COLONIAL

Account of Coals Ship'd at His Majesty's Coal Mines SPanish River by permission of His Excellency Lieutenant Governor Macarmich Commencing the 25^th October 1793 & Ending the 31 December following

Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown

 

Date of Permit	Vessels Names	Masters Names	Where Bound	No. Chaldrons	Amount of Duties
					L	S	d
1793
October 25th	Brothers	Gardner	St. Peters	10	2	10
26th	Nancy	Ley	Halifax	12	3
26th	Endeavor	Townshend	Halifax	9 ½	2	7	6
26th	Mary	Swain	St. Peters	52	13
30th	Prosperity	Allen	Sydney	28	7
31st	Nancy	Dobbin	Sydney	3		15
November 2nd	Porcupine	D'Auvergne	Sydney	4	1
2nd	Nancy	Dobbin	Sydney	3		15
7th	Meriam	Meagher	St. Peters	30	7	10
7th	Mary	Landrie	Halifax	11 ½	2	17	6
7th	Nancy	Landrie	Halifax	16 ½	4	2	6
7th	Margarite	LeBlanc	Halifax	11	2	15
7th	Two Brothers	Dawdle	St. Peters	24	6
9th	Industry	Imlay	Halifax	20	5
9th	Sydney	Ley	Halifax	8	2
9th	Alpha	Fleegan	Halifax	20	5
12th	Betsey	Davis	Halifax	24	6
12th	Morning Star	Ferris	Halifax	7	1	15
14th	Fanny	Hilton	Halifax	24	6
15th	Prosperity	Jackson	Sydney	14	3	10
18th	St. Andrew	Murphy	Halifax	22	5	10
18th	Brothers	Gardner	St. Peters	30	7	10
18th	Dawkins	Stark	Halifax	38	9	10
20th	Betsey & Sally	Murphy	Halifax	20	5
20th	Porcupine	D'Auvergne	Sydney	2		10
25th	Liverpool Packet	Man	Halifax	20	5
December 3rd	Prosperity	Jackson	Sydney	14	3	10
5th	Mary	Swain	Halifax	45	11	5
9th	Mancy	Landrie	Halifax	16	4
10th	Meriam	Meagher	Halifax	30	7	10
10th	Two Brothers	Dawdle	Halifax	30	7	10
18th	Alpha	Murphy	Halifax	20	5
21st	Sydney	Ley	Main a Dieu	24	6
				642 ½	160	12	6
Superintendent's allowance of Six pence per Chaldron is					16	1	3
					144	11	3

William Plant Esq^r. appointed Superintendent of the raising & Shipping of Coals by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith that the aforegoing Account is just and true. Sworn in Council Will. Plant the 12^th March 1794 before me, Mathews.

 

Source: Colonial Correspondence of Cape Breton; CO Vol. 110, pp. 89, 90

 

Contributed by Janice Fralic-Brown
Page written October 5, 2003