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Halifax 24th July 1805
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Received from the Commissioners for settling
Isle Sable, by the hands of Michael Wallace,
Eight Pounds Eleven Shillings as Wages due me by the Brig John & Mary at the time she was wreck'd on Isle Sable the 8th January last
[Pound sterling symbol] 8.11.0

By order for the account of my son Edward James ----- Edw. James