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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 19 cm.

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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 19 cm

Date: 15 August 1831

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 449

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