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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Government,
By order of His Excellency the Right Hon [erable]
the Earl of Dalhousie G.C.B.,
To John Sherry . . . Dr

For Rent of a store occupied as a Depot at
Dartmouth for Provisions [you?] for the use of
the Refugee Negroes from the [1'st] March
to the 31 May 1818 - 3 Months as of . . .
[illegible] from Halifax to Dartmouth
for Mr Inglis and his for the above
period 34 at 8 each
Ditto for Mr Inglis's Horse 8 at 2 each

Received from Mr Richard Inglis the sum of Ten
pounds eighteen Shillings and eight pence Currency
Currency inpayment of the above Account for which
I have Signed three receipts of the same tenor and date
to serve as one ~
[illegible]
William Sherry
Halifax 25th November 1818
John Sherry

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[Pound Symbol[?] 10 18 8] bottom right second paragraph