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Isle Sable August 3rd 1802

these are to certify all whom it may concern that I the subscriber have ben [been] under the command and directions of Mr. James Morris from the first day of October 1801 to the present date, during which time I have been treated with kindness at all times in the interim I am in hopes that my past conduct on Said Island will be approved of by Mr. Morris and the gentlemen Commissioner, whose order I was bound to obey …
James X (his mark)McLaughlan

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Michael Noweland
Edward Hodgson