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Letter from James Shrewe to Thomas W. James regarding monies for relief of settlers at Sherbrooke.
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On H. M. Service
To Thomas W. James Esq
Dep't Provincial Sect.
Halifax
Chester 11th Dec 1835
Mr. Shrew relative
to send Potatoes for
poor Settlers
Paid 17 Dec 1835
and 19th
Date: 1835
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 19
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