Nova Scotia Archives
Footprints in the Sand
Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island
Joseph Darby's receipt for the hire of his schooner for bringing passengers and supplies to and from Sable Island
1819. — 2 pages : 30 x 24 cm.
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Halifax 18th June 1819
Received from Michael Wallace Commissioner for the affairs of Sable Island Twenty five pounds for the Hire of my Schooner going to the Island to bring off the passengers landed from the ship [Asia?] of London When the run on shore there
Joesph Darby
L25.0.0
273
The passengers in question were stranded on Sable Island when their ship Asia of London ran ashore there.
2 pages 30 x 24 cm
Date: 1819
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 273