Letter from J.S. Harris to Judge Wiswall. He has surveyed the Mi'kmaq lands and found a good place for a road. Gives a description of the individual lots near the road.
Date: 1827
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 5
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Letter from Sur Rupert George to Wiswall expressing support from the Governor for Wiswall's progress with the Mi'kmaq settlement. Mentions gifts being forwarded to the Mi'kmaq from the Governor through the Rev. Sigogne and Wiswall.
Date: 1827
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 6
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Letter from Abbe' Sigogne to Wiswall proposing a subscription to raise funds to construct a house of worship on the Mi'kmaq settlement.
Date: 1828
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 7
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Letter from Sir Rupert George to Wiswall regretting the absence of the mackeral from the supplies being sent to the Mi'kmaq. Inventory given.
Date: 1828
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 8
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Draft of letter to Rupert George by Wiswall informing him of having had the land divided into lots. Describes the progress of the Mi'kmaq settlement in detail, outlining the difficulties in making it self-supporting. No date.
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 9
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Letter from Mr. Roach to Wiswall. The House of Assembly writes 100 pounds towards the building of the chapel on the Mi'kmaq settlment. A bill is before the House to divide Annapolis County. Describes in general terms the expenditures of the House.
Date: 1830
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 15
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Letter from Mr. Roach to Wiswall stating that the Executive Council has given consent togranting 100 pounds for building the chapel.
Date: 1830
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 16
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Letter from Abbe' Sigogne to Wiswall concering finances for building the Mi'kmaq chapel at Bear River.
Date: 1835
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 22
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Statement of donations made to the Mi'kmaq chapel at Bear River, including 100 pounds voted by the Legislature. Sum total £144.0.91. No date.
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 23
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Names of the Mi'kmaq settled at Bear River, living in 1832.
Date: 1832
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 979 file 8 number 26
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Field Notes Book. (Continuation of Book III). Topics include: Mi'kmaq folklore, Moosemeall [Maillard] and Albert Johnson of Middle Point Cove.
Reference: Clara Dennis Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 2867 number 2a
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Tracing of a petroglyph of a single-masted ship
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 12 C6
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Tracing of a petroglyph of a two-masted vessel
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 12 C28
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"A Survey of ethnohistorical materials in Nova Scotia" by Dr. V. P. Millar. Prepared for the National Museum of Man, Ottawa, 1974. 57 pp.
Date: 1974
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 1
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Newspaper clipping of The Sunday Leader 22 Mar. 1925. Headline: "When the Micmacs buried the hatchet - The Treaty of Peace signed at Halifax in 1762 between the Chiefs and Jonathon Belcher - A wonderful document of great historical value."
Date: 1925
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 7
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