Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Nicholl to James Holdsworth regarding the clearing of logs off 1000 acres mentioned in a letter of 30 December (not in volume). Mentions purchase of logs off one lot by Josiah Harris who bought it from a Mi'kmaq. Unidentified Mi'kmaq later forfeited lot by not clearing within three years. Location unidentified. Mentions fire at camp of Louie Meuse.
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 180-181
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