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Bishop Plessis of Quebec to Sherbrooke regarding Abbe Sigogne's mission to the Mi'kmaq.
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je prends encore une fois la liberté de renouveller
à Votre Excellence les [sentimens] de respect, d'estime
et de reconnaissance des [Contis] qu'elle a [cues] pour
moi et des offres de services qu'elle a bien voulu
me faire. Ma gratitude pour tout de généreux
procédés, ne peut étre égalie que par le
profond dévouement avec lequel je suis,
Sir John
De Votre Excellence
French-town
Clare
4 août 1815
Le très humble et très obéissant
seviteur
+ J.O. lv. cathol. de Quebec
Son Excellence le lieutenant-Général
Sir John C. Sherbrooke &c &c
P.S. Votre Excellence permettra - + - Me que
Lady Sherbrooke trouve ici mes assurances
de respect?
Date: 1815
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 154
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