Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Account of disbursements of supplies, April 1, 1801.
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Mentions names of many non-Mi'kmaq people who received supplies, apparently for Mi'kmaq relief. Does not mention any Mi'kmaq by name but account probably corresponds to letters / receipts in RG 1 vol. 430.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 100
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