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Letter from Alexander Waugh to Gov. Wentworth regarding the condition of poor Mi'kmaq around Tatamagouche. Notes that at least one family, that of Francis Wilmot Sr., was formerly from Antigonish. Requests food and clothing.
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referred to Michael Wallace Esq and other the Commissioners for Indian Affairs Wentworth
His Excellency [Sir?] John Wentworth Halifax
Includes sketch of something rectangular with the Roman numeral for "two" and noted "45 degrees."
Date: 1803
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 128
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