Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Peleg Wiswall of Digby to James regarding the Mi'kmaq settlement at Bear River.
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Digby 4 Jan 36
Judge Wiswall
requesting aid for
Indians
Recd. 14 Jan 36
and 17 Jan
sent 20 [?Y.S - yards] [?Bd - broad] Cloth
10 P. Blankets
On H. M. Service
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Thomas W. James Esqr.
Dy Provincial Secretary
&c &c &c
Halifax
Date: 1836
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 22
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