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Footprints in the Sand

Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Henry Benson's receipt for wages to 8 May 1832 for work as a hired servant

13 May 1832. — 2 pages : 30 x 25 cm.

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Halifax NS
The Commissioners for Sable Island Affairs
To Henry Benson Dr(debtor)
1832
To 4 Months & 1 Weeks Wages
due me as a hired servant on
Sable Island from 1Janury to 8 May at 50/pmonth £10.12.6

Received from the Commissioners for Sable Island Affairs
Ten pounds 12/6 in full of all demands 13 May 1832

Henry Benson

499


2 pages 30 x 25 cm

Date: 13 May 1832

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 499

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