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152 Sable, 40 Fishers, 6 Wolverene, 11 "Lucervers", 17 Red Fox, 6 Cross Fox, and 9 Bear. This indicates that the traffic in furs and peltries with the Indians and Acadians had not entirely ceased.
A bill of lading in the olden time was a quaint document, witness the following:
SHIPPED by the Grace of God, in good order and well conditioned by John Butler Dight in and upon the good Ship called the Young William, Naval Store Ship, whereof is Master, under God, for this present Voyage, George Hastings, and now riding at Anchor in the Harbour of Halifax, and by God's Grace bound for Fort Howe, River St. John in the Bay Fundy.
To Say, One Hogshead, three Casks, One Case, Three Bales, One Large Trunk, One Bag Coffee, Six Boxes, Twenty Barrels Pork, & twenty firkens Butter—by order Mich'l Francklin, Esq., for account and risque of himself, Wm. Hazen & James White, consign'd to Messrs. Hazen & White at Fort Howe as aforesaid, being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good Order, and well Conditioned, at the Port of Fort Howe (the Danger of the Seas only excepted) unto the said Messrs. Hazen & White or to their assigns, Freight for the Said Goods Gratis, being ship'd by Order of Government.
In Witness whereof the Master of the Said Ship hath affirmed to three Bills of Lading, all of this Tenor and Date; the one of which three Bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void.
And so GOD Send the Good Ship to her desired Port in safety. Amen.
Dated in Halifax, 23rd April, 1782.
G. Hastings.
In carrying on the masting business, Mr. White's brother-in-law, Samuel Peabody, was selected as the man to take practical direction of the work, and the choice seems to have been a good one. Mr. Peabody had a good knowledge of wood craft and his experience as land surveyor was an additional qualification. It is a curious circumstance that the new contractors speedily found themselves at logger heads with William Davidson, whose operations they had during the past two years been endeavoring to protect from the interference of the "rebels" and Indians. In point of fact Mr. Davidson experienced greater annoyance from the operations of Samuel Peabody and his party than he