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John Watts' receipt for five barrels Indian meal sent to Sheet Harbour for the relief of Mi'kmaq.
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Halifax 4th. January 1803
137
Received from Michael Wallace in good order, on board of my Shallop. Five Barrels Indian meal which I promise to deliver to W. Peter Mc.Condachie at Sheet Harbour, for the use of the Indians [in] that district ----- Danger of the [?sea] excepted
John Watt
Date: 1803
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 137
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