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Sir
please pay or Cause to be
paid unto Capt. Darby the Sum of
three pounds ten shillings it being
for a boat bought of being for the use of
the Island, as it answered the purpose
very much
Edward Hodgson
Received payment 15 June 1811.
Joseph Darby
Sable Island June 3, 1811
Honourable Michael Wallace