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Letter from Thomas Crawley to George transmitting a description and plot of the land reserved at Whycocomagh for the Mi'kmaq and accounts of surveyors for work done.
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Dear Sir
I have the pleasure to transmit
a [illegible] and [Plots] of the Land
reserved at Whykokomagh for the use
of the Indians; also a Sketch of a
Road ordered to be [?explored] from the
Bras d'or to the Lake's at the Head of
Grand Riviere with the Deputy
Surveyor's account of expenses amounting
to £ 6.15-0 __ Mr. McNab begged me
to remind you that the sum of £ 11..18..0
is due to him on a former account of road
surveys delivered 20th. March 1832 amounting
to £ 51..1..0 of which he received from my
[Son] only £ 39..2..22_
I am with great regard
Dear Sir
yours sincerely
T. Crawley
[20th] Feby 1833
Date: 1833
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 183
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