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Account of Isaac Deschamps Junior for supplies distributed to seven Mi'kmaq at Windsor by order of Mr. Tonge.
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Windsor
Government [Dr.?]
To Isaac Deschamps Junr..
For the Undermentioned Supplys to Seven Indians
by Order of Willm.. Cotnam Tonge Esqr..
1801 Vizt.. £ ----S ---- D
April 22 1 [Cut.?] Rye Flour 1--- 10
7 Smoaked Bass @1/ - 7 -
3 1/2 lbs_ Powder @ 5/ - 17 - 6
33 lbs_ Pork @ -8d 1--- 2 ---
3 yds Bagging to make bags to put
their flour in @ 2/2 } -- 6 --- 6
14 lbs Shot @ 6d --- 7 ---
£ 4--10--0
I hereby certify that the amount
of the above account was supplied
by my direction
W Cotnan Tonge
Received of Michael Wallace Esqr. Treasurer
of the province four pounds ten Shillings in full
for the above acct. for Isaac Deschamps
Halifax 17th June 1801. W Cotname Tonge
Does not name seven Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1801
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 430 number 68
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