Petition of James Paul, Mi'kmaq Chief, and others, to the House of Assembly requesting aid for the Mi'kmaq to build a schoolhouse at Shubenacadie. Partially certified by Rev. John M. MacLeod.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 121
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Letter from Howe to James Davison of Pictou requesting Devison's assistance in putting up permanent settlement of Mi'kmaq at Pictou
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 57-58
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Letter from Howe to William Faulkner requesting Faulkner to lay off the Shubenacadie reserve in 100 acre farm lots and to forward the plan of the same to Howe
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 69-70a
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Letter from Andrew Henderson of Albion Vale to Joseph Howe regarding travelling to General's Bridge, a site of an annual summer encampment of Mi'kmaq. Also regarding potato distribution, numbers and locations of Mi'kmaq throughout Annapolis County and whether Jack or Charles Glode is the true chief of the Mi'kmaq in the area.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 117-120
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Letter from Howe to David Dimock of Gold River regarding the supervision of expenditure for installation of a chimney and windows in John Pennall's house.
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 122-123
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Letter from Andrew Henderson of Albion Vale to Joseph Howe regarding the request of Charles Glode for assistance to build a house. Note on the bottom of the letter says Howe wrote to Henderson authorizing ten pounds to Glode to help in building a house.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 221-222
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Petition by John Elexey and other Mi'kmaq on behalf of themselves and twenty other Mi'kmaq families, asking a grant of land on which they have settled at Pubnico, twennty miles back from salt water. They have built a house, several huts and raised a hundred bushels of potatoes, Indian corn and garden stuff.
Date: 1823
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Elexey John; Joseph & Other Indians
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Warrant to survey Chapel Island for a chapel for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1818
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Kavanaugh Lawrence; McEachern Rev. Eneas & Dollard Rev. William
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Petition of John Campbell asking for land east of the Mi'kmaq chapel on Chapel Island.
Date: 1842
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - McGrigor John & Others
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Plan of the east end of the River Denis Basin. Indicates site of Mi'kmaq apple trees, old Mi'kmaq cemetary, Mi'kmaq claims, Mi'kmaq winter huts and clearings. Also shows a shipyard where Kavanaugh and Martin are building a ship.
Date: 1827
Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests - Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - River Denis Basin
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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
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Petition from Rev. Couteau missionary to the Mi'kmaq, to build a chapel at Bras d'Or Lake.
Date: 1842
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 4
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Petition of Aleck Scotchman, a Mi'kmaq, residing near the Indian Mission at Richmond County, asking that he be given compensation to replace goods lost in a fire.
Date: 1860
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 49 number 81
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Single page mentioning that an "industrial establishment" has been opened for the Mi'kmaq at Hantsport.
Date: 1855
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 76 No.208
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Petition of the Mi'kmaq residents of Chapel Island for better roads and a bridge to the chapel. Many signatures.
Date: 1865
Reference: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 9 [Roads] number 67
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