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Note from William Chipman regarding Kings County reserves
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Cornwallis 25 Nov 1857
Sir
Enclosed is the Return of Local Revenues for Kings county Year 1856. As far as I have been able to ascertain I could not obtain the amt raised in Horton or Aylesford for support of the Poor have therefore returned them blank.
Your v. h. sev't
Wm H Chipman
[illegible]
Hon Chas Tupper P.S.
Date: 1857
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 95
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