Letter from Benjamin Smith Lyman to J. Peter Lesley
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Lyman provides Mr. Lesley with extensive details about several of the coal tracts in Little Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He discusses the ownership, leasing possibilities, and ongoing negotiations for the "rights of search and lease" of coal lands under and around the Bay. Lyman mentions his current government survey work for the Geological Survey of Canada, and his receipt of offers for additional work in the area.
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