Navigating the Lower Saint Lawrence in the 19th Century.
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| No. 546} 25th October 1838} Report of Survey. Province of Lower Canada District of Gaspé |
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Part of the Cargo of the late
Barque Colborne Be it known and made manifest |
To all to whom these presents shall come.
# we the undersigned John Le Boutillier and
Joseph Meagher, merchants, and William
Macdonald, land surveyor, |
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| * | on her late voyage from London, aforesaid, to the ports of Quebec and Montreal, both in this said Privince, | Daniel aforesaid, *
loaded with a general cargo, duly and
carefully surveyed and examined, one bale of
drawers and two boxes of books landed and
stored under lock in a store on the east side
of Port Daniel River beach and saved from the
wreck of the said barque or vessel called the
Colborne. We therefore do hereby certify and declare that on such survey, we have carefully examined the said bale of drawers and two boxes of books and find the same so much damaged, and in a perishable state as to require to be sold without further delay, which we strongly recommend to be done as the only means of securing the interest of all parties interested or concerned therein. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands at Port Daniel in the County, District and Province aforesaid (where no stamps are used) this twenty fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, having signed two certificates, both of this tenor and date. |
| Signed and delivered in the presence of |
John Le Boutillier William Macdonald |
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| Peter Cullen | ||||
| } Witnes | ses | Joseph Meagher | ||
| William Day | ||||
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Posted Nov. 1, 1998. |
Updated Nov. 16, 2002. |