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18TH-CENTURY CAPE BRETON ISLAND
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[f. 196]
The Crown Dt.
To Samuel Sparrow for Sundries shipped on board the Schooner Betsy by order of Lieut. Governor Des Barres
£. s. d
To 1 Cask Tanners Hair - - - - - - - - - -
- -
_
8. _
No. 93 1 Cask 43 m. fine long Lath Nails 4/10 10 .7. 10
96. 1 Do. 42 m Do - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 4/10 10. 3. _
4 m 208 feet Boards - - - - 60/. 12.
17 _
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33. 15 . 10
To freight £ 5. 7.6
Commission 1.13.9 7. 1 .3
5 Pr. Cent
Halfx Currency - £40 . 17 .1
Dedt. Exchge. 1/10 4. 1. 8
Stlg 36. 15. 5
Halifax, Septr 4th 1786
E. E. SparrowSydney Septre 18th 1786.
We do Certify that the foregoing Articles were received by us for the use of Compleating the Barracks at this place.
We do Certify that the foregoing Charge by Mr Samuel Sparrow for the Articles therein Expressed are reasonable and not more than the the price Current of these Articles at the time they were delivered.
John Smith
Chas. KitsonSydney 28th October 1786
Received from Lieutenant Governor Des Barres the before mentioned Sum of thirty Six pounds fifteen Shillings & five pence in a Bill of this Date on the Right Honorble the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury for the within Account.
Saml. Sparrow
Exchnge for £36.15.5 Sttg
Sydney 20th October 1786
My Lords No 21
At Thirty Days sight of this my first of Exchange (second and third unpaid) please pay Damuel Sparrow Esquire on order the Sum of Thirty Six pounds fifteen Shillings & five pence Sterling being of the Amount of the Articles furnished as per the foregoing Invoice for the use compleating the Barracks at Sydney.
To
The Right Honourble.
the Lords Commissioner
of His Majesty's Treasury
London
Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, Original Correspondence (CO 217), Colonial Office, Cape Breton "A", DesBarres, 1786, M.G. 11, C.B., Vol. 3, September 18, 1786 and October 28, 1786, pp. 196-198
[Page 1]
Accounts
of Money paid by Lieutenant Governor Desbarres for His Majestys Service in the
Settlement of the Island of Cape Breton between the 19th November
1784 and the 13th of October 1787 agreeably to original Accounts and
vouchers produced to and examined by His Majestys Council for said Island
[Page 5]
Account of Money paid by
His Excellency Governor Desbarres for His Majestys Service in the Settlement of
the Island of Cape Breton between the 1st of October and 31st of
December 1785 inclusive as per vouchers ...
The Crown Dr
To Samuel Sparrow
For Sundaries Shipped on Board the Schooner Betsy by Order of Lieutenant governor Desbarres vizt:
To 1 Cask Tanners Hair - - - - - - - - - -
- -
£
8. 0
No. 93 1 Cask 43 M. fine long Lath Nails 4/10
10 .. 7. 10
96. 1 Do. 42 M - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 4/10 10 - 3 - 0
4 M 208 feet Boards - - - - 60/ 12 ..
17 - 0
__________
33 . 15 . 10
freight - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - £ 5. 7.6
Commission 5 PCent - - - 1.13.9
_______
7 -- 1 -- 3
__________
£ 40--17-- 1
Equal to £ 36 .. 15 .. 5 Sterling for which Sum Lieutenant Governor Desbarres has drawn a Bill on the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury dated the 20th. October 1786 in favor of Samuel Sparrow
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[Source: London, Public Record Office, Audit Office 3, Volume 142, pp. 1 - 17, November 14, 1791]