Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Faulkner of Shubenacadie to Howe regarding the survey of Indian Brook
Reports that Gorham Paul is reluctant to break up the 1100 acre reserve into 100 acre lots. Will survey boundaries and 750 acre lot. See also RG 1 vol. 432 pp. 64-70.
Date: 1842
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 70a-70b
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