Nova Scotia Archives
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Petition of Isaac Bigelow and James Horton, Overseers of the Poor at Pugwash, for relief afforded Alexander Thomma/Thomas, whose wife was sick.
The Mi'kmaq family name is written "Thomma" and "Thomas" in the same letter.
Date: 1858
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 50
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