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Petition of Charles Gloade, Chief of Mi'kmaq in the western part of the province, to Lt. Gov. Campbell, requesting money for purchase of seed potatoes for Mi'kmaq settled on land on Annapolis-Liverpool Road. Received in Halifax.
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John Glode[ X his mark] [ Molbi?] Paul [x his mark] John [ Jeremie?] [ X his mark]Louis [ name?] [x his mark] Geo. Peters [ X his mark]
Date: 1835
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 17
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