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Woodin's account of potatoes supplied to Mi'kmaq at [St.] Margaret's Bay.
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Michl Wallis Esqr
for Indians
4 Busshells Puttators Delived To
[ hall Bonis?] pr. Order __ £ 0:10~
Novr, 1802 Rec[eived]d. the above
[?J] Woodin
Ent[ere]d
![Woodin's account of potatoes supplied to Mi'kmaq at [St.] Margaret's Bay.](/images/mikmaq/201606582.jpg "Woodin's account of potatoes supplied to Mi'kmaq at [St.] Margaret's Bay.")
Date: 1802
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 121
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