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Invoice from Forsyth, Smith & Co. for cloth purchased by M. Wallace for the use of Mi'kmaq.
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Ml. Wallace Esqr Halifax Nova Scotia 21st Jany 1803
for the use of the Indians
Bought of Forsyth, Smith & Co
20 1/4 yds Blue Kersey 1/9 | 1 | 15 | 5½
55 yds Green Do. ------- 1/9 | 4 | 16 | 3
35 Yds [?Stript] Blanketing 80/6 | 8 | 1 | "
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£ 14 | 12 | 8½
1803 March 29th Received payment
Forsyth, Smith & Co.
Date: 1803
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 124
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