Nova Scotia Archives
Footprints in the Sand
Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island
Referee's Award for salvage from Brig Pegasus, William Talbot Master
15 August 1831. — 4 pages : 30 x 49 cm.
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the Province shall receive out of the proceeds of this wrecked property Your award being final according to Law.
I have the Honor to be
Gentlemen
Your obedient Servant
Wm Wallace Commissioner for the
affairs of Sable Island
The Honble
Enos Collins
John Albro
James H Tidmarsh Esqrs.
Includes letter from Michael Wallace outlining the issue of how money earned from auctioning the Pegasus's salvage should be paid out, and asking for judgment from the three referees: Enos Collins, John Albro and James H. Tidmarsh.
Also includes decision by said referees, awarding twenty-three pounds to the Humane Establishment as Salvage.
4 pages 30 x 49 cm
Date: 15 August 1831
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 449