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Account of sundries supplied to Mi'kmaq by Joseph Davis
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Government
D[elive]r] To Joseph Davis
1799 for Sundries Supplied to Indians
June 18th [To/For?] 7 gunpowder_28/_4 Blankets 40/_£ 3,,8,,0
4 canvas frocks _32/_ 4 pr trousers 30/_ £ 3,,2,,_
4 check shirts 30/_ 28 Shott_14/__. £ 2,,4,,_
50 Musquet flints_____________. " _,,2,,6
Sept 3rd 1 Frock_8/_. 1pr Trousers_ 6/6__ "_,,14,,6
". 10 1/4 Pork _6/_ 12 Bread 3/___________ " _,,9,,_
Dec 10th 12 Gunpowder 48/_ 28 Shott_ 10/_ 7 Ball 3/6 3,,1,,6
del (delivered) Philip Paul. Tho[ma]s Solomon. & Prosper Joseph
1800
Jan 10 20 Gunpowder_@ 3/6_ del[vere]d to Tho[ma]s Pearson
[For] Order of Coln (Colonel) Pyke _______. " 3,,10,,_
__________
£16,,11,,6
Date: 1799
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 30
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