Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Rev. J. Rogers of Cumberland County to Bruce McDonald, Provincial Secretary's Office, thanking the government for £10-0-0 for relief of Mi'kmaq and acknowledging appointment as commissioner of schools.
Date: 1856
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 5 number 89
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