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Invoice of sundries shipped to Isle Sable for Schooner Martha Captain Darby

1812. — 3 pages : 30 x 47 cm.

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89.
Invoice of Sundries ship'd by order of His Excellency Sir John Sherbrooke K. B. Lieut. Governor, on board the Schooner Martha Joseph Darby Master, for the use of the Settlement on Sable Island.

2 Barrels best Irish Mess Pork @ £7 14 " "
5 Barrels Ship Biscuit.......................@35/ 8 15 "
1 Barrel Rice........Cwt 2..1..0 Nett....@30/ 3 7 6
2 Barrels Rye Flour...........................@50/ 5 " "
Ditto Indian Meal..................................40/ 4 " "
1 Chaldron Coal....................................47/6 2 7 6
One thousand large sized Bricks & Truckage 3 15 "
1 Half Hhd White Lime.................................. 1 " "
1 Barrel .............Ditto.................................... " 7 6
4 pair Rose Blankets @16/ea +Wrapper 1/3 3 5 3
25 lib. Iron Pipe for a stove........................... 1 5 "
1 dozen Tin Porringers................................. " 5 "
1 doz. Yellow Crockery Bowls...................... " 5 "
2 Iron Shovels @6/6 1 Iron Pott 34 lb.@ 4 11/4 1 4 4
1 Sett Cart Boxes 6/8 12 Handsawfiles...4/... " 10 8
6 Crosscutt Saw files @4/6 2 Rasps 4/........ " 8 6
6 Spike Gimblets 3/ 1 Sawsett 10................. " 3 10
2 frying Pans 10/6 2 Seive Bottoms 2/6........ " 13 "
4 ozs. Camphire (camphor)............................ " 5 "
A Bay Draught Horse...................................... 22 10 "
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Amount Carried forward 73 11 1


3 pages 30 x 47 cm

Date: 1812

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 424 number 89

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