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Letter from W. Henry to Rupert George reporting on population of the Mi'kmaq in the county of Sydney, with a petition to W.M. Dodd for help from the Eskasoni Mi'kmaq and a list and number of inhabitants.
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Many names mentioned.

Date: 1841

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 64

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