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Halifax, Nova Scotia
53
Government
To J & D Starr Dr
[For?] the undermentioned Articles supplied for the use
[of?] the Refugee Negroes at Hammonds Plains by
[order?] of His Excellency Sir J.C. Sherbrooke
[illegible] 16 Currency
[illegible] 27 [Fo?] 1 Wood Ax repair? 1/6. 2 Wood Axes 10/ 1.1.6
[illegible] 26 " 1 Wood Ax 10/. 29th " 1 Dg " 10/---- 1 " "
[illegible] 2 " 2 " ---- " 10/. 8th 1----"----1 of ---- 1.10"
9 " 1 Ax new lay? 5/. 18th " 1 ---- " lay? 5/ ---- " 10 "
[April?] 5 " 1 ---- " ----- " ---- " 5/. 6th " 1 Wood Ax 10/ ---- " 15 "
10 " 1 Broad Ax 15/. 11th " 2 " ---- " ---- 10/ ---- 1.15 "
16 " 1 Wood " 1 of 1 Broad ---- " ---- 15/--- 1.5 "
" 8 to 10 Nails 8. 17th " 20th " 10 Nails 8 ---- " 18.8
" 4th " 11 ---- " ---- 1/. 22. 14th " 10 --- " ---- " ---- " 13.4
22 " 1 Wood Ax . . . . . . . " 10 "
24 " 1 ---- " ---- " 10/6th " 10 Nails 8. 1 Hammer 3/6 " 17.6
" 1 drawing Knife 2/6. 25th " 1.1 1/2 In Screw Auger 9/ " 11.6
" 2 [Chilsels?] 3/. 1 [Trying?] plane 5/9 ---- " 8.9
" 1 Spike Gimblet 2/8 " Spikes 7 . . . " 6.8
26 " 2 Hand Saws 10/ 2 files . 8 . . . . 1.1.4
" 2 Axes 10/ 6 Gimblets 1/6 . . . . 1.9 "
" 1 Pick Ax 10/ 1 Spade 6/ 1 Shovel 6/6 1 2 0
" 1 Saw Sett 2/ 1 Carpenters [edge?] 10/ -------- " 12 "
" 1 drawing Knife 3/6 30th " 10 Nails 8 -------- 1 3 0
" 1 Hammer . . . . . " 3 "
[British Pound symbol] 17.14.3
Received Payment of Jones [Fawson?]
Esq. Deputy of Thomas N. Jeffery Esquire
Collector of His Majesty's Customs at this Port
Witness
D & W Starr
[illegible] David Starr