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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Account sales of articles collected by Patrick King on Sable Island and sold at public auction on 20 August 1802

1802. — 3 pages : 30 x 50 cm.

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Halifax N Scotia
Account Sales of Iron, Cotton wool [gear?]
picked up on the Isle Sable, sold by order of the
Commissioners for Establishing a Settlement on that
Island

Date Price Purchasers Amount
1802
Aug. 20 17 Chains & bolts 511 [lb?] 4/4 A Mitchell 9. 0 113/4
2 Rudder Irons M Wallace 2. 2 -
a box Bolts & Spikes Wm Donaldson 19 -
a " ditto Capt Parr 1. 3 -
a " ditto Wm Donaldson 10 -
a " ditto ditto 1. 6 -
a " ditto ditto 1. 2 -
a " ditto Wm [Andress?] 2. 8 -
a " ditto Wm Donaldson .17 -
a " ditto ditto 1. 0 -
a " Rope ditto . 14 -
a " Blocks D & S Harring 1. 0 -
1 Cask cotton Wool [45?] 4/











3 pages 30 x 50 cm

Date: 1802

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 424 number 16

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