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Letter from Rev. McLean to the Provincial Secretary regarding the supply of blankets for Mi'kmaq in Pictou. List of Mi'kmaq families in Pictou and Merigomish.
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[?Sapeer] Paul -------------3
Mary [Mabou] [widow] 3+
Peter [illegible] widow & son - 2
Luis [Tom] Senior -- 2+
Luis [Tom] Junr ----- 6+
Peter Sapeer ---------- 3
Luis Sapeer ------------ 5+
Mathew Sapeer -- 3+
Widow [?Andrew] Sapeer 1+
[Simon] Sapeer -------- 3+
Noel Joe ---------- 6
Mary [?duline] Sapeer widow 1+
Joseph [Labob] ------------- 5
John [?Romery] ------------- 2
Peter [Tom] [very] [old] - 1
Frances Paul [Fraser] -- 2
Frances Paul's widow 1
John [?Tony] ---------------- 3+
Magdline Wilmot --- 3+
NB. Those marked with a cross have
got a blanket, and those with no mark
after their names have got nothing.
I trust in god these poor creatures will
be looked to without delay for they are
truly in a state of suffering
[illegible] [McLean] P.P.
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 133
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