Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Chearnley to the Provincial Secretary regarding small pox among the Mi'kmaq at Spry harbour, Halifax County on the Eastern Shore. report totals: five deaths, nine cases and thirty-seven people in the community. Includes Joseph Bowman's related request for supplies for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1860
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 113
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