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Negative copy of a letter from Walker to [unknown] relating his having to alter the course of the road from Chester towards Hammond Plains, the new course of which passes through the potato garden of a Mi'kmaq named Philip.
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(156.
Halifax 8 Dec[embe]r 1815
Sir
I beg to acquaint you for his Excellency information
that in executing my Commission as Commissioner
of the Road from Chester towards Hammonds Plains
I found it necessary for the improvement of the
Road to alter it at the Indian River Bridge
and bring it lower down inconsequence of which
the Road now runs through a small Piece of
low Intervale Land formd by the Rivers dividing
into two Branches where the Proprietor of all
the surrounding Lands / Philip an old Indian/
had a small garden of Potatoes which received
Injury by the Road and demands Five Pounds
as a satisfaction for the injury he had sustained.
I have therefore to hope his Excellency will be
pleased to allow me to give the Indian the above
Sum of Five Pounds on condition of his giving a
Grant of the Road.
I have the honor to be your
most obedient Serv[an]t
James Walker
[H?] H Cogswell Esqr.
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Difficult to read. Possibly written to Surveyor General Charles Morris.
Date: 1815
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 156
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