Nova Scotia Archives
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Account of rye and axes etc. furnished to the Mi'kmaq
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The Committee for relief of Indians
To Patrick Hiffernan Dr
1800
July 12th
To 2 bfls Rye meal 35/...£3~10~0
To 2 axes 10/2 [?] 5/ 1~10~0
£5~0~0
Halifax 29th June 1801
Received payment from Michael Wallace } Patrick Hiffernan
I certify that the forgoing articles were furnished by my [direction?]
William Tonge
Date: 1800
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 33
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