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[pre-printed telegraph form]

Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company

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From Yarmouth 8 March 1854
Received at Hfx 8 March
To Hon Hugh Bell

Brig Magnet ready for Halifax. Can take all Sable Island articles under deck except [crossed out: life] surf boat - shall I ship -

E.W.B. Moody

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