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Supplies required for Sable Island August 1853

[the following is in two columns]

[first column; all items have a pencil checkmark at right]
10 Bbls corn meal
2 do oat do
2 [crossed out: 3] do Sugar
1 do Rice
10 do fine bread
1 Bag White Beans
1 Chest Tea + a Box
1 Bag Coffee
2 Boxes Chocolate
2 do Soap
2 do Candles
1 Keg Coarse Powder
1 do fine do [symbol: FF?]
1 bag shot [symbol: B]
1 do do [symbol: BB]
15 lbs Saleratus
10 lbs Ground pepper
2 Bottles Mustard
10 Gallons Vinegars
5 do burning fluid
{cans sent

[in pencil: and mils?]

[second column]
5 lbs Horse nails No 9 [checkmark on right]
5 lbs Lamp wick [checkmark on right]
10 lbs Hops [checkmark on right]
1 Doz Whip sans files [in pencil: per sample]
1 do Handsaw do [checkmark on right]
[crossed out: 2 gross 1 inch Screws]
[crossed out: 2 do 2 inch do]
[crossed out: 2 paint brushes 4/0]
[crossed out: 2 lbs litharge]
1 dozen Split Brooms [checkmark on right]
100 bushels oats or [mores? money?]
1000 Dried Dogfish [checkmark on right]
60 Gallons West India Rum [checkmark]
A Cooking Stove [checkmark on right]
6 Mattresses, 6 pair Blankets
6 Pillows and 6 Rugs [checkmark on right]
6 Set Cart harness complete [checkmark on right]
3 Sides harness leather [in pencil: per sample] [checkmark on left]
3 riding Saddles + Bridles
when convenient
2 Dozen Hens
[crossed out: medicine]
Sticking plaster [checkmark on left]
6 Juniper or Spruce Knees [checkmark on left]
that will side 7 inches and
be 4 feet long in the shank and 2 1/2
feet in the arm