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Halifax 27th Sept 1841
Received from Wm Lawson Jr Commissioner for
Isle Sable, the several amounts against our respective
names on the other side.
George Whitier
Wm M Cotter
John Harvy his X mark
Daniel Gracy
Samuel Howard his X mark
John Anderson
Tom Browner[?]
John McNeil
William Wood his X mark
Joseph S Higgins his X mark
William Pierse
E Butler his X mark
William Davis his X mark
Richd Quirk his X mark
Gabriel Selden his X mark

witness Jas Smith

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Receipt from 15 Seamen assisting to save the property at Sable Island
No. 27 £35-7-6
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27 Sep 1841