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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

An Agreement between J. W. E. Darby and men to be employed aboard the Schooner Victory, going between Halifax and Sable Island and going along the Coast and Shores of Nova Scotia in the Service of the Provincial Government of N.S.

1838. — 2 pages : 30 x 24 cm.

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Agreement lists the names of thirteen men, and includes their place of birth, age and position aboard the ship. Names of the men are:
William Cattarrich
Zedock Bridgeo
Thomas Westcott
Robert Burk
William Britt
Richard Bowen
Robert Russell
James Horn (or Harn)
Henry Hawkins
Francis Martin
Angus Young
William Richards
John Carr

2 pages 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1838

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 1137

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