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Account of Edmund Ward for blankets for Mi'kmaq. Payment received from Wallace and Commission for Indians.
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Halifax Nova Scotia
The Commissioners for Indians,
o Edmund Ward...[?Dr.]
1802.
March 11th To 1 Blanket 7/....20th 5 Blankets @ 7/- 35/....£2.2-
" 23rd " "2....do....14/.....24th....1 do......7/.....1.1
April 9th....1 ...do....7/....13th...1....do....7/....-"14-
May. 10th " "4 1½ Yds Green Baize...[?@] 1/10......8..3
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£4,,5,,3
Received payment the 27th.. September 1802. - from
Michael Wallace Edmund Ward
Ent[ere]d.
No Mi'kmaq names mentioned.
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 111
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