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Letter from H.S. Pineo of Pugwash to William Chearnley requesting blankets and other aid for Mi'kmaq in the vicinity of Pugwash.
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Wm. Chearnley Esqr.
Indian Commissioner
Halifax
18[remaining date missing
Indian Commissioner
Pugwash
application for
[Plan] [Nets]
pugwash JA 19 1857 [stamped date]
NS JA 23 1857 [2nd stamped date]
Date: 1857
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 94
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