Nova Scotia Archives
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Circular letter from George H. Monk to various recipients identified by district. Monk requests assistance in answering the command of Lt. Gov. Wentworth to ascertain the number of Mi'kmaq within the province and to form a system for their management. He wants to know the number of male Mi'kmaq aged 16 to 60 within each district, the names and characters of their chiefs, the numbers of aged men, the numbers of women and children, and "stating your Opinion of the Disposition of the Indians, on seeing the Militia imbodied for the defense of the Province." Also wants noted any disaffected parties or strangers among thr Mi'kmaq who may be "Emisaries of the Enemies."
RG 1 vol. 430 no. 144 is a copy of this letter with some changes.
Date: 1807
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 143-144
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