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Letter of R. James of Bridgetown to Joseph Howe regarding the report of Dr. Johnston on small pox among the Mi'kmaq of Bay Shore enclosing a resolution of a Special Session of the Magistrates held at Bridgetown in 1849, ordering Drs. Johnston and Cochran to attend the Mi'kmaq and prevent the spreading of small pox, and also orders Joseph Whitlock, who declined to act as Health Warden, to attend the said doctors and see that the aforementioned regulations are carried out.
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At a Special Session of Magistrates held on Friday the 6th of June instant, [held - crossed out] at the Office of [?W or Mr] Justice James in Bridgetown
Present
Richard James, Edward Eaton
Robert H Bath, Joseph Wheelock
[?and] Edward [illegible] Randolph Esq[ui]re J. P.
Read the Report of Dr Johnston reporting Indians at Charles' Cove, Granville, infected the with Small Pox.
Resolved that Drs Johnston and Cockran to attend the said Indians, and [?offer to OR afford] them all necessary assistance and also take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of the disease.
Ordered that Joseph Wheelock Esqr. having declined to act as Health Warden, to which Office he had been appointed by the Court of Sessions, in consequence of his being the only one, to attend the said [?Indians] there, and see that the above Resolution is carried out.
[?Resolved] that Copy of the above be forwarded to His Excellency the Lieut. Governor.
[?New] Copy
R.James
J.P.
See also RG 1 vol. 431 no. 50.
Date: 1849
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 51
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