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Petition of John Arthur Phillips
and John Darlington
for License to Search
on Sable Island
for Minerals

[written in a different hand]
The Board of [Works?]
[illegible]
in the [expediency/] of
[illegible] this applicant,
and also if granted as
to what Term [illegible: and?]
restrictions the
License should be subject.

July 3 1863
[signature] [illegible]

[written in faint pencil]
wrote [illegible] 13 Aug.t '63