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Letter from Crawley, Deputy Surveyor General, Cape Breton, to Rupert George regarding tresspasses on Mi'kmaq lands at Whycocomagh and requests for land from non-Mi'kmaq in that area. Includes note from the Lt. Gov. advising that Crawley is to be told that he approves of the arrangement proposed as far as it confirms the Mi'kmaq in possession of their land.
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would [?reach] __ If His Excellency should be pleased
to sanction this arrangement by his approbation
I shall [illegible] a Deputy Surveyor [so - crossed out] to trace
a line of separation to take away all pretexts
of ignorance of situation from those
who, regardless of every principle of Justice,
would deprive these inoffensive Savages
of their Property__
Your letter of the 25th Sepr.
with the warrants &c therein mentioned
reached me yesterday ___
I have the honor to be
Sir
your most obedt.
humble Servt.
[illegible] Crawley [?S.G.] C.B.
Rupert D. George Esqr.
&c &c
Date: 1821
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 158
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