Letter of Patrick Gough of Liverpool to Rev. C. Doyle of Chester reporting on the progress of Mi'kmaq pupils in his school. "One of them named John Noel Williams declares that he will continue going to school until such time as he shall be competent to write to Government requesting a remission of the fine imposed on him by the Magistrates for catching salmon in Port Medway River."
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 186
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Return of the names of Mi'kmaq scholars taught in the school district of Bristol in the County of Queens whereof Patrick Gough is the teacher.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 187
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Letter from Thomas Irwin of Charlottetown to Joseph Howe regarding the Mi'kmaq grammer textbook he wrote; appears to tie arguments regarding Mi'kmaq education to treaty rights. Includes Howe's letter of response noting that the treaties are preserved in Council Minutes; he argues that treaty rights may have been forfeited.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 188-194
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Letter from Thomas Irwin of Charlottetown to Joseph Howe arguing the education of the Mi'kmaq people in the Mi'kmaq language. Description of the beauty of the language.
Date: 1843
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 216-221
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Petition of Simon Lawlor for payments for his spiritual attendance on the Mi'kmaq of Big Bras d'Or.
Date: 1833
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly - Assembly petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 42 number 48
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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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Sir Peregrine Maitland's order to the Provincial Treasurer, to pay the Rev. Simon Lawler £50-0-0 for the support of the 'Indian Schools' and establishments in Cape Breton.
Date: 1829
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 34
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Sir Peregrine Maitland's order to the Provincial Treasurer to pay £50-0-0 to Rev. Simon Lawler for attention to Mi'kmaq and establishing a school for Mi'kmaq in Cape Breton.
Date: 1831
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 39
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Order from Thomas Jeffrey to pay Rev. Simon Lawler £50 for superintending and instructing Mi'kmaq in Cape Breton in 1829.
Date: 1833
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 43
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Warrant from Sir Colin Campbell to pay Rev. Bishop Fraser £50 to compensate clergymen in charge of Cape Breton Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1834
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 44
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Warrant to Bishop Fraser to compensate the clergymen in charge of the Mi'kmaq of Cape Breton, for religious instruction bestowed upon them.
Date: 1836
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 50
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Account of fever epidemic among Mi'kmaq in Cape Breton.
Date: 1848
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 4 number 65
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Petition of Dr. Crooker of Brookfield, Queens county, for payments for services to sick Mi'kmaq, with supporting letter from the Overseers of the Poor for the county.
Date: 1854
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 5 number 19
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Letter from Thomas C. Haliburton to Abbe Sigogne regarding the Mi'kmaq and schools
Date: 1827
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 5
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Letter from S. Harris to Judge Wiswell regarding the timber belonging to the Mi'kmaq
Date: 1832
Reference: Peleg Wiswall Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 17 number 42
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