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Edward Mortimer's account for blankets supplied to Mi'kmaq at Pictou.
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Edward Mortimer's
Acct. for Blankets
supplied to Indians at
Pictou_ Jany 7 1802.
£7..0..0
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No.10
Mentions names of Mi'kmaq recipients of the eight blankets.
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 108
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