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Memo of James B. Uniacke regarding Fr. Courteau's request for relief funds for the Mi'kmaq of Cape Breton. Recommends £41.10.0.
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Mr Courteau
Indians 1857
We recommend that the within account [illegible] by the Revd Mr Courteau being forty one pounds and ten shillings be [illegible] to him and charged against the next years grant for the Indians.
Sept 13 1857
?£15.0.0
16.10.0
41.10
41.10
Jos Howe
James B Uniacke
Approved
[Wm Baragath?]
Administrator
Date: 1857
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 81
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