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Halifax N.S.
Government Schooner Sisters for Sable Island
To A & J McNab Act.
1844
April 2 To 1 Coil Cordage 2 3/4 In [@?]1 [0?] 22 lbs. 60 ft. 3.11.9
" 1 Scrubbing Brush 1/9 6 Bus. Potatoes 2/ 12/ " 13.9
" 5 1/2 Gallons Boil'd Linseed Oil 5/ 1. 7.6
" 1/2 " Sail Twine 1/13th Sugar 5/ " 6 0
" 31 lbs [b?] thread Ratling [illegible] " 19 8
1 Bbl Prime Pork 70/- 1 Bus Potatoes 2/ 3.12.0
1 " Prime Beef 35/ 5 [lbs?] Butter 5/ 2. 0.0
1/2 Cord Wood & Trucking " 8.6
4 # Tea 2/6 10/ 1 Bus Salt 2/6 fine Salt 3 " 12.9
1/2 Mustard [illegible] 1 Galln. Pale Seal Oil 4/ " 4.9
1 Bar. Soap 4 3/4 [illegible] 2/4 [?] 1/2 Gln vinegar /3 3 [?]
1 Jar for Vinegar 1/ 1/2 Dozen Dinner plates 1/9 2.9
2 [illegible] 1/6 3/ 7lb Rice 1/9 7 lb Burley 1/9 6.6
" Coffee [?] 8/3 Paid Trucking [?] 8.9
£14-18 3[?]
Rece'd payment
A & J McNab
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