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Letter from Chearnley regarding small pox among the Mi'kmaq in Eastern Shore.
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Indians
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Sheet Harbour
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[Mr] [illegible] will take charge of
[this] [as] having reference to [illegible]
[ordered] [by] [?the or Mr.] [Govt ] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]
& Capt Chearnley for Indian [?Squaw]
and the [Micmaqs] of [illegible]
just now [?arriving] here at Sheet
Harbour
26 Decr
Date: 1860
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 112
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