Nova Scotia Archives
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Account of supplies to Mi'kmaq
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35.
Government
D[elive]r To the Estate of J Davis
1800
Jany 9th
To Am[oun]t of Sundries up to this Date as of Acc[oun]t Rend[ere]d. } £ 16,,11,,6
being Supplies Issued to the Indians
approved for payment
Wentworth
Halifax 15 August 1803
Rec[eive]d payment for the administrators from Michael Wallace [illegible] of the province
E. Farnham Junior
20.16.8
10.11.6
_________
£4.5.2
Date: 1803
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 35
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