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Account of shot and powder furnished by order for the Mi'kmaq. (A receipt from Hartshorn and Boggs.)
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Commissioners for Indian Affairs
1801 To Hartshorn & Boggs D[elive]r
April 7 To 1 lb Gunpowder 3/6 4 lbs shot 1/8 .......£0.5.2
May 27 " 3 lbs d[itt]o 9/....12 lbs shot 5/ .......0.14.0
June 3 " 3 lbs d[itt]o 9/.....12 lbs shot 5/ .......0.14.0
Augt 7 " 36 lbs shot @ 5.d 27 flints a doz./ 9lbs powder at 3/6 ...2.8.9
15 " 2 lbs powder 7/...8lbs shot 3/4 .......0.10.4
20 " 12 lbs shot 5/....3 lbs powder 10/6.......0.15.6
Septm'r 11 " 6 lbs powder at 3/6...24 lbs shot a 5 d......1.11.0
October 3 " 8 lbs shot 3/4 .....2 lbs powder 7/1...1 axe 6/6...1.16.10
Nov'r 24" 4 lbs Gunpowder a 3/6 ....... 0.14.0
26 " 4 lbs d[itt]o ....14/....16 lbs shot a 5 d. 6/0 ....1.0.8
1802
January 4 " 4 lbs d[itt]o14/....16 lbs shot at t.d = 6/8 ... 1.0.8
25 " 8 lbs shot 3/4...2 lbs Gunpowder 7/ .......0.10.4
29 " 4 lbs d[itt]o1/8....1 lb Gunpowder 3/6.......0.5.2
February 2 " 4 lbs d[itt]o 1/8....1 lb Gunpowder 3/6 .......0.5.2
3 " 2 lbs Gunpowder 7/...8lbs shot a 5d = 3/4 ...0.10.4
" " 1 hatchet 2/9.......0.2.9
20 " 1 lb Gunpowder 3/6....4lbs shot 1/8.......0.5.2
[Total] £12.9.10
Received Payment of the above account from Michael Wallace Esqr
Hartshorne & Boggs
Mentions amounts of shot and powder distributed by month. Does not mention any Mi'kmaq by name.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 99
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