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Itemized account of G.H. and William Leslie for supplies to the Mi'kmaq at Spry Harbour. Also includes letter in support of the Leslie account testifying to the weakened condition of the Mi'kmaq even after the epidemic passed and that only two men were left alive.
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We the undersigned hereby certifies that after the
Indians recovered from the Small Pox , they were left
in a very weak state (there were Nineteen remaining
out of which number there were only Two Men, and
that they were not able to provide for themselves
or their fellow sufferers) they were destitute of
Provisions &c, and were supplied by [Messrs]
G.H. & W. Leslie of Spry Bay
Thomas Henley
Spry Bay
February [21th] 1861 }
John MacKenzie
James Henley
George Grant
John Grant
Epidemic probably small pox.
Date: 1861
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 117
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