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Halifax NS 4 May 1833

Edw'd Cunard & J H Tedmush Commissioners Esqs

Gents
Please pay Joshua See or Godese The sum of Twenty five pounds, being
amt of charter Schooner Reliance at and from Halifax to Sable Island
and back to Halifax, which please charge to account of
Your
Obat (obedient) Servt (servant)
James Gosbee

Written on top of and perpendicular to the above notation:

Rec'd the under amt
from [ink blotch obscuring the name] [Lidmasct?] Esqr
for J Gosbee

21 May 1833 J See