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Pre‐1867 Government Records for Sable Island

Warrant to pay the Commissioners of Sable Island £400 toward the cost of wages and provisions, for vote of the Assembly in 1804

31 October 1805. — 2 pages : 30 x 47 cm.

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HIS EXCELLENCY
Sir JOHN WENTWORTH, Baronet, L.L.D.
Lieutenant-Governor and Commander in Chief, in and over His Majefty's Province of Nova-Scotia, and its Dependencies, &c. &c. &c.

To MICHAEL WALLACE Efq. Treasurer of the Province.
YOU are hereby directed to pay unto The Commissioners for Sable Island the Sum of Four hundred pounds towards defraying the expense of wages.
Provisions &c for that establishment.

out of the Duties of Impoft and Excife, appropriated for the Support of His Majesty's Government, as granted by the General Affembly of this Province. And in fo doing this fhall be your Warrant.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal at Arms at Halifax, this 31st Day of October 1805 in the 46th Year of His Majesty's Reign.
Wentworth

BY HIS EXCELLENCY's COMMAND,
J. Wentworth


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2 pages 30 x 47 cm

Date: 31 October 1805

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 31 series 120 volume 2 number 137

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