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Letter from Edmond Dodd of Sydney to Thomas James, Provincial Secretary, regarding his acknowledgement of the receipt of 45 pairs of blankets to be distributed to the most destitute Mi'kmaq in Cape Breton.
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20
Sydney Cape Breton
15th December 1835
Sir
I received your letter by Captain Crouse
with forty pairs of Blankets to be distributed at His
Excellencys request among the most destitute of the Indians
Of the Island, and I beg you to assure His Excellency
that I have shall ful much pleasure in charging into
effect his humane intentions respecting these poor
people who are much in need of every article of clothing
I remain
Sir Your MH Servant
Edmond Dodd
Thomas James Esq
ec ec ec
Halifax
Date: 1835
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 20
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