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Letter from Commissioners of Indian Affairs to William Nixon reporting that as a result of a letter by Joseph Marshall and one by Nixon, that the Commissioners will be granting relief to the aged and infirm male Mi'kmaq and Mi'kmaq women with small children. Nixon is instructed to take note of the names of the recipients of this relief.
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Halifax 8th Decem 1801
Sir
In consequence of a report made to us by Joseph Marshall Esq and your letter to His Excellency Sir John Wentworth Bar. stating the probable situation of the Indians in the Eastern part of the Province the ensuing winter: - We have put on board your [illegible] for the relief of such aged and infirm Indians or women with small children without husbands whose situation your know to require aid - the following [illegible]
10 Barrels Indian Meal conts 1500 ?
20 pair of 2 point Blankets -
and [illegible] to further authorise you to purchase and distribute when necessary from one hundred to one hundred & fifty bushels of Potatoes - These we expect you can provide readily for 15 d or at most 18 d / bushell.
You will be so good as take a particular account of the names of the Indians you relieve and the quantity of each article issued to each, what must be returned to us by the earliest conveyance in the spring - We are [illegible] yours &
Wm Nixon Esq
Guysboro
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 91
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