Petition of Donald McQuarrie and four others settled on Mi'kmaq land in Middle River, Victoria County, praying for a consideration of the Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the year before [i.e. 1860].
Date: 1861
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 18 number 17
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Petition from Cumberland County to name the locality on the north side of River Philip, Port Howe. It has been known as Toney [Tony] Bay.
Date: 1883
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 21 number 26
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Petition from the Mi'kmaq at Pomquet, Antigonish County, regarding a land dispute.
Date: 1829
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 41 number 104
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Petition of Francis Speir, a Mi'kmaq from Merigomish, Pictou County, asking for agricultural implements for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1842
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 48
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Petition from Pictou County for Crown Lands for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 44 number 88
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Petition from Pictou County to place Indian Point in the inalienable possession of the Pictou Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1847
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 45 number 57
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Petition of the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia from Peter Paul, one of the head men, regarding fishing rights.
Date: 1853
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 46 number 202
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Petition of Francis Paul, Goran [Goram?] Paul, Louis Paul and other Mi'kmaq chiefs regarding a land dispute.
Date: 1854
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 47 number 35
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Petition of William Powell of Pictou for remuneration for damage sustained from his lands being occupied by Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1860
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 49 number 86
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Petition of Donald McArthur of Back Harbour, Pictou County, asking for compensation for damages to his land upon which Mi'kmaq reside.
Date: 1862
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 49 number 121
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Petition from the inhabitants of Clements and Annapolis requesting measures be taken to prevent the firing of guns by the Mi'kmaq and the killing of porpoises at the Annapolis Gut during the herring fishing season.
Date: 1822
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 51 number 20-22
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Petition from St. Marys River, Guysborough County, for a law prohibiting the spearing of salmon in the river.
Date: 1844
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 53 number 14
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Petition of Daniel Mills and Henry B. Parker of Cornwallis, Kings County, concerning the Mi'kmaq settling on their land.
Date: 1859
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 number 5
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Petition of the Middle River Agricultural Society, Victoria County, concerning a survey of the Mi'kmaq reserve which shows certain lands occupied by white men to actually belong to the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1859
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 number 6
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Petition from Annapolis County concerning the Mi'kmaq shooting porpoises too close to the shore and allegedly hurting the herring fishery.
Date: 1861
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 55 No.28-29
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