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Petition of Father Simon Lawlor regarding the Mi'kmaq school in Cape Breton, addressed to the House of Assembly and accompanied by a report of the committee to which it was referred, concurring with Lawlor's opinion in his letter.
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The Committee, to whom this petition has been referred, fully concur [with - crossed out] in the opinion of the Revd gentleman who petition in favour of the unfortunate Indians. But, so there has been no general system adopted for their education & settlement of these unfortunate people, we extend
this [to] the Country __ The Committee do not see how his views can be carried into effect. But they recommend that £ 50 should be placed at his disposal as [last] year _ for these schools & establishment

[Natl.] [Uniacke]
[Thos] [Haliburton]
William [A] Chipman


Date: 1829

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 167 1/2

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