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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Halifax 19th August 1831
We the undersigned to whom the annexed question of Salvage is referr'd, do award the sum of Thirty three pounds to be paid to the Establishment as salvage.
Enos Collins
[signature] [possibly J Albro]
[signature] [Possibly Jas H Tidmarsh]
After the above award had been determined Mr's Deblois & Mitchell inform'd the Referees that they had neglected to charge the Excise duty on the Rum amounting to £20.3~ which leaves the net sales of £47:8:11 the Referees now award the sum of Twenty three pounds as Salvage on this Case.
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