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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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Mifs[Miss] s Cunard & Elizabeth Leggett D

To 1 hat ribbon 3/- tacket 30/-1 pair Trousers 15/- 1 Shirt 5/- £ 2-13-0
1 pair shoes 12/- 1 pair stockings 2/- 1 handkercheif 3/6 17-6
1 waistcoat 6/- Braces & knife 2/6 8-6
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£ 3-19-
for George Williams the Mate

1 hat ribbon 3/- drawers 4/- waistcoat 8/- Tacket 20/- £ 1-15-0
trousers 18/- stockings 2/- shoes 12/- shirt 3/9- handkercheif 3/6 1-16-3
1 Pair Braces 1/6- knife 1/ 2-6
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£ 3-13-9


for Thomas Brooks

1 hat ribbon 3/- drawers 4/- waistcoat 8/- Tacket 20/- £1-15-0
trousers 15/- stocksing 2/- shoes 12/- shirt 3/9-handkercheif 3/6 1-16-3
1 Pair Braces 1/6 - knife 1/ 2-6
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£3-13-9
For William Houghton


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

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