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An order for clothes for Louis Tony and Peter Maurice, two good men with influence over their fellow Mi'kmaq, including the letter requesting provisions for them and the order to get proper dress for each of the, but "let it be clearly understood that I cannot issue either arms or provisions to them unless their services are actually called for." signed J.C.S.
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Tony and Peter Maurice Indians in the name of their fellow Indians promise if his excellency will order them some Provisions and Clothing that they will come in when called on to fight for him. They say the guns must not be given to the Indians till they are wanted because they would take them into
Date: 1812
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 148
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