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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

List of provisions sent to Isle Sable on the Earl of Moira for the use of the Establishment there

1802. — 2 pages : 30 x 47 cm.

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Memorandum of Provisions etc. sent in His Majesty's Armed Brig Earl of Moira, to the Isle of Sable for the use of the Establishment there.
Halifax, 3rd May 1802
13 Tierces containing 50 bushels potatoes
2 Barrels Mess - Pork
1 Tierce Mess - Beef
1 Tierce Pease
1/2 Tierce of Rice
1 barrel of Molasses
9 tierces [+] 1 Barrell ship biscuit [contg] 10=1=1
2 Barrels kiln dried Indian meal
4 Porter Hogsheads containing salt
A travelling smith's forge & bellows with handle etc.
A box containing an anvil, and other necessary smith's tools
1 five gallon keg of spruce essence
1 piece of sail cloth, omitted, to be landed from Earl of Moira last fall
2 cows and 5 bags of hay
signature in middle - James Lawson
5 Bohea tea, given Edward Hodgson to put in his chest
2 barrels of Indian corn - contg.[containing] 7 bushels
A new whale boat and 7 new ash oars

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2 pages 30 x 47 cm

Date: 1802

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 56

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