Nova Scotia Archives

Footprints in the Sand

Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

List of supplies shipped on board the Schooner Two Brothers, Joseph Darby Master, for the use of the Establishment on Sable Island

3 October 1817. — 4 pages : 30 x 21 cm.

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Includes document signed by Joseph Darby confirming the listed goods arrived in his hands in good order and his promise to deliver them into the hands of Sable Island Superintendent Edward Hodgson (dangers of the Sea excepted).

4 pages 30 x 21 cm

Date: 3 October 1817

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 254