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[Dispatch notes that the 'Indians of this Province have lately assembled from all parts to Place in the bay of Vert to meet a French Priest for the Celebration of Marriages and baptisms Amongst them, and to receive Absolution']
1765
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Minutes note the presence of Indigenous peoples near Lunenbourg and along the Saint John River and states that recently many had 'retired to the Island of St. Peter [St. Pierre] near Newfoundland, where some priests from old France have assembled']
1765
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
[Representation proposes instructions for granting lands in Nova Scotia, with the stipulation that the lands should not already be 'possessed or claimed by the Indians']
1767
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Published minutes regarding 'several applications for grants of land in the Island of St. John']
1767
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
Detail of the Measures pursued by the Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia in carrying into execution His Majesty's Orders for the Settlement of the Island of St. John with General Heads to explain the reasons for these measures [notes that military post established at Tatamagouche due to concerns that the Mi'kmaq who gathered at that vicinity during the summers had 'plotted... mischief' against the local settlers]
1768
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Discusses the 'regulation of Indian Affairs' in the province of Nova Scotia]
1768
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive
[Dispatch discussing the 'regulation of Indian Affairs' in Nova Scotia, including references to St. John's Island]
1768
Collection: Tku Atlasma'lit Digital Archive