Report on the petition of Murdoch McLennan, Donald Nicholson, Roderick McLennan and Quarrie McQuarrie by Samuel Fairbanks, Commissioner of Crown Lands, regarding trespasses on Wagmatcook. Includes petition.
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 119
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Letter from James Sparling to William Ross regarding white encroachers on Mi'kmaq land at Wagmatcook. Asks government to do something.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 130
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Letter from William Ross to Joseph Howe regarding white encroachers on Mi'kmaq lands at Wagmatcook. Command of the Lt. Gov. that the provincial government guarentee payment for any quantity of second-hand soldiers' great coats required by Chearnley for the Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1861
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 131
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Letter from Samuel Fairbanks, Commissioner of Crown Lands, to Provincial Secretary regarding Mi'kmaq Reserves in Cape Breton, particularly Middle River. List of settlers at Middle River. Prices fixed by Committee of the House (showing valuation of land). List of settlers on Mi'kmaq lands at Whycocomagh who have agreed to pay the price mentioned. List of settlers on the east side of Middle River.
Date: 1862
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 134
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Letter from Chearnley to the Provincial Secretary regarding the report for the Lt. Gov. on expenditures of the Department of Indian Affairs, monies lent to Joseph Baptiste of Pomquet to allow him to build a house for his family, agriculture among the Mi'kmaq and the harassment of Mi'kmaq by whites on reserved land in Lunenburg.
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 134 1/2
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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 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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Letter from James Lang of River John complaining that the government has not lived up to its promises to protect and preserve thousands of acres granted to the Mi'kmaq as reserves in 1859.
Date: 1866
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 144
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Map of lands on S.W. branch of the Marguerite River [Margaree?] reserved for Mi'kmaq
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 145
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Report of Charles Morris, Surveyor General, regarding Mi'kmaq reservations in NS counties
Date: 1820
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 26-40
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Letter from Deputy Surveyor Alexander Thompson of Antigonish to J.S. Morris, Surveyor General, regarding the Pomquet reserve
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 41-45
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Report from Titus Smith to the Surveyor General reporting on the Indian Point Reserve near Chester
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 47-49
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Report [likely by Joseph Howe] regarding Indian Point lands claimed by Chief Francis Paul and Peter Thomas through their wives
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 50-52
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Letter from Joseph Howe to James Smith, Chester, regarding Smith's claim to valid title to land at Indian Point
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 53
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Letter from John Spry Morris to Joseph Howe regarding white encroachment on Mi'kmaq land at Indian Point, Lunenburg County
Date: 1842
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 54-55
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