Nova Scotia Archives
Footprints in the Sand
Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island
Letter to the Commissioners from Catherine Saltzman asking to be paid the balance of a charter due for the services of the Schooner Elizabeth
2 April 1836. — 4 pages : 30 x 37 cm.
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Country Harbour 2^d April 1836
The Commiss'r of the Provincial Establishment of the Island of Sable
Gent.n
Be pleased to pay into the hands of Wm R Noble of Halifax whose receipt will be a full and sufficient discharge the amount of the Charter for my late husbands Schooner the Elizabeth for the voyage from Halifax to, at, and from the Isle of Sable, and back to Halifax, in the performance of which voyage
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Catherine Saltzman is making this request as her husband and son lost their lives attempting to land their boat on Sable Island
4 pages 30 x 37 cm
Date: 2 April 1836
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 841