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Receipt from J. Crane for payment received from Michael Wallace for supplies distributed to the Mi'kmaq of Kings County, 1801-1802.
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Jonathan Crane's
Accot. of Sundry Supplys
to Indians-
£ 7.13.3
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paid 13th April 1802
No.13
Mentions names of Mi'kmaq recipients of supplies and amounts given.
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 110
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