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Petition of Malti Gloade to Lt. Gov. Sir Colin campbell requesting relief for no less than twenty Mi'kmaq in Liverpool area.
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your Excelly to the [Promises] and prays
for Such Relief therein as to your Excellency
May [?seem OR soon] [?meet]
And as in duty bound your
Petitioner will Humbly & sincerely
pray _________
[Malti] Gload X his mark
Liverpool 12th. Novr. 1835.
We the undersigned Magistrates of Queens County
certify that the Petitioner is Known to us
and that the Statement made in the annexed
memorial is true
[?John] [illegible] [?Newton] [C:] [R:]
James R. [?Ducoy] J.P
John Campbell JP
James [?Barss] J.P.
James [Gorham] JP
John [?Barss] J.P.
Date: 1835
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 16
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