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Letter from William Chearnley to the Provincial Secretary regarding applications to the Department of Indian Affairs for blankets for Mi'kmaq in various locales throughout Nova Scotia.
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101
Halifax, January 31st
1859.
Sir
I have the honor to report to you that several applications have been made lately made to me for Blankets for Indians in the undermentioned localities as I have no Funds on Hands. I request you will inform me on the subject so as to enable me to answer those gentlemen who have written to me.
Guysboro County
Application for
66 Indians
no Blankets have been
sent to this County
Date: 1859
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 101
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