1834- Letter from Hugh Denoon asking for Land for Mi'kmaq of Moodie Point:
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Hugh Denoon
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Sir. R. George
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Letter from Hugh Denoon of Pictou asking for land for the Mi'kmaq living in Pictou. Stated that they wished to get title to land they had occupied for some time at Moodie Point.
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“Pictou, 22nd July 1834
Sir R. George,
Sir,
I beg leave to state that the few remaining Indians residing in this district are quite destitute of means and necessities of life. The bearer [] Paul is one of the best. He is a sober man, and lately did his best to support a son who died of consumption. He does to Halifax for aid to buy a [] and to apply for license to occupy at parcel of the land at the entrance to this Harbour which they the Indians claimed, at [] and of which you wrote about some years back – one hundred acres would answer their purposes. I believe Mr. Archibald McDonald and a Mr. [] of Halifax have some claims on the property.
I have the honor to be respectfully
Sir, your obedient servant,
Hugh Denoon
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It appears that this letter might have been in 1834, but in context of other letters it makes more sense that it is from 1831. The extra writing around the '1' in the letter may be from a later copy or from the microfilm reel.
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Hugh Denoon, to Sir R. George, July 22nd 1834, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Vol. 430 (Indian Commissioner Series), File 168.
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Hugh Denoon, to Sir Rupert George, July 22 1831, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Vol. 430 (Indian Commissioner Series). file 186C.