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Letter from Jonathon Crane of Horton to Brenton, Morris and Wallace regarding his inability to meet the needs of all the Mi'kmaq in the County.
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Horton March 6th. 1801
Gent[leme]n.
I am favor'd with your
Letter of the 23rd. of Jany. ult.
Respecting Indians. Am now making
Enquiries to give you an Early and
Explicit answer as possible to your
interrogatories. __ Since I returned
from the House of Assembly I have
barely relieved the pressing necessities
of of some distress'd Indians in this
County particularly Families of advanced
Age
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 59
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