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Letter from Chearnley to the Provincial Secretary regarding shipment of blankets and great coats to Mi'kmaq in Sydney County.
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Capt. Chearnley
110
Halifax 3 Decr 60
Sir
I beg leave to
inform you that
I have this day
ordered to be
[packed] for the
use of Indians
residing in Sydney
County Eighty
Blankets and
Twenty Great Coats
oblige me by
informing me to
Whom the parcels
are to the directed
I have the Honor
to be Sir
Your Obedt. Servt
[Will] Chearnley
C.I. [Affairs]
The Honble
[illegible] [illegible] [?Mcleod]
&c &c &c
Date: 1860
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 110
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