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Letter from Edward Mortimer to Brenton, Morris, Wallace and Tonge that answers questions asked in a circular letter regarding Mi'kmaq.
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The Indians who frequent this quarter peculiarly belong to it & have little or no connexion with those of Cape Breton & none with those of New Brunswick. Their are none that belong to Prince Edward Island, some of ours [illegible] occasionaly visits it a few weeks in the summer
[If?] the above laudable plan is duly executed it will certainly be attended with very beneficial consequences, [better?] Indians whoes situation at present in many instances are truly wretched and deplorable and are daily advancing in a more precarious state of sustenance and other necessaries of life.
I am Gentlemen Your most Obed't Serv
Edwd: Mortimer
To [illegible] J. Brenton
[Charl?]. Morris [illegible]
Michael Wallace Esq.
W.C. Tonge
Mentions names and includes descriptions of Mi'kmaq lands, industries and opinions.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 62
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