Nova Scotia Archives
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Poor quality negative copy of a petition from John Quinlan [?] and Samuel Irvine [?] for lands claimed by Mi'kmaq, Joseph Alexiel, in Shelburne.
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John Quinlan
and
James [? letter states Samuel] Irvines
Petition for Land at
Long Island Shelburne
claimed by Indians
Recd 25.Feby 1840
Vol. 430. No. 172
![Poor quality negative copy of a petition from John Quinlan [?] and Samuel Irvine [?] for lands claimed by Mi'kmaq, Joseph Alexiel, in Shelburne.](/images/mikmaq/201606786.jpg "Poor quality negative copy of a petition from John Quinlan [?] and Samuel Irvine [?] for lands claimed by Mi'kmaq, Joseph Alexiel, in Shelburne.")
Date: 1830
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 172
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