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Letter from P. Wiswall to William Hill requesting grants of relief and supplies to the Mi'kmaq community at Bear River.
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shape of Pickled Mackarel and Indian Corn -- Say, ten Barrells [?of] the former and forty bushels of the latter - If they should hereafter [seek] any further charitable aid, either public or private, I do not wish it [?to] come through [my] instrumentality - The plan proposed by me [illegible - fold in the paper] be filled up, and the experiment fairly tried, after I have [?compossed] the only remaining object, which is, to get a little painted chapel erected upon the reserved & consecrated ground - [To] this and the leading Indian, Andrew Meuse, will, at a proper season, be furnished with a [Brief], accompanied with instructions and a design of the edifice, - and will be sent to the guidance of the principal Parish Clergyman at Halifax-

Inclosed [Enclosed] is a return of the particular disposition of the last donation-

With sentiments of esteem and [regard]
I have the Honor to be
Dear Sr
Your [illegible] Servant
P.Wiswall

William Hill Esqr.
[illegible] [Secy] [&c]


Mentions names of Mi'kmaq to whom supplies were deilvered.

Date: 1829

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 169 1/2

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