PETITION

[Petition regarding replacement of band chief]

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Digital Document

Author: Sark, John

Author: Various authors

Addressee: Mclean, John D.

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[Petition regarding an election for chief Lennox Island Band]

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Digital Document

Author: Francis, Joseph

Author: Various authors

Addressee: Superintendent General of Indian Affairs

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[Petitioners express a complaint against Indian Commissioner Theophilus Stewart and request a teacher]

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Digital Document

Author: Francis, Joseph

Author: Francis, Michael

Addressee: Mills, David

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[Memorial explaining that blankets and building supplies were required 'if advantage is to be made of the purchase of Lennox Island for their use and benefit']

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Digital Document

Author: Bernard, Peter

Author: Snake, Joseph

Author: Francis, Martin

Addressee: Dufferin, Lord

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[Petition expresses grievances concerning the 'System of Leasehold Tenures under absentee Landlords, which has produced widespread agitation'

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Digital Document

Author: Montgomery, Donald

Author: Macaulay, R.

Addressee: Victoria

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[Petition objecting to an 'An Act relating to the Fishery Reserves,' signatories include Robert Stewart Bruce, proprietor of Lennox Island]

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Digital Document

Author: Bruce, Robert Stewart

Addressee: Government of Great Britain

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[Chief states that his 'people are poor [with] no hunting ground' and requests aid]

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Digital Document

Author: Peminout, Louis Benjamin, or Paussamigh Pemmenauweet

Addressee: Victoria

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Indian Petition to Her... Majesty - Queen Victoria [requesting that the Mi'kmaq be provided with a 'Tract of Land in this our native Island']

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Digital Document

Author: Le Bone Oliver Thomas

Addressee: Victoria, Queen

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[Author states his wish to purchase 'three small Islands called Panmure, Boughton and [Lennox] Island not yet granted away']

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Digital Document

Author: Montgomery, James

Addressee: The Lords of Trade and Plantations, United Kingdom

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[Petitioners request 'temporary grants' for fishery purposes in Cape Breton]

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Digital Document

Author: Russell, William

Addressee: Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations

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