Copy of PAC letter from Charles Morris to D. Grandle regarding seven Mi'kmaq families in Mahone Bay who want some land in Gold River and that the Lt. Governor has given his consent to grant them 30 acres per family.
Date: 1818
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 20
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Bibliography of Killam Library material related to Aboriginal people.
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 21
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Copy of letter from Joseph Howe to Peter Crenan requesting information, on behalf of Peter Wilmot, on the status of a land grant.
Date: 1843
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 22
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Copy of letter from John D. Pinkham to P. Morris requesting permission to buy land owned by Mi'kmaq "Joseph Elvin" located on "Long Island, Ohio." Pinkham and his family would like to move there from Barrington. The letter suggests that Long Island is In the vicinity of Shelburne.
Date: 1835
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 23
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Copy of a letter from W. J. Morris to J. S. Morris, Commissioner of Crown Lands, reporting on his investigation into a dispute over land at Indian Point claimed by several people.
Date: 1836
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 24
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Copy of petition from 18 Mi'kmaq families of Pomquet to Lieutenant General Sir James Kempt requesting the return of land on which they have resided for a number of years. In return, the Petitioners will give up all claims on a reserve. (Note on book states 1822.)
Date: 1822
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 25
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Copy of petition from 11 Mi'kmaq families to Sir J. Wentworth requesting the allocation of 200 acres per family plus tools and provisions, etc., in order that they may improve their condition of life since Eurpoean immigration. A note states that 100 acres was approved for each family by Wentworth, 1807.
Date: 1807
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 26
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This is a typewritten compliation of correspondence, 1838-1841, regarding the purchase of Lennox Island, Prince Edward Island, for the sole use of the Mi'kmaq. It inslude a petition to the Queen from the Chief of the Mi'kmaq requesting a grant og land which would enable them to settle in one spot and, therefore, be in a position to regain their previous health and social fabric which has been disrupted by the French and English inhabitants. Several letters follow, as well as excerpts from the Journal of Assembly, which attempt to determine whether Lennox Island is for sale by its owner and what a fair price for the Island would be. Ultimately, the House of Assembly declines to purchase the Island for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1838
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 27
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Circular from John C. Haliburton, Legislative Council Chambers, requesting a report on the number of Mi'kmaq living in Nova Scotia, identifying number of children, their health, etc.
Date: 1841
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 28
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Circular from the Provincial Secretary's Office to the Clerk of the Peace, queens County, requesting every effort to obtain information which will result in an amelioration of the condition of the Mi'kmaq pursuant with a resolution of the Legislative Council.
Date: 1841
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 29
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Report of a Committee on Bronley Petition, 4 Apr. 1819, which finds that two settlements of Mi'maq have been made, one at Shubenacadie and one at Gold River (near Chester) and that considerable improvements have been made at the latter, that a sum of money still remains from the vote of 1817, and that a small grant is recommended for aiding the petitioners who wish to improve the "lot" of the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1819
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 30
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Certificate by David W. Crandell, Magistrate, stating his findings after examining the improvements made at the Mi'kmaq settlement at Gold River.
Date: 1818
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 31
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Various Reports on Indian Affairs and supporting documents. Item appears to have been removed from the appendices of one or more bound editions of the Journal of the House of Assembly.
Date: 1843
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 32
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"To make a pot." A small leaflet from the Nova Scotia Museum telling how to make a Mi'kmaq clay pot.
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 33
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Newspaper clipping from The 4th Estate. Headline: "Indians exploiting other Indians, says Maurice Lewis. - Government, Band Councils fail to tackle housing crisis"
Date: 1971
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 34
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