44 EGBERT WALLACE McLACHLAN ON" THE 



of Britannia) witli lialfpenny token round it; and liave them executed immediately and sent out to me by the 

 first good conveyance. 



By my calculation it will require something more than six thousand pounds of copper to make them, valuing 

 it at one shilling and four pence per pound, which I am informed is about the present advanced price of that 

 article; in this, however, I may not be correct, but at any rate, have the above mentioned quantity struck ofT as 

 they are intended for experiment, and if they are approved of, a much larger quantity will be ordered immediate- 

 ly ; it may therefore be necessary that you preserve the dies from which they are struck. 



Expecting the exchange to fall in a short time I do not now send you a remittance to pay for the coppers, but 

 by the July packet at latest, you will receive it. 



I continue with much esteem, Gentlemen, 

 Your obedt. servt. 



MiCHL. Wallace. 

 Per packet. 



C. 



Liverpool, 1st July, 1823. 

 The Honourable Michael Wallace, 



Sir, 



We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th May, reqtiesting us to purchase for the 

 Province of Nova Scotia 400,000 halfpennies. The same have been ordered agreeably to the description you 

 have sent and the manufacturer promises to have them here by the middle of this month when they shall be 

 shipt by the first vessel bound for Halifax. We cannot exactly ascertain what they will cost but if our calcula- 

 tion be correct it will be somewhat less than you reckon on. 



We are, sir. 



Your most obedient servants, 

 Halifax, N.S. Smith, Forsyth & Co. 



D. 



Liverpool, 3rd September, 1823. 

 The Honourable Michael Wallace, 



Sir, 



We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th July enclosing a bill on the Lords of 



the Treasury for £500, which shall at maturity be placed at your credit. 



AVe have been much disappointed at not having by this time received the coins from Birmingham, in the 



manufacturing of which more time has been required than was at first expected, in consequence of the dies 



having been repeatedly broken. 



We expect to receive the whole in the course of a week, when they shall be put on board of the first good 



vessel for Halifax. There is none at present here. 



We are very respectfully, sir, 



Your most obedient servants, 



Plalifax, N.S. Smith, Forsyth & Co. 



E. 



Liverpool, 12 September, 1823. 

 The Honourable Micheal Wallace, 



Dear Sir, 



There being no prospect of another conveyance for Halifax this season, we have been induced to ship 

 the tokens on board tlie Lord Exmouth to sail to-day for Lunenburgh or Halifax, if the wind permits the Captain 

 ' going in there. Should it not, it is stipulated that they are to be delivered to you, at the expense of the ship, and 

 we have got the insurance effected so as to cover any risk in small craft froin Lunenburgh to Halifax. 



Enclosed you have the Furnishers' Bill of Parcels and our Invoice, amounting to £615 6s 4d. The short price 

 is charged as you have remitted us for the greater part of the cost before the shipment has been made, on the 

 balance interest is due till we are in cash for the same. We hope the tokens may arrive safe, and give satisfaction. 

 Since we contracted for them the price of copper has advanced considerably and they could not now be made on 

 the same terms. 



The manufacturer keeps the dies in case you may wish to order a further quantity. 



We are, very respectfully, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 Halifax, N.S. Smith, Forsyth & Co. 



