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Nova Scotia House of Assembly — Assembly petitions series
The Assembly petitions consists of petitions tabled in the House of Assembly from 1816 to 1926 from people seeking legislative action or a grant of money. The Mi'kmaq frequently petitioned for action on such issues as relief, agriculture and fishing, education and roads. — archival description
Petition of Andrew Mews on behalf of the Mi'kmaq people residing near the Gut of Annapolis, defending the right of the Mi'kmaq to hunt porpoise.
Date: 1821
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 2 number 15
Letter from Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary's Office, to George Edward Jean regarding a report on the state of the Mi'kmaq in Richmond County.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14A
Petition of George Edward Jean for remuneration for expenses suffered when undertaking to report on the state of the Mi'kmaq at Richmond County in 1841.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14
Account of the Mi'kmaq living within the County of Richmond as taken on the 26th July 1841 at the Mi'kmaq Chapel in Bras d'Or Lake, the anniversary of St. Ann's Day.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 14B
Petition from Joseph Gloade and other Mi'kmaq of the County of Annapolis for a law to prevent the killing of moose in the month of March.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 8A number 93
Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Whycocomagh regarding white men taking over their lands.
Date: 1855
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 15 number 9
Petition of several inhabitants of Whycocomagh regarding lands granted to Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1857
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 16 number 47
Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].
Date: 1861
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 18 number 17
Temperance petition from the Micmac Division of the Sons of Temperance, Halifax.
Date: 1866
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 19 number 183
Petition from Cumberland County to name the locality on the north side of River Philip, Port Howe. It has been known as Toney [Tony] Bay.
Date: 1883
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 26
Petition from Indian Rear, Inverness County, to change the name of the locality to Stewartdale.
Date: 1884
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 52
Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Pomquet, Antigonish County, regarding a land dispute.
Date: 1829
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 41 number 104
Petition of Edwin Jeans, Surgeon and Health Officer at Sydney, Cape Breton, praying remuneration for vaccinating several Mi'kmaq families for small pox.
Date: 1830
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 42 number 1
Petition of Simon Lawlor for payments for his spiritual attendance on the Mi'kmaq of Big Bras d'Or.
Date: 1833
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 42 number 48
Petition from the Mi'kmaq of Bras d'Or for aid in building a chapel.
Date: 1841
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 43 number 100