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Poor quality negative copy of a letter from Rev. Chas. Ingleson of Sydney, Cape Breton, regarding the necessity of providing clothing etc. for the Mi'kmaq.
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175
[written upside down on top section of the page]
P.S. I am out of marriage licences &
[illegible] to have a [illegible] of [illegible] [illegible] sent
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] perhaps you can send
[illegible] before the winter sets in.
[illegible] [illegible]
Wm. [Hill] Esqr.
[Dpty] [Sr] [Lands]
Nova Scotia
Revd. Charles Ingles
Sydney 12 Oct 1830
Rec'd
On the necessity of providing
[some] clothing for the Indians
and for other poor Settlers
during the coming winter
Date: 1830
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 175
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