note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions

Sable Island Oct 9th 1827

Sir
you will have the kindness to pay to
Mr Edward Wallace on order the sum of
eighty pound, N.S. Curr'y, and charge the
same to the account of your much oblg-
Humble Servant,
£ 80--0--0 Edward Hodgson

to the Honble, Commissioner,
for Sable Island_,
Micheal Wallace

329