Nova Scotia Archives
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Letter of Stweart Campbell of Guysborough regarding relief for Mi'kmaq at McNairs Cove, Strait of Canso.
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I would be obliged also by your sending me the ten pounds for distribution among the colored population as this is the season they require the means to purchase seed. We had a very pleasant passage home.
Yours always
Stew. Campbell
P.S. Will you please inform what has been done [touching?] the appointment of Collector at the Strait.
Date: 1856
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 92
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