Nova Scotia Archives
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Return of Mi'kmaq living at Sheet Harbour in the County of Halifax, 1802.
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State of the Indians
at Sheet Harbour
15th November 1802
Mentions names of heads of families, wife and children. Gives ages of elders and some descriptions.
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 120
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