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Several accounts and receipts for supplies to Black Refugees, with the following suppliers: Edward King, Robert Hodgers, William Kent, John H. Noonan, Winkworth Allan, Louis DeMolitor, William Anderson, William Sutherland, J. Howe, Son and Company, George Eaton, J. Clark, J. Young & Co, Tobin & Boyle, Doctors Hume and Pyke, William Philipps, Samuel Head, and Hartshorne & Boggs
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Amt [Amount] brought forward --- £15 . 14 . 1

Pill boxes 1 paper --- .26
oz Ricini 1 Bottle --- .6.
Magnis alb. 14 ounces --- .14.
Sim lini . Hij ---.4.
Gum aprii Oz. iv --- .12.
Gum Iommon Oz. ix --- .13.6
Terri Sulph Oz. iij --- .1.6
Puev Spieae Comph Oz. oj --- .15.
Hyd Nit Oxyd Oz. viij --- .16.
Vin Antim Oz. iv --- .4.
Tinct Opii Camph Oz. xii --- .9.
Wrapping Paper 10 quires --- .8.6
Foolscap paper [13?] quires --- .15.
Quills no 50. ---- .5.
Folio Blank Book No 1 ---.11.
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£22,11,1

Amt [Amount] of Tobin & Boyle's Acct [Account] 4,17,0
Paid Thomas Tobin for [Jars?] ,,16,6
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£28,4,7

E.E.
W. Anderson
Aug. 3rd, 1815

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We hereby certify that the prices of Medicines charged in the above account agree with the prices of the [Toon?] at this period.

Hlfx [Halifax] Aug. 8. 1815.

[Signatures] [illegible letters] Hume
[Dr?] Carter Pike



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[Translator's Note: I translated the 3 with a tail as "Oz" for Ounces, the Roman Numerals I left as is including the j for the last i, Sorry I haven't taken Latin since high school, so not sure if I translated some of the medicines correctly!]


Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 36

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