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Direction to the Provincial Treasurer to pay thirty pounds to Bishop Fraser for the relief of Mi'kmaq in Sydney County. Payment received acknowledged.
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Government House
Halifax 8 March 1848
The Provincial Treasurer is
directed to advance to the Order of
the Rev d [revered?] Bishop Fraser Thirty
pounds for the relief of destitution
amongst the Indian population
in the County of Sydney -
Murray
30 -
Received payment
10 March 1848
James McLeod
Date: 1848
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 192
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