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Copy of a letter from the Rev. Mr. Trotter relative to the claims of Mi'kmaq to lands granted to McWhinnie and others at Pomquet. Describes creation of reservation, relations with adjoining non-Mi'kmaq land owners, improvements by Mi'kmaq upon the disputed lands, exception from the reservation for the Pomquet ferry, etc.
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Copy of a letter from
the Revd. Mr. Trotter
relative to the claims
of Indians to Lands
granted to McWhinnie
and others at Pomquet.
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Inclosed in Mr
[Munroe's] letter of
3rd March 1824
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Date: 1824
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 160a
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