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Received Halifax 18th May 1832 from
the Commissioner for the Affairs of Sable
island One hundred and forty seven pounds
1 of my services as a hired servant on
Sable Island from 1st August 1826 to 31st
December 1831 - at [illegible] month

£147.10 John Hodgson

Witness
Joseph Darby
Sable Island May.31st. 1832