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Letter from Newton [?] to James acknowledging the receipt of 20 pairs of blankets to be distributed among the most destitute Mi'kmaq of Liverpool.
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Liverpool 17 Dec 1835
Mr. Newton
Indians
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On His Maj[est]y [?Power]
To Thomas W: James Esqr.
D[eput]y. Provincial Secretary
Halifax
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Date: 1835

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 21

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