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[Letter reporting on the progress of surveying Saint John's Island (Prince Edward Island)]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Published minutes reference Samuel Holland's survey plan and account of St. John's Island and order that a representation be sent to the Privy Council regarding Holland's plan and papers]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Memorandum providing proposed instructions for granting and settlement of lands in Nova Scotia]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Petitioners request 'temporary grants' for fishery purposes in Cape Breton]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch refers to promises made in 1759 and 1760 'to the Indians, respecting Popish priests' providing them with assurances of free exercise of their religion in order to maintain peaceful relations - and discusses the current necessity of sending a priest for the same purpose]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch discusses the gathering of large numbers of Mi'kmaq on Cape Breton Island during the summers and the impact this had on new settlers in Nova Scotia]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch reports that more than 200 Mi'kmaq from Nova Scotia had travelled to the French islands St. Pierre and Miquelon and from there 'dispersed themselves' to Newfoundland]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
A Report of a Survey of the River St. John, and the Coast from thence to Passamaquoddy, done by order of His Excellency Governor Wilmot [discusses the presence of Indigenous peoples in these areas]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Minutes report that Nova Scotia's lieutenant governor had dispatched a Protestant missionary to St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island) to baptize Mi'kmaq children there]
1766
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive