COLONIAL

Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown

General Account of Provisions, Necessaries and contingencies for the support of seventy six Convicts who where [sic] thrown upon the Island of Cape Breton from the Snow[?] Providence on the 10^th December 1788 to this 29 September 1789 ~

To Tremaine Stout & White their account pr Vouchr No 1

To Philip Ingouville’s            do        do       2

To John Wilson’s                  do        do       3

To George Hall’s                  do        do       4

To Ranna Cossitt’s                do        do       5

To William Day’s                  do        do       6

To Charles Grant’s                do        do       7

To George Petrey’s                do        do       8

To Frances Graham’s               do        do       9

To P.R. Nugent’s                  do        do      10

To J. B. Dight’s                  do        do      11

To George Gaudin’s                do        do      12

To Schooner Little Supply’s       do        do      13

To The Military Store’s           do        do      14

I do hereby certify that the articles and expenses mentioned in the several Vouchers above specified have been received and expended by me agreable to the orders of His Excellency Lieutnant Governor Macarmick for the use of the Convicts above mentioned.

Sworn before me, to the truth

Of the above Certificate –				Geo. Gaudin, Com[???]

	At Sydney 1 October 1789



			Geo. Moore F.C.

Transcriber’s Note: The abandoned convicts (men, women and children ) were housed at Miray. They were provided with food, clothing, and shelter, tools (such as axes) and other items necessary for survival. The sick were cared for. It appears the surviving convicts did not stay in Cape Breton. The government, for their expenses in caring for the convicts, recompensed subscribers, or donors.

Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton; CO 217, Vol. 107, p. 41