1849- Letter to Joseph Howe asking for Relief for Mi'kmaq of Pictou:
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Joseph Howe (Indian Commissioner)
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Letter to Indian Commissioner Jospeh Howe by an unknown writer (name illegible). Author asks for Howe to visit Pictou and to grant relief to several families who are "destitute."
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“Pictou 19th Sept 1849
The Honorable Joseph Howe
The bearer of this with three other Indians called upon His Excellency when here a day or two ago to ask assistance for the Indians in this County representing that they were in a very destitute state. His Excellency said he could do nothing for them unless their cause was properly brought before him and their statements duly authenticated. I can see no way in which this can be done but by the Indian Commissioner visiting them and judging for himself. The bearer and three others are determined to be off on Monday to see the governor, while it would be in your power to point them in the way of getting some old coats and blankets – if they succeed in this object, it would be prudent to combine their effects to what those apllying were to secure for their own share.
Yours,
[illegible]
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Public Archives of Nova Scotia, RG1, Vol. 431 (Indian Commissioner Series), file 52.