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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Government, (By order of His Excellency the Right Hon [illegible] the Earl of Dalhousie [illegible])

To William Beeby [illegible],
For [Pay?] due him as [Issues?] of Provisions to the Refugee Negroes from [the 1st?] June to 31st August 1818 Inclusive

92 Days............
Receiver from Mr. Richard Inglis the sum of
Six hundred eighteen shillings Currency in payment
of the above account for which {?} Liquid three
receipts of the same times and date to serve as one
Halifax 25th November 1818
Mm Beeley

Witness O.E. Smith