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Petition of Peter Charles, Mi'kmaq Chief in Yarmouth County, seeking relief for his family and the families of others as he has "always heard [the] Good House appropriated money for clothes, food, amenities etc. for poor Indians in this county yearly, but
Lists heads of Mi'kmaq families with number of children and remarks.
Date: 1866
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 73
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