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Footprints in the Sand

Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Letter from John Campbell to the Provincial Secretary

1848. — 4 pages : 30 x 36 cm.

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information he received from the Cap.n of the Schooner respecting the Wreck was as follows: she had on board four [five?] Hundred Barrels Honey three Hundred Quintles Codfish two casks [illegible: old?] Copper. That she was broken in midship. She [illegible] her. That her main mast was cut away. That her fore mast + bowsprit was standing. That she was coppered. The American Consul standing by confirmed what he stated is informed by the Captain


4 pages 30 x 36 cm

Date: 1848

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 425 number 39

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