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Letter from H.W. Crawley, Sydney, to Joseph Howe, regarding the administration of Indian Affairs by Fr. J. Courteau of L'Ardoise and Crawley's correspondence with Courteau regarding the same. Mentions monies provided for the education of Michael Noel, a schoolhouse for Eskasoni, Courteau's desire to protect the Mi'kmaq from Scottish trespassers on Mi'kmaq land, and other issues.

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Sydney, CB. 20 Aug. 1850

My dear Sir,

I have been requested by my Colleague
for Indian Affairs, the French priest at L'Ardoise,
Revd. J.Courteau, to give him information on
sundry particulars, relative to his Indian charges,
which it is not in my favour to impart without
previous reference to you.
I have no personal acquaintance with
M. Courteau, but we have had frequent corres-
pondence by letter, for many years Please, from time to
time, when his people had business to transact in
my late office - As he always writes in
French, it seems probable that he cannot
express himself in English.
His statement is, that £15 was
provided last session for the education of one
Michael Noel - and he wants to know
whether he or I must draw for it - (I know
nothing of Michael Noel) - Also, that I
am entitled to draw for a sufficient sum to
erect a school house at Eskasonick, and
therefore he does not know whether any sum

The Honr.able

Joseph Howe,
&c & &c

Date: 1850

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 58

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