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Remarks on the Indian Commerce carried on by the Government of Nova Scotia in the year 1760, 1761 & part of 1762 [enclosed with Belcher's July 8, 1763 dispatch]

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Author: Belcher, Jonathan

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[Published minutes record an order rejecting a proposal to provide land grants in St. John's Island to 'foreign Protestants' looking to settle there]

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[Published minute expressing the Lords' disapproval of Nova Scotia Acting Governor Jonathan Belcher's proclamation recognizing the 'Indians…claim… to lands in the Province of Acadia,' especially the coasts which excluded settlers from 'settling or carryin

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[Dispatch suggests looking into the 'nature of the pretentions of the Indians for any part of the lands within this province' and explains the rationale for the May 4, 1762 Proclamation 'injoining all persons against any molestation of the Indians in thei

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Author: Belcher, Jonathan

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[Dispatch provides text and account of peace and friendship treaties signed with chiefs of Mi'kmaq tribes from Shediac, Miramichi, Pokemouche and Cape Breton]

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Author: Belcher, Jonathan

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[Dispatch discusses Nova Scotia's statutory measure for 'carrying on the Indian trade']

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[Dispatch suggests that a few French missionaries be employed to influence the Indigenous population 'for public good']

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Author: Belcher, Jonathan

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[Dispatch discusses a peace and friendship treaty made with Indigenous tribes of Saint John River, Richibucto and Passamaquoddy, with particular emphasis on the 'truckhouse' provision related to a trade relationship with these tribes]

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Author: Lawrence, Charles

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