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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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Petition of Charles Gloude and other Indians, Annapolis [ word?] [word?] to buy seeds- Rec 4th June 1835 Let five pounds be sent [ initials ] £5 sent by port to [mr?] Samuel [Cowling?], 10th June. - [?]
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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