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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Patrick King's receipt for the payment of Indian Meal flour to supply the Settlement at Isle Sable

15 January 1803. — 2 pages : 30 x 48 cm.

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Halifax 15 January 1803
Received from the Commissioners for settling Isle Sable, Nine pounds being the value of Indian Meal, flour, Poultry &c, which Mr James Morris Superintendent of the Island received from me for the subsistence of the people that were wrecked there from American Ships - and for the hired servants on the island which is in full of all demands whatever against Government, The said Commissioners, or the said Morris -
Witness my hand - Patrick R King
Witness John Wallace

Ent'd

[Transcriber's note: Having seen on other documents what I call Ent'd here, I believe this is a clerical annotation indicating that a particular transaction has been entered in the master accounts.]


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2 pages 30 x 48 cm

Date: 15 January 1803

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 102

Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/sable/archives/?ID=102

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