Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Petition of Thomas Hammond for land where he will not be inconvenienced by white people. He had a lot in Shubenacadie but married a woman of Gold River who would not leave that locality. The land is not sufficient to support the fourteen persons who live there. He asks for other land. An order for 50 acres is sent to T. Crandle.
Microfilm 15736
Date: 1823
Retrieval no.: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Hammond Thomas
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