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Halifax
24 Dec 1860
Sir
According to
Instructions I have
taken what I conceive
to be necessary
and precautionary
measures concerning
the matter reported
in Mr. Jos. [Brownens]
letter J.P. Sheet
harbor [illegible] County
relating to the Small
Pox having shown
itself in a virulent
form amongst
a number of Indians
on the Eastern Shore

A report from
the medical [illegible]
to attend upon