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Invoice for supplies to Mi'kmaq and supporting letter regarding Mi'kmaq man Louis Bouta, County of Sydney
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Received the Contents from Mich[ael] Wallace Esqr on[illegible]
of the Committee for the relief of Indians-
J W Schwartz. Attorney
Halifax 27th Octr 1801.
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£10..6.0
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I do Certify that I have examined Louis Bouta who is well known to me , and that his Information Respecting Supplies Recieved [Received] from Joseph [Rhishaw?] last winter at Torbay in the County of Sydney Corresponds with the within Statement
That Joseph [Rhishaw?] and [Olever?] Fleming declared to me in the month of May Last that they were under the necessity of sharing a considerable Part of their winter Supplies to the Indians
At Torbay
Geo. Dawkins
October 20th 1801-
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 50
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