Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from William Ross to Joseph Howe regarding white encroachers on Mi'kmaq lands at Wagmatcook. Command of the Lt. Gov. that the provincial government guarentee payment for any quantity of second-hand soldiers' great coats required by Chearnley for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1861
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 131
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