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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Receipt for sundry items (possibly medicines) bought of James Avery

3 June 1834. — 2 pages : 30 x 38 cm.

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Halifax June 3 _1834
The Commissioners of Sable Island
Bot. of James F. Avery

6 g. Super Carbonate of Patsy ___ Bottle @6 ___ £ ~ 2 ~
1 Qt. Distilled Vinegar ~ 2 ~
3 oz Antimonial Wine ~ 1 ~
4 oz Pow'd Rhubarb ~ 3 ~
8 oz Tincture of Rhubarb + phial * ~ 3 ~
4 oz Tincture of Senna + phial ~ 1 - 7
½ do Senna ~ 2 ~
4 oz Friars Balsam __ + phial ~ 2 - 9
£ ~ 17 - 4

Recd payment
James F Avery
To L. S. Brown

* Transcriber's note: a phial is a small glass bottle often containing medicine.



2 pages 30 x 38 cm

Date: 3 June 1834

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 671

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