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Petition of Maltiel Sapier to Lt. Gov. Campbell regarding relief for the Mi'kmaq of Pictou.
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Maltel Sapier
[These] may Certify that the [Bearer] of this memorial
is a Sober temperate and honest Indian, and that the
Indians in this quarter, are much in want of the Supplies
they pray for. _
[R] [Lomden] J.P.
John [?OLaing] J.P.
Edmond Doyle C.P.
Dond. [illegible] Fraser J.P.
John Fraser J.P.
James Carmichael JP
[Heny] [Halton] JP
Jas Fraser J.P.
[Jn] Ross (Truro)
Petition
Maltel Sapier
and
Other Indians
of Pictou Jany 1837
Refer to Sir Rupert George
these [distressed] Indians are
to get such assistance [out]
of the fund at his Lieuts disposal
as their numbers entitle
them to [CC]
[Jn] James
Date: 1837
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 32
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