"By the King, A Proclamation." 1763
Date: 1763
Reference: Peace and Friendship Treaties Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 346 number 2
Issued at the Court at St. James', 7 October 1763.
This is an original document published by the King's Printer, Robert Baskett, in London in 1763, for distribution to the colonies. This copy was received and published in Halifax in January 1764.
Transcript sourced from the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, and verified by the Nova Scotia Archives.
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Copy of Treaty of 1779 signed at Windsor between John Julien, Chief and Michael Francklin, representing the Government of Nova Scotia.
Date: 1779
Reference: Peace and Friendship Treaties Nova Scotia Archives O/S number 516
Signed at Windsor, NS, 22 September 1779 by John Julien, Chief, and others representing the "Mirimichy", as well as representatives from the "Pogmousche, Restigouche... Richebouctou... and Jedyac," and others together representing those and "all others residing between Cape Tormentine and the Bay DeChaleurs," and Michael Francklin, the King's Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Nova Scotia.
The document was certified as a true copy by Francklin and enclosed in a packet of documents sent from Halifax on 10 October 1779 by Lieutenant Governor Richard Hughes to George Germain, Secretary of State for the American Department at the Colonial Office in London. The Nova Scotia Archives has a photostatic copy of this document, the original of which was received in London on 13 November 1779, and is now in the National Archives (London UK) in the Colonial Office Papers as CO 217, Vol. 54, Item 254.
Transcript is from W. E. Daugherty, Maritime Indian treaties in historical perspective (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1981); Treaty of 1761 (Merimichi tribe) in that publication.
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George and Foster Sherlock. Bill for supplies delivered, by order of the Honorable Richard Bulkeley, to Mi'kmaq and other distressed inhabitants of this province in the years 1780, 1781 and 1782.
Date: 1780-1782
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 1
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Directive from Lieutenant-Governor John Parr to Benjamin Green, Treasurer of the Province, for payment to George & Foster Sherlock for sundries supplied to the Mi'kmaq during the late rebellion.
Date: 1789
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 3
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Letter of Sir John Wentworth informing John Harris, James Archibald and William Logan of the appointment of Col. Pearson and steps taken to relieve the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 16
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Sir John Wentworth's order to Michael Wallace, Provincial Treasurer, to pay the Committee of His Majesty's Council and House of Assembly £120 for relief of Mi'kmaq who are distressed.
Date: 1800
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 18
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Sir John Wentworth's order to Michael Wallace to pay the Commissioners appointed for the relief of the Mi'kmaq, £350.
Date: 1801
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 19
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Sir John Wentworth's order to Michael Wallace to pay the Commissioners appointed for the relief of the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1802
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 20
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Earl of Dalhousie orders Michael Wallace, Treasurer, to pay Abbe Mignault £50 for the relief of Mi'kmaq at St. Margaret's Bay, Mahone Bay and other places.
Date: 1817
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 25
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William McAllen's receipt from Deputy Secretary for provisions and goods to Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1830
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 35
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Warrant to the Secretary of the Province for the relief to Mi'kmaq for £100, from Sir Colin Campbell.
Date: 1834
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 45
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Warrant from the Provincial Secretary for £100-0-0 for the relief of Mi'kmaq, from Sir Colin Campbell.
Date: 1836
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 52
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Warrant to the Provincial Secretary of £100-0-0 for Mi'kmaq relief.
Date: 1837
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 55
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Warrant from Sir Colin Campbell to the Secretary of the Province for the relief of Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1838
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 57
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Warrant to the Secretary of the Province for the relief of Mi'kmaq, for £100-0-0, from Sir Colin Campbell.
Date: 1839
Reference: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 62
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