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Letter from John Morris to William Hill enclosing the abstract of the Commissioners of Land for the month of February and also enclosing a copy of a letter from Trotter to the Board of Commissioners regarding the improvements of the Mi'kmaq on lands at Pomquet.
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at present. The commissioners wish to know His Excellency's pleasure respecting the particular point or points to which he would wish their enquiries to be directed and two or more of them will repair in person to the place without delay and collect all the information that can be obtained on the subject- I also enclose two returns from the Dy [Deputy] Surveyor here.-
I have the honor to be
Sir Your most obedient
and very humble Servant
John [Morris OR Munro?] Secy
William Hall Esq
Dy. Pro: Secy
Halifax
Date: 1824
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 160f
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