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Account of disbursement to Mi'kmaq by the Committee of His Majesty's Council and House of Assembly at Halifax. 1800.
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Brought forward ...... £ 18 . 4 . 8 | 76 | 19 | 6

To paid 4 Squaws to buy provisions .. 7 6

To paid the ferriage of Indians over to
Dartmouth, at different [Times] &
for to buy Bread ............................... ~ 8 . 9
----------- 19 | ~ | 11

To paid Isaac Deschamps' Account for
Sundry Supplys to Indians at Windsor
by order of W. C. Tonge Esqr. .......................... 4 | 10 | ~
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1801 £ 100 | 10 | 5
June 17th
Bal. in the hands of the Committee ...... 19 | 9 | 7
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£ 120. | 0. | 0
[By a Warrant on the Treasury
recd 31st Decemr 1800.......... £ 120. | 0. | 0 - crossed out]

E.E. Halifax, 17th June 1801
Mich. Wallace for
the Committee of His
Majestys Council & H: of Assembly.

------------Brought down ----------------- 100 | 10 | 5
" Amount of [?Patrick] Heffernan's Accot. 5 | " | -
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105 . | 10 | 5
Mr. Oxley's Accot. from Cumberland........16 | 12 | -
- Mr. Cranes -- Accot. from Kings County 19 | 11 | 9
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£ 141. | 14. | 2
paid for [Buize] & Blankets omitted above £ 1.11.6
Molasses ox heads &c &c ------------&c 3. 2.6
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4 | 14 | -
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146 .| 8. | 2


Mentions many place names and names of non-Mi'kmaq people who received disbursements on behalf of Mi'kmaq.

Date: 1800

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 76

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