Account of Dr. William Pearson of Musquodoboit for services rendered to Mi'kmaq. Letter of chearnely authorizing attendance upon Mi'kmaq at Spry Bay suffering from small pox. Account of William Hall of supplies given to the Mi'kmaq. Account of Thomas Hanley regarding attendance on the Mi'kmaq at Spry Harbour sick with small pox. Account of Francis Hawse for digging graves and burying eight Mi'kmaq. Account of George Grant for nine Mi'kmaq who died of small pox. Account of G.H. and William Leslie for provisions to Mi'kmaq at Spry Harbour. Letter in support of Leslies. Letter from Chearnley to Howe regarding vaccinations.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 122
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Letter from Chearnley to Provincial Secretary reporting expenditures of the Department of Indian Affairs for 1860.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 123
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Letter from Chearnley to Provincial Secretary reporting expenditures of the Department of Indian Affairs for 1860.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 124
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Letter from George Murray M.D. of New Glasgow to Capt. George MacKenzie reporting services rendered to Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 125
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Account of Dr. S.G.A. McKeen, Victoria County, Cape Breton, for medical services rendered to the Mi'kmaq. Letter of James Hill, Newport, to Joseph Howe enclosing a petition from Joe Cope requesting aid for his people. Letter from Joe Cope to the Provincial Secretary thanking him for the aid sent to his people.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 126
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Petition of Joe Cope and his people to the House of Assembly requesting relief.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 127
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Letter from Chearnely regarding a visit to Mi'kmaq women who were requesting government assistance to properly bury the late Chief Francis Paul who died 18 May 1861 in Dartmouth. They wish his remains to be shipped by rail to Shubenacadie free of charge.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 128
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Letter from Chearnley regarding great coats forwarded to Pictou for the Mi'kmaq. Letter from Chearnley regarding a letter he received from Rev. McLean of Pictou. Other unordered pages of letters regarding the Mi'kmaq of Pictou.
Date: 1862
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 132
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Letter from Rev. McLean to the Provincial Secretary regarding the supply of blankets for Mi'kmaq in Pictou. List of Mi'kmaq families in Pictou and Merigomish.
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 133
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Circular of the Provincial Secretary's Office on Indian Affairs sent to members of the House regarding the management of Indian Affairs in NS. Notes that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs has resigned and no successor will be appointed. Instead, funds voted for the Mi'kmaq will be given to members to spend in their districts on a pro-rata basis.
Date: 1862
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 135
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Circular letter from the Provincal Secretary to the members of the House of Assembly regarding great coats and blankets ordered by Chearnley before his resignation; they will be placed at the disposal of county reps. Letter from McKinnon of Antigonish regarding Antigonish Mi'kmaq requests for seed potatoes. Letter from Chearnley to Keating regarding money for seed potatoes from the Indian Grant; ends with Chearnley's resignation as Commissioner. Letter from Chearnley to Provincial Secretary regarding his resignation. Letter from Francis Tommie, Chief of Eskasoni, to Jodge Dodd of Sydney, for assistance to purchase seed potatoes and oats. Other notes by Chearnley.
Date: 1862
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 136
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Letter from A.G. Archibald of Truro to W.H. Keating regarding a letter Archibald received from Mr. R.P. Grant regarding the commission empowering Mr. G.D.B. Fraser to purchase Mi'kmaq lands at Pictou. These lands, by Committee of the House, were to be bought out of the proceeds of sales of Mi'kmaq lands. Asks Keating to look into the matter. Also includes letter from Keating to Grant regarding Fraser's commission to sell Mi'kmaq lands at Pictou.
Date: 1863
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 137
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Letter from Dr. Alexander Lane of Mahone Bay to the House of Assembly regarding payment for medical services provided to Lewis Hammond in 1863. and Dr. J.C. Hooper's account for medical services to Mi'kmaq for 1864-1865.
Date: 1865
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 139
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Letter from P.M Holden, Kentville, to Charles Tupper, Provincial Secretary, requesting blankets for 12 large Mi'kmaq families at Aylesford and 12 families around Kentville and Dalhousie. Accoutn of Levi W. Eaton for clothing supplied to Peter Bass. Account of the Overseers of the Poor for the care of Nevill, Mary Ann and Ann Sarah Penall. Account of a doctor for medical care for Newel child on Black River Mountain. Other accounts mentioning John Peter, two Mi'kmaq women in District 10, and Mi'kmaq in Clare.
Date: 1865
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 140
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Letter from Louis Joe of St. Peter's, Cape Breton, on behalf of other Mi'kmaq, to Richard G. McDonnell requesting a response to petition forwarded to him on 10 Jan. 1865. handwritten note signed by RSMD noting signor was in favour of petition for sewer; council was not; leaves correspondence to Provincial Secretary. Handwritten note by Tupper, Prov. Sec., requesting to see original petition. Petition attached, requesting a seine 100 fathoms long for forty-two families. Note on back shows Lt. Gov. in favour; Executive could not grant seine.
Date: 1865
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 142
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