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Letter from Thomas Crawley, Surveyor General of Cape Breton, to unnamed recipient, regarding the receipt of posters regarding trespassers on Mi'kmaq reserves.
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with the intention of preventing further [?depredations]
The [concluding?] lines of your [?letter]
about the pleasure communicated by the beginning.
I hope soon to hear that your apprehensions
of [fever] have not been realized, but that your health
is perfectly restored _
You will, no Doubt, have discovered
that the letter for Donald McRae was not included
as intended _
Believe me
Dear Sir
sincerely yours
T.Crawley
May relate to RG 1 vol. 431 no. 36.
Date: 1837
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 37
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