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Receipt for payment received from Mitchell for forty great coats, 1838. Receipt for payment received for thirty-seven great coats, 1837. Receipt for payment received for twenty-five pairs of blankets from R.G. Noble, 1837.
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T.W. James Esq.
[illegible] Deblois Mitchell
1837 July 11th 30 Great Coats @30 £4- 10
advanced from [illegible] 1.2.6
5.12.6
1/4 1.8. [illegible]
[illegible] by Cash £7-0-[illegible]
5.12.6
difference 1.8.12
of Great Coats @ 3 [illegible] £1.6.3
1/4 6. [illegible] 1.12.[illegible]
£3.0.11
Received payment
3 March 1837
Deblois Mitchell
Date: 1837
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 34
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