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Receipt from Henry Watkeys to Michael Wallace for payment for repairs to a gun belonging to Paul Bonis [Bones?].
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(65.
Michael Wallace Esq
to Henry Watkeys
1801
Halifax April 10th
New Stocking hammer and Seven Brick [?]
and two new pipes to A Gun Belonging to
Paul Bonis Indian
Received payment in full
£ 1.2.6
Henry Watkeys
![Receipt from Henry Watkeys to Michael Wallace for payment for repairs to a gun belonging to Paul Bonis [Bones?].](/images/mikmaq/201606449.jpg "Receipt from Henry Watkeys to Michael Wallace for payment for repairs to a gun belonging to Paul Bonis [Bones?].")
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 65
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