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Letter from Edward Irish of Antigonish to Wallace regarding relief supplies, a pending return of Mi'kmaq in his area, and smelt.
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I shall make a Return when I Come to Halifax or Probably Before, one Circumstance has been much in there favour this winter, the River has afforded them a quantity of smelts which they take by cuting a hole in the Ice and with a short line & hook, they draw up [?numbers], This Providential Relief never has happened Before this winter ~ nor known by any of the Inhabitants that those fish Resorted the Harbour in the winter season __
I am with Respect
Sir
your Most Humble Servant
Edward Irish
Micheal Wallace Esquire
Halifax
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 60
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