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Unsigned memo regarding Mi'kmaq reserves in Cape Breton, Middle River, Whycocomagh and Margaree.
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III Margaree - Inverness -
Indian Land at [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] _
To [give] the Indian the front
[?boundary in S.W. - written above so insert here]
for [illegible]
of fishing - [[illegible] alt. 20 ..acres] of little
other value _ & to confirm the [remainder]
to [illegible] at [?5/. OR 57] .per acre
The lot occupied [by] Donald [McIsaac] who
bought from McRae - To be [sold]
[to him - written above so insert here] for
[illegible] [?5/. OR 57.] an acre - [illegible] to the
Indians the [illegible] [illegible]
[if it be - written above so insert here] very [inconvenient]
to separate it from the farm.
Date: 1859
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 105
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