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Account for relief supplies to Mi'kmaq. From Oxley to government. Marked paid.
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[Oxley] who made Oath on the Holy [Evangelests] of Almighty God. that the
foregoing is a true and Just account of Provisions actually Supplied by
him to the Indians therein named and this [Defendant] further [illegible - crossed out]
declares that at the time he furnished the said Provisions. the Indians
therein names [?were] in actual want and Distress for the [?Same]
Charles Morris Junr. J.P.
Recd. payment from Michael Wallace Treasurer
of the Province this 15 July 1801
George Oxley
[written vertically]
Indian [illegible] Acct.
George Oxley's Acct.
of Sundry Supplys to
Indians - £ 16 .. 12..0
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June 1801
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in Cumberland County
No.14
Mentions names of Mi'kmaq who received supplies. Note at bottom mentions Charles Morris.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 67
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