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Accounts against Government for supplies, etc, for American Black Refugees, with the following suppliers: David Jearrad, Surgeon, John H. Noonan, Robert Hodgers, Lewis DeMolitor, George Eaton, Theophilus Chamberlain, J & D Starr, Wallace & Russell, John Skerry, John Liddell and Hartshorne, and Boggs & Company
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April 16 7.[00? w?] 10 fine Nails @9[0?] " 5 5
17 2.[w?] Spikes 1/20 7.[w?] 10 fine Nails 5/3 @90 Gimbelet 6[0?] hammer 2/[6?] " 9 5
1 Gross[?] of 1 pair [illegible] e.a 2/[6?] [illegible] 3/ " 11 6
18 2.[w?] Spikes 1/2 @ 7[0?] 7.[w?] 10 fine Nails 5/3 @ 9[0?] Gimblelet 9[0?] 1 C [S?] handsaw 11/ " 18 2
1 handsawfile 7-1/2 1 Iron Square 2/ Jack plane 5/ hammer 3/[6?] " 11 1-1/2
1 Pair Compasses 1/ 1 M . 4[0?] Nails 4/[6?] . 1 Grind Stone 6/ " 11 [6?]
19 1 Cask 10 fine Nails 20 M --- @ 8/[6?] 8 10 --
3 doz pair 8 In [illegible] hinges [74?]/[24?] / 15.[00? w?] Spikes 7/11[0?]/7[0?] --- 3 19 11
20 1 WhipSawfile 10[0?] 7.[w?] 10[0?] fine Nails 5/3 / 9/0[?] 1 hammir 2/6 Gimblelet 6[d?] " 9 1
10 [w?] 10 fine Nails 7/[d?] / 9[d?] 2 [w?] Spikes 1/2 / 7[d?] 6.[w?] 10 fine Nails 4/6[?] / 9[0?] " 13 2
1 hand Saw C.S. 11/ Gimbelet 6[0?] 2-1/2.[w?] Spikes 1/5-1/2 / 7[0?] " 12 11-1/2
6.[w?] 10 fine Nails 4/[6?] / 9 hand Saw 11/ Clawing Knife 3/ " 18 6
23 1 hand Saw 11/ 1-3/4 In Auger 2/ 2 handSawfiles 1/3 / 7-1/2[d?] 1 handSaw 11/ 1 5 3
1 hammer 3/[6?] 1 file 7-[1/2?] — " 4 1-1/2
25 1 Whip Saw C[S?] 55/ handSaw C[S?] 11/ Adz 4/[6?] — 3 10 [6?]
Drawing Knife 3/ 1 file ea hand 7[1/2] Whip 1/3 Saw 11 wood Axes 66/ / 6/ 3 10 10-1/2
26 1/2 doz Whip Sawfiles 6/ / 12/ 1 doz 1 In Socket Chisels 18/ 1 doz 1-1/2 In [20/do?] 2 4 —
24 Scrue Augers 72/ / 3/ 1 doz Spike Gimblets 10/ 4 2 —

[English Pound symbol] 123.3.4

Received of Jones Fawson Esqr. Deputy of Thomas N. Jaffery Esquire Collector of H.M. Customs at this Port the Sum of One Hundred & Twenty Three Pounds Three Shillings and Four Pence Currency in full of the Above Account

Wallace & Russell

Witness

M M Cutter





Date: April 1816

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 50

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