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Letter from Faulkner of Shubenacadie to Howe regarding the survey of Indian Brook
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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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