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Letter from Henry G. Farish, Liverpool, to the House of Assembly regarding his account for medical attendances on sick Mi'kmaq. Memorandum of services visits and medicines rendered to sick Mi'kmaq of Queens County by the same.
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Memorandum of services visits
and medicines rendered to sick and
indigent Indians of Queens County by
Henry G. Farish M. D of Liverpool.

1864 $
Feb 23 | Frances Meuse | To visit 3 miles $1.00 [illegible] .60 | 1 | 60
24 | " | " visit 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] .25 [illegible] .30 | 1 | 55
[Mch] 19 | Jos. Gloud | " visit 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] .30 [illegible] & salt 40 | 1 | 70
" | Toney | [illegible] expectorant [illegible] .60 [illegible] [illegible] .60 | 1 | 20
Apr 11 | " | vt. 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] .25 [illegible] .60 | 1 | 85
| | [illegible] 25 | | 25
28 | Maltie | vt. 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] expectorant illegible] .60 [illegible] .25 | 1 | 25
June 3 | Gloud | Attendance on wife 2 miles. | 4 | 00
15. | " | vt 2 miles 1.00 [illegible] digitalis [illegible] .60 | 1 | 60
July 15 | Toney. | [illegible] .60 [illegible] .30 | | 90
Aug 10 | " | vt. 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] .25[illegible] 40 | 1 | 65
11 [illegible] | vt. 2 miles .80 [illegible] .60 | 1 | 40
" | Gloud | [illegible] 40 | | 40
Sep 14 | Davis | visit 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] .25 [illegible] .10 | 1 | 35
Oct 17 | Toney | [illegible] 60 | | 60
" | " | [illegible] .30 | | 30
Nov 12 | " | visit 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] 60 | 1 | 60
| [illegible] | vt. 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] 40 | 1 |40
Dec 25 | " | [illegible] 80 [illegible] 40 | 1 | 20
27 | Maltie | [illegible] 3 miles 1.00 [illegible] 25 [illegible] 30 | 1 | 55
29 | " | [Mint] Spices [illegible] & [Magnus] Sulphite | | 70
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$ 28 | 05
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I Henry G. Farish maketh oath that the
charges in the above account are moderate & reasonable
and not more than are usually made in [his - crossed out] ordinary
attendance on the Poor.
Sworn before me at Liverpool
this 1st February day of 1865 } Henry G. Farish
Robt Roberts [JP.]


Date: 1864

Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 138

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