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Letter from Silas Rand to Lt. Gov. LeMarchant regarding the petition of the Mi'kmaq. Few details.
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they will therefore be able to know what it is . I shall let them know immediately that it has been put into your hands.
I am informed that the original of the Treaty concluded with the Indians , is in existence . Will your Excellency permit me to ask that search may be made for it. It might be advisable to publish it.
I have the honor to be
your Excellency's most obedient servant.
Silas T. Rand
Protestant Missionary to the
Micmac Indians.
Date: 1852
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 66
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