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Halifax Nova Scotia Octo. 1. 1801
The Commissioners for Establishing Settlements on Isle Sable

Bought of Hartshorne & Boggs

a Cask 11 lbs putty @ 7½ 1 Broad Axe 15/ 1 . 1. 10½
2 dz flints @ 9 ^d. 2 pad Locks @ 2/6. 1 ditto 3/9 0. 10. 3
1 doz Files ea. Cut 10/. Whip 10/. & handsaw 4/ 1 . 4 . 0
2 M. pump tacks 3/6. & 4/6 0 . 8 . 0
2. 18lb Codlines a 4/3. 1. 15lb. do. 3/9. 2 small do a 2/6 0 . 7 . 3
1 lbs Cottonwick 7/6. 1 pair Bellows 5/. 0 . 12 . 6
7 doz Cod Hooks assorted 7/3. 3 doz trout ditto a 6.do 0 . 8 . 9
2 Hammers ea 1/9. & 2/6. 2 draw'g knives a 2/6 0 . 13 . 6
2 doz Gimblets a 2/6. 3 Augers ea: 2 a 1/3, 3/4 a 1/10½, 1in 2/6 1. 1. 10½
2 Augers 1½ inch a 3/9 0 . 7 . 6
2 double iron Jackplanes a 7/6 0 . 15 . 0
1 do Trying Do 0 . 9 . 0
6 Spike Gimblets 4/6. 4 Socket chisels 6/. 0 . 10 . 6
2 gouges 2/. 3 Caulking irons 4/ 0 . 6 . 0
4 Ragstones a 6.d 2 Thumb Latches 2/. 1 do 2/3 0 . 6 . 3
1 pair ea. 9. & 11 in: H L Hinges 0 . 6 . 0
2 Carp'er Adzes a 4/. 1 Waterstone 1/9 0 . 9 . 9
1 Handsaw. ea: 9/6. & 10/. 0 . 19 . 6
2 quirepaper a 2/3. 2¾ lbs salmontwine a 2/4 0 . 10 .11
2½ lbs sewing twine 2/6. 6 palmirions 1/6 0 . 7 . 9
2 Sail Needles a 2/6. 5 fishing Lines a 4 do 0 . 6 . 8
7 Spliting Knives 1/3 0 . 8 . 9
2 hoes a 3/6. 1 ditto 3/3. 1 grub'g Do 5/. 0 . 15 . 3
2 pair Hooks & Hinges 3/9. & 6/3. 0 . 10 . 0 14. 6. 10

2 x Cutsaws a 22/6 2 . 5 . 0
1 Whipsaw 1 .17 . 6 4. 2. 6
½ Cut. Shot a 45/. 1. 2. 6
68 lbs Spikes 7 do. £ 1. 19. 8
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£ 21. 11. 6

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