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an Indian Boy [(John [Jarvis? OR Inglis] )faintly written above so insert here], also an adopted child. The labors of his farm seemed to be chiefly performed for him by his white
neighbors, for whom he makes churns, buckets, &c. and who buy
the [?boxes] and baskets made by his family.
Letter to Faulkner, directing him to make surveys, repair
Goreham's House, and ascertain if 5 acres of land can be purchased
near the River.

Halifax 12th. Nov. 1842.
Sir
You will please to lay off, at your earliest convenience, the Indian Reserve, of which I send you a Plan, and on part of which Goreham Paul lives, in convenient Farm lots of 100 acres, reserving to Paul all his improvements, and sending me a plan with the lots numbered, so that Indians disposed to settle on them may each have one, and know and respect each other's boundaries. Will you also endeavour to get Paul to put his house in a state of repair and remove to it. If it is necessary to aid him to the extent of £10 or £15 please expend that sum in making the building habitable, and draw on me for the amount.