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Letter from W.H. Creighton, Gold River, to the Receiver General, regarding 5 pounds voted for relief of Mi'kmaq at Gold River.
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Gold River New Chester
13th May 1857.
Dear Sir/
I applied to the Legislature last session for some relief for The Indians at Gold River & I understand five pounds was voted to them.
If you will have the kindness to send it to me under cover [?to] {?Mr.] R.D.Clarke I will see that it is applied in the purchase of seed [?&c] while I am here, as it would be of comparative[ly OR &?] little use to them at any other season. I send on the other side a receipt for the amount.
Yours very [?Truly]
W.H. Creighton
The Honble
[?The] Reciever Gen[era]l }
Date: 1851
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 60
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