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Sable Island, May 9th 1831
Sir
Please to pay to Mrs. Mills on order the sum of Sixty Shillings Currency, and Charge the same to the account of your much oblij.
Humble Servant
John Hodgson
To
the Honble, Commissioner
for the Affairs of Sable Island
Witness Joseph Darby
£3-0-0-
420