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Letter form Crawley to George regarding plans and descriptions of Chapel Island and Malagawatch. The only Mi'kmaq settlement left to survey is on the Marguerite River [i.e. as of 11 Aug 1833]. Includes receipt from D.B. McNab for payment received for surveys of Wagmatcook and Whycocomagh and a ledger pf payments disbursed for surveys of Mi'kmaq lands in Cape Breton.
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Government [D]
£ s d
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To Mr. Dugal B. McNab for laying out
a Track of Land for Indians at [?Malagawaatchkt] 4 15 0
Do. Do at Wagamathook & Whykokomagh 13 4 8
Do. Do. near Chapel Island, Bras d'Or 4 1 1
To Mr. Benjn. Cossit for laying out a Tract of
Land for Indians at [Escasonie]. ---------------------------------- 5 7 6
To Mr. William [Renell?] for laying out the
Indians Gardens at Marguerite River ---------------------------- 1 12 6
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£ 29 1 3
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28 11 1
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. 10 2 ?
[the following is written on the right half side of the page]
[Cd - Continued?] £ s d
By Cash advanced 31st. Oct 1832 ................... 24 10 1
Do. ...................... 2nd. May 1833 .................... 4 1 1
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£ 28 11 1
Sydney 27th Jany 1834
T.Crawley [illegible]
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![Letter form Crawley to George regarding plans and descriptions of Chapel Island and Malagawatch. The only Mi'kmaq settlement left to survey is on the Marguerite River [i.e. as of 11 Aug 1833]. Includes receipt from D.B. McNab for payment received for surveys of Wagmatcook and Whycocomagh and a ledger pf payments disbursed for surveys of Mi'kmaq lands in Cape Breton.](/images/mikmaq/201606911.jpg "Letter form Crawley to George regarding plans and descriptions of Chapel Island and Malagawatch. The only Mi'kmaq settlement left to survey is on the Marguerite River [i.e. as of 11 Aug 1833]. Includes receipt from D.B. McNab for payment received for surveys of Wagmatcook and Whycocomagh and a ledger pf payments disbursed for surveys of Mi'kmaq lands in Cape Breton.")
Date: 1833
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 7
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