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I {Loren?} Nicolas Elleson a passenger on board the Fulton and wrecked on Sable Island on the 18 January do swear that I boarded with the Superintendant of that Establishment for the term of four weeks and Two days and paid Mr. Darby in Cash five Shillings and also gave to Mr. Darby a Coat that Cost me Two pounds but which was worth Seven pounds Ten shillings and he received in part payment valuing it as Fifty Shillings making in all the Sum of Fifty Five Shillings in full for my board during the period of my residence on the Island - living at Mr. Darbys {word?} Sable
Halifax 25th March 1848
L. N. Ellesen

Sworn to before me at Halifax this 25 March /48
having been first translated and explained