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No. 1
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Government,

By order of his excellency the right Hon [illegible] the Earl of Dalhousie [illegible] [illegible] [illegible],

[illegible] Henry Maxner...Dr

For Rent of a Store occupied as a depot at Sackville for Provisions [illegible] for the use of the Refugee Negroes from the 1st March to the 31st May 1818 ~

3 Months......[illegible]

Received from Mr Richard Inglis the sum of Nine pounds currency in payment of the above account for which I have signed three receipts of the same [illegible] and date to serve as one.

Halifax 25th November 1818

Henry [illegible]

[illegible]
[illegible] Smith