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Petition of Peter Bobie, Mi'kmaq Chief in Kings, Queens, Lunenburg, and Shelburne Counties to Lt. Gov. LeMarchant requesting relief in the four counties for destitute Mi'kmaq.
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Referred to the
Commissioner for
Indian Affairs
Pro. Sectys Office
Jany 19. 1854
Date: 1854
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 78
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