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Letter from B. Potter and J. Power to the Sheriff of Annapolis County regarding rice's fear that Paul Toney will harm him
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Date: 1832

Retrieval no.: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 41

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