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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Governement
By order of His Excellency The Right Hon ble the Earl of Dalhousie by C. B.

To Robert Nelson Dr
For the undermentioned seeds supplied for the use of the Refugee Negroes

29 lbs Field Seed . . . c4/ [lb] 6..10..6
108 oz Cabbage . . . Ditto . . To 4..10..0
1/2 oz Tobacco . . . . Ditto . .7/b ..3..9
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/[lb]11..4.
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Received from M Richard Inglis the sum
of Eleven pounds four shillings and three pence
Currency inpayment of the above account for which
I have signed three receipts of the same tenor and
date to serve as one
Halifax 5th May 1818
Witness
O Smith
R Wilson