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Petition of Peter Paul et al to Lt. Gov. John Campbell requesting assistance for starving Mi'kmaq living near Windsor.
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Your Excellency will take their [illegible] situation into consideration
& recommend to the Legislature at [an] early period
in their present session to place at your Excellency's disposal
a small sum from the Provincial Treasury to enable your
Excellency to procure some blankets & clothing for your
Petitioners who will, as in duty bound, always pray [for?]
Peter Paul
Joseph Stephens }
Noel Norris
Charles Louis } Indians
Peter Norris
Thomas Phillips }
John Simons
I hereby certify that I believe the facts set
forth in the forgoing petition to be true, and
that I am well acquainted with several of the
Petitioners and know them to be [sober men]
and have no hesitation in recommending
them as real [objects] of public charity.
[illegible] McWilliams
Windsor 2nd Oct. 1834
Date: 1834
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 9
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