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Receipt from John and J. Tremain for payment received from Commissioners for Indian Affairs for blankets for Mi'kmaq relief at Sheet Harbour.
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Committee for Indians
[?Bout.] of Jon & J. Tremain
1802
[?Ja]nuary 4. 6 pairs blankets 2 ½ [?pr] ..14/. £4..4..0
sent to Sheet Harbour [?afc] [Balcam?]
Feby 24th_ Received payment from M. Wallace.
Jon & John Tremain
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 102
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