Nova Scotia Archives
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Account of James Archibald of supplies distributed to the Mi'kmaq at Truro.
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Truro March 9th 1803
Sir Please pay five pounds to Timothy Prout Esqr.
being the Ballance [Balance] due me for supplys given the Indians
in Truro your compliance will oblige your very Hum[bl]e.
Servant
James Archibald
To Michael Wallace Esqr.
Halifax-
[Ent[ere]d?]
Date: 1803
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 140
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