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Letter from William Walsh of Halifax to Joseph Howe commenting on Howe's report [?].
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his brother, but if allowed to go home to the Wigwam every Saturday, as has been hitherto the case, we cannot expect that the Collegiate education will do him much good.
Be assured that You can always calculate on my humble assistance whenever You propose any thing for the amelioration of these poor people and Believe me to remain
Dear Sir
Yours very truly
X William Walsh
City Hotel
February 9th. 1843
Honble Joseph Howe &c
![Letter from William Walsh of Halifax to Joseph Howe commenting on Howe's report [?].](/images/mikmaq/201606173.jpg "Letter from William Walsh of Halifax to Joseph Howe commenting on Howe's report [?].")
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 169-170
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