*omitted on the pay list of the 13th of Decr. 88
Sydney ss.
Personally appeared before me David Mathews Esquire one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace Adam Reid Mate of the Brig Relief and maketh Oath that the above Pay List amounting One Hundred and Thirty seven Pounds Halifax Currency is just and True.
[signed] Adam Reid
Sworn at Sydney This 18th day of May 1789. Before me [signed] Mathews
Transcriber’s Note: Some of these names appear as inhabitants of Cape Breton on other documents in the Colonial Correspondence.
Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton: CO 217, Vol. 106, p.73