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Letter from John Spry Morris, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Surveyor General, giving a description of the Mi'kmaq reserve situate on the shore of St. Margarets Bay on both sides of Ingram River within the county of Halifax. Includes true copy of the description of land granted to Charles Ingram and others 17 Aug 1756.
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Description of Land Granted to Charles Ingraham & others dated 17 th August 1765 recorded on Page 263 on the N West part of St Margarets Bay at a little Head of Land formed by Sutherland River and by said Bay Thence running N the course of said River 480 Rods thence N. 80 Degrees East 600 Rods on ungranted Lands thence South 10 degrees East to the Water side thence by the beach to the first mentioned boundary.
Halifax 27th July 1853
a true Copy
Wm. Chearnley
1500 acres
Date: 1853
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 70
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