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Footprints in the Sand

Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

List of articles sent to Sable Island on board the schooner Two Brothers, Joseph Darby Master, for use of the Establishment

20 August 1818. — 3 pages : 30 x 47 cm.

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2 Copper Spout Lamps
3 Bags Lead Shot
2 Frying Pans
2 Plane Irons
2 dozen Panes Window Glafs 7X9 ins
50 Gun Flints
6 Barrels of Bread
1 Cask Spirits containing 15 Gallons
12 lb Boat Nails #1 Iron Pot
1 Boat and 5 Oars
2 Quintals of Cod Fish

Received from Michael Wallace Commifsioner
for the affairs of Sable Island, on board of the
Schooner Two Brothers, whereof I am Master, all the
articles enumerated in the foregoing Abstract in good
Order, which I promise to deliver in like condition
unto Wm Edward Hodgson, Superintendant there,
danger of the Seas excepted.
Halifax 20th August, 1818

Joseph Darby


3 pages 30 x 47 cm

Date: 20 August 1818

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 261

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