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Account by Oliver Flemming of supplies given to the Mi'kmaq in Antigonish County in 1800, 1801.
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Rec'd payment of the [within?] from Michl Wallace Esqr. one of the Committee for the Relief of Indians
Halifax 24th Oct 1801.
J.W. Schwartz Attorney
I do Certify that I have examined Louis Bouta and that his information [respecting?] Supplies Received from Oliver Fleming last winter at Torbay in the County Sydney agree with the within statement.
Geo Dawkins
Oct 20th 1801
Mentions heads of Mi'kmaq families and total population including wives and children.
Date: 1800
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 87
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