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Letter from Gesner to Joseph Howe, Provincial Secretary, regarding the Mi'kmaq at Clare.
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Dr. Gesner
Clare Indians
Copy [sent] to [?]
Mr [?]
[?]


Date: 1848

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 46

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