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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
The records of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs consist primarily of correspondence and documentation accumulated by the various Commissioners appointed by the government, chiefly to provide relief and assistance to the Mi'kmaq; predominant dates are 1780 to 1846.
The surviving records identified so far are dispersed among the Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series within the Commissioner of Public Records collection, the George Henry Monk papers and material from Peleg Wiswall.
George and Foster Sherlock. Bill for supplies delivered, by order of the Honorable Richard Bulkeley, to Mi'kmaq and other distressed inhabitants of this province in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782.
Date: 1780-1782
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 1
William Russell. Provisions supplied to the Mi'kmaq inhabiting the Isle of Breton in the years 1779, 1780, 1781.
Date: 1779-1781
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 2
Directive from Lieutenant-Governor John Parr to Benjamin Green, Treasurer of the Province, for payment to George & Foster Sherlock for sundries supplied to the Mi'kmaq during the late rebellion.
Date: 1789
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 3
Receipt of W. Allen for payment of £3/9.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 4
Vouchers for the account of transient poor. Lists cash payments to agents.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 5
Receipt of Michael Hennesy for £2/17 to cover expenditures of wood, bread and food.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 6
Receipt from E. Butler for payment of relief for Mi'kmaq. £0-10-0.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 7
Receipt by Michael Hennessy of £1-7-0 for meals and wood for Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 8
Receipt by James Croucher of £3-10-0 for 3 barrels of mackerel for Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 9
Receipt by James Croucher of £3-10-0 for 3 barrels of mackerel at 23/4 delivered to Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1799
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 10
Receipts of Michael Hennesey for boarding Mi'kmaq in January and February, of £9-10-1 and £11-7-1.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 11
Amount of provisions and clothing supplied the under mentioned Mi'kmaq family, at Truro, by Thomas Pearson, 14 January 1800. Corroborating letter from John Harris, J.P.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 12
Receipt by Joseph Davis of £5-16-4 for sundry supplies to Mi'kmaq from John Geo. Pyke, 21 July 1800.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 13
Receipt by Michael Hennessey of £1-12-6 for victualing four Mi'kmaq for two days and firewood.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 14
Sir John Wentworth's note of recommendation for the Mi'kmaq bearing his note, to Pyke and Wood.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 15