Summaries of letters regarding Mi'kmaq from various areas of Nova Scotia
Date: 1808
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 9
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Letter from Joseph Marshall to Michael Wallace reporting that fourteen Mi'kmaq families have lately moved to the Guysborough area from Antigonish where they are inoculating for the small pox virus. Seeks relief. Mentions Salmon River encampment.
Date: 1801
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 86
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List of Mi'kmaq families in Lunenburg County. Gives names of heads of families, whether married, and numbers of children.
Date: 1801
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 96-97
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Letter from Doucet to Lt. Gov. James Kempt regarding the condition of Mi'kmaq at Cape Sable.
Date: 1823
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 159
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Report on Indians Affairs by Joseph Howe, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Dated Halifax.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 191
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Letter from Abraham Gesner, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Rupert George regarding his report on visits to all Mi'kmaq communities in Kings, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Liverpool and Lunenburg Counties. Includes some numbers on population.
Date: 1847
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 44
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From Abraham Gesner, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to Rupert George regarding his report on the Mi'kmaq Nation including population figures for Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Nre Brunswifck, Prince Edward Island, Gaspe' St. Pierre and Miquelon. Contains description of deprivation of Mi'kmaq of the lands of their forefathers.
Date: 1847
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 45
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Itemized account of G.H. and William Leslie for supplies to the Mi'kmaq at Spry Harbour. Also includes letter in support of the Leslie account testifying to the weakened condition of the Mi'kmaq even after the epidemic passed and that only two men were left alive.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 117
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Letter of Daniel Dimock of Chester to Joseph Howe reporting the Mi'kmaq of Gold River.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 165-166
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Census of Pictou Mi'kmaq - December 1842.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 167-168
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Letter from Moses Perley, Indian Commissioner of Saint John, NB, to Howe regarding Howe's report and the state of the Mi'kmaq on PEI.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 174-175
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Letter from James Dawson of Pictou to Howe regarding the state of the Mi'kmaq on Merigomish Island. Includes Howe's response, agreeing to send seeds to Merigomish.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 194-196
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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
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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
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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
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