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Letter from J. Brenton, M. Wallace, and C. Morris to J. Archibald in response to a letter from the Justices in the Court at Colchester on the subject of the Mi'kmaq in or near Truro. Complaint that the Mi'kmaq who applied for help were not - in their opinions - "of the description contemplated by the Assembly."
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Date: 1803

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 139

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