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Letter from Crawley to George regarding the last tracts of Mi'kmaq land ordered to be surveyed. Identified only as "Island."
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human beings may shurley [surely] be saved
from the most abject misery __
I have also enclosed a
general account of expenses, with
receipts, incurred in laying out the
Indians Lands which have not
reached so high as my estimate
I will transmit [Mr Renells?]
receipt as soon as it comes to
hand.
I am with high
esteem
Dear Sir
Yours sincerly
T.Crawley
29th. Jany. 1834
Date: 1834
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 6
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