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283 (number at top of document)
Sable Island,

to the Honourable Michael Wallace
Sir, will you be so kind as to pay to Joseph Darby, the sum of fifteen pounds Nova Scotia, currency, and charge it to the account of your[illegible]
[illegible] Present--
Edward Hodgson
William Snowdon
[Dr?] Joseph Darby [illegible]
(Written up the right side) May 10th, 1822