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Letter from Thomas Crawley to Rupert George regarding surveys completed of Mi'kmaq lands in Cape Breton.
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At [Esscasonik?], [Wagamatkock?] and Whykokomagh have been surveyed and part of the Settlement near the entrance of the Channel leading to St. Peter's - The expenses of the three first amount to £18,,12,,2 - The last may have cost about £4 and will require about £11 more to complete it, exceeding my estimate which was £30- about £4- I have therefore given directions to proceed no further without fresh instructions- There will still be another Indian Settlement which might require a surveyor to trace three or four outer Lines, but being part of a Peninsula shore lines cannot exceed 120 Chains __ However nothing more will be done in this matter until I am informed of His Excellency's pleasure concerning it-
I remain, with great regard
Dear Sir
yours sincerely
T. Crawley [?Esq]
3rd. Sept. 1832
I enclose Retuns &c for Donald McLean and Associates
north side [Boulanderie?]
Date: 1832
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 181
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