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Letter to George reporting that he has met with the Mi'kmaq of Pictou who have advised that they are anxious to make a permanent settlement at Boat Harbour, now owned by a Thomas Mudie of Pictou. Tract consists of 500 acres and Mi'kmaq want 100 acres on the eastern side of his tract.
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Pictou March 8th 1831
Sir,
In reply to your Letter of the 22d. [ulto.?] on the subject of the Indians who frequent the neighbourhood of this place, and the purchase of a piece of Land for their use, we beg leave to report, for the information of His Excellency the Lieut Governor, that we have made every enquiry in our power and find the state of their case to be as follows,
The Land on which alone they are anxious to form a permanent settlement, is near to and adjoining Boat Harbour, about three miles to the eastward of the town of Pictou and on the southern side of the Entrance to the Harbour. It is the property of Thomas Mudie of this place watchmaker, and is under Mortgage by him to Charles [?Twinning] Esq. of Halifax. The whole tract consists of 500. a. and the Indians are desirous of
obtaining
Date: 1831
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 186a
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