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Received Halifax 8 June 1837
from the Commissioners for Sable
Island Two pounds 1 [illegible] in full for
wages as a hired servant on board
Schooner Victory from 15 May to 8
June at [illegible] / per month
his
£2. 1 [?] James X Hewen
Witness mark
[illegible]