Account of William Chearnley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Date: 1855
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 5 number 80
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Balance due Captain Chearnley for advances to Mi'kmaq for account.
Date: 1856
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 2
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Letter from Edward Butler, newly appointed Commissioner for western district, to J. McKeagney, member of Committee for Indians, outlining financial problems.
Date: 1857
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 33
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Concerning a recent journey to St. Peters, Cape Breton, where W.A. Hendry attempted to explain to a group of priests and Mi'kmaq residents the policy of the government towards reserves, following the failure to receive a copy of the Legislature's Report o
Date: 1862
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 69
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Account of the distribution of special grant to the Commission of Indian Affairs.
Date: 1867
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 6 number 79
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Document regarding Mi'kmaq, perhaps a draft for a letter or a speech. Begins "I speak to all Indians as to Brothers.." Incomplete.
Date: 1821
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 1
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The Indians of Labrador. A history in manuscript from by W. T. Lindsay.
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 7
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Copy of petition from 11 Mi'kmaq families to Sir J. Wentworth requesting the allocation of 200 acres per family plus tools and provisions, etc., in order that they may improve their condition of life since Eurpoean immigration. A note states that 100 acres was approved for each family by Wentworth, 1807.
Date: 1807
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 26
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Various Reports on Indian Affairs and supporting documents. Item appears to have been removed from the appendices of one or more bound editions of the Journal of the House of Assembly.
Date: 1843
Reference: Mi'kmaq Research Collection Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 18 number 32
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