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Letter from Lewis N. Wilks of Windsor to James requesting relief for about ten Mi'kmaq families in the area.

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Windsor 30th [Decr] 183[5 OR 6]

My dear sir
[There] [are] ten families of Indians
in this [plan OR place]] [are OR all] extremely [poor], [and] they are
at this time, enduring great suffering both from
the want of clothing and food; I will therefore
be much obliged if you will make their
case known to Sir Rupert who will communicate
with his Excellency [and] if there are
any funds by which [some] blankets may
be obtained and you will forward them
to me I will take great pleasure in
distributing them.

[The] potatoe crop [has] [?failed]
in this part of the country to [?sustain]
[illegible], [?tht] a [illegible] can not be
[?purchased], and the farmers can not
supply the poor natives with [illegible] that
[illegible] means of subsistence; I fear
therefore that [illegible] they can [obtain]
[some] [?aid] [?from the [?County] of the
Province

Date: 1836

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 28

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