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Halifax 25 September 1815

Received from Michael Wallace on board The
Shallop Margaret myself master, the following articles
viz: [L? located above the colon]
2 Large Iron Pots
2 frying pans
1 Iron Laddle
2 Bags duck sholt
1 Keg Gunpowder
½ doz splitting knives
2 doz knives and forks
1 large Iron tea Kettle
4 Porter Hh"ds cont.g 1 Chaldron Coal
4 Barrels Kiln dried Indian Meal
2 Teircy ? }
4 Barrels } Indian Corn; 25 Bushels
2 Barrels Mess Pork
2 ditto - Herring
6 felling axes
1 Broad do
1 Bund.le contg 30 yard Bunting for [Collonrs?]
--- all in good order, which I promise to deliver
in the like condition unto Mr. Edward Hodgson at
Sable Island -- danger of seas excepted. He paying me
freight as p(er) agreement William Clyburn

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