Merigomish Island. Includes Howe's response, agreeing to send seeds to Merigomish.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 194-196
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Letter from Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary's Office, to George Edward Jean regarding a report on the state of the Mi'kmaq in Richmond County.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14A
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Petition of George Edward Jean for remuneration for expenses suffered when undertaking to report on the state of the Mi'kmaq at Richmond County in 1841.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14
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Account of the Mi'kmaq living within the County of Richmond as taken on the 26th July 1841 at the Mi'kmaq Chapel in Bras d'Or Lake, the anniversary of St. Ann's Day.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14B
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Petition from the County of Pictou for assistance to the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1843
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 62
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Petition of Francis Paul, Chief of the Mi'kmaq, for financial aid.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 93
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