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Handwritten copy of circular letter of the report of Joint Committee for Indians
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Subject, and will be thankful to you for any other information or observations which may [tend?] to enable us to promote its benevolent contributer.

We remain with respect
sirs J Brenton
G Morris

PS We expect Return of the Number of the Indians belonging to the Province is essential to any accurate calculation of the expenses of Settling them, it would be very desirable that each Gentleman to whom this letter is addressed (a list of whom is so joined) would sent to [there?] one next [here?], on each hand, a copy of his Return of the Number of the Indians, and to transmit to us the [Gosuin?] he may receive with observations that occur, lending to produce the correctness wished for.


See print copy of letter: RG 1 vol. 430 no. 48 1/2.

Date: 1801

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 49

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