Nova Scotia Archives
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Mary Parker's account for supplies given to Lewis Paul and family
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[1]801 Indian, Lewis Paul & family Received from
[torn] 22 Mary Parker ~
7 1/2 Bushels potatoes at 2/6....18~9
25th 25 lbs Rye flour at ~ 3. ....5~3
13/lbs yard Blue Cloth at [?]....7..
1 Bushel potatoes to Lewis John's widow..2~6
£1.13.6
Signed Mary [her mark] Parker
Joseph Darby witness
Mentions also Lewis John's widow.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 51
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