Petition of Donald McArthur of Back Harbour, Pictou County, asking for compensation for damages to his land upon which Mi'kmaq reside.
Date: 1862
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 49 number 121
Petition from the inhabitants of Clements and Annapolis requesting measures be taken to prevent the firing of guns by the Mi'kmaq and the killing of porpoises at the Annapolis Gut during the herring fishing season.
Date: 1822
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 51 number 20-22
Petition from St. Marys River, Guysborough County, for a law prohibiting the spearing of salmon in the river.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 53 number 14
Petition of Daniel Mills and Henry B. Parker of Cornwallis, Kings County, concerning the Mi'kmaq settling on their land.
Date: 1859
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 number 5
Petition of the Middle River Agricultural Society, Victoria County, concerning a survey of the Mi'kmaq reserve which shows certain lands occupied by white men to actually belong to the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1859
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 number 6
Petition from Annapolis County concerning the Mi'kmaq shooting porpoises too close to the shore and allegedly hurting the herring fishery.
Date: 1861
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 No.28-29
Single page mentioning that an "industrial establishment" has been opened for the Mi'kmaq at Hantsport.
Date: 1855
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 76 No.208
Petition of Walter Bromley on behalf of the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia for aid to allow the Mi'kmaq to settle and improve farms.
Date: 1819
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 80 number 23
Petition of Edward Carritt of Guysborough for remuneration for medical assistance to a poor Mi'kmaq woman.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 25
Petition of William Slocomb for expense of medical attendance on a sick Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 51
Petition of Edward. S. Brown of Horton for expenses for attending a sick Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 53
Petition of Ebenezer Annan of Liverpool for the expenses of attending to sick Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 57
Petition of Charles Tupper of Amherst for payment for medical relief for sick Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 59
Petition of Benjamin Gardiner Page of Amherst for compensation for attending to a "transient pauper" and a sick Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1845
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 82 number 61
Petition of the Overseers of the Poor of Horton for reimbursement in aiding a sick Mi'kmaq man named Paul Paul. Supporting documents attached.
Date: 1846
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 83 number 26
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