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Letter from P. Wiswall to William Hill requesting grants of relief and supplies to the Mi'kmaq community at Bear River.
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[Accot.] of 40 [Bu] Corn 3 [Blels] Beans and 64 [illegible] Molasses delivered to the Indians at the Bear River Settlement by [Stewart] & [Budd] [?under] the direction of Judge Wiswall [illegible] Jan 7 1829
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To Whom Delivered No Bus.Corn [?Gill] Molasses Bus Beans
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[uel] [Toney] ---------------- 3 ½ 5 ½
[eph] [Muse] ---------------- 4 ½ 5 ½
[lto] Picton ---------------- 5 5 ½
[thew] [Knockwood] ----- 4 ½ 5 ½
[ances] Muse ------------- 4 5 ½
[ter] [Toney] ---------------- 4 ½ 5 ½
[seph] Gload ---------------- 4 6
[mes] Gload ---------------- 2 3 ½
[thew] Muse ---------------- 3 ½ 5 ½
[muel] [Toney] ------------ 1 2 ½
[id] [a] Muse ---------------- 4 6
[hn] Picton ----------------- " 5
[ances] [Knockwood] --- " 2 ½

Beans distributed by the Chief [written vertically in 4th column labeled Beans]

P.Wiswall
[Decr.] 1829
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Mentions names of Mi'kmaq to whom supplies were deilvered.

Date: 1829

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 169 1/2

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