Nova Scotia Archives
Footprints in the Sand
Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island
S. Cunard and Elizabeth Leggett receipt for money advanced for relief of seamen wrecked on Sable Island
19 September 1831. — 4 pages : 30 x 37 cm.
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Mefs [Miss] S Cunard & Elizabeth Leggete D
hat ribbon 3/" handkercheif 3/6 - tacket 20/ trousers 15/- £ 2-1- 6
waistcost 8/-shirt 3/9 drawers 4/- shoes 12/- stockings 2/- 1-9-9
Knife 1/- Braces 1/6 2-6
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£ 3-13-9
for Richard Bott
hat ribbon 3/" handkercheif 3/6 - tacket 20/ trousers 15/- £ 2-1- 6
waistcost 8/-shirt 3/9 drawers 4/- shoes 12/- stockings 2/- 1-9-9
Knife 1/- Braces 1/6 2-6
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£ 3-13-9
for Richard Cannibeor
hat ribbon 3/" handkercheif 3/6 - tacket 20/trousers 15/- £ 2-1- 6
waistcost 8/-shirt 3/9 drawers 4/- shoes 12/- stockings 2/- 1-9-9
Knife 1/- Braces 1/6 2-6
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£ 3-13-9
for Richard Taylor
Details items (such as hat ribbon, clothing items and handkerchiefs) provided to the following wrecked seamen: Richard Bolt, Richard Cannibear, Richard Taylor, George Willams the Mate, Thomas Brooks, and William Houghton.
4 pages 30 x 37 cm
Date: 19 September 1831
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 453