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Petition of Francis Toney of the Nine Mile River settlement, Douglas, Hants County, to Lt. Gov. Campbell requesting winter relief.
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We the undersigned beg respectfully to recommend the Bearer Francis Toney Native Indian, to the notice of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor; and to say that we have found him to be a sober, quiet and deserving man and we consider the prayer of his petition to be correct, and merit the consideration of His Excellency.
Given under our hands in Douglas 17th December 1836
David [illegible] J.P.
Charles Boggs J.P.
Date: 1836
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 27
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