Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Directive from Lieutenant-Governor John Parr to Benjamin Green, Treasurer of the Province, for payment to George & Foster Sherlock for sundries supplied to the Mi'kmaq during the late rebellion.
Date: 1789
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 3
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