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Letter of McLeod et al to James B. Uniacke regarding non-Mi'kmaq trespasses on MI'kmaq lands at Wagmatcook.
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James B. Uniacke Esqr.
M.P.
Halifax



Wagamatcook
4. Jany 1837
To JB Uniacke Esqr.
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Trespasses on
Indian lands


Date: 1837

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 33

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