48 EOBEET WALLACE McLACHLAN ON THE 



seven shillings, which we place to your debit. The halfpenny tokens have not yet couie forward but we hope to 

 receive them soon when your order will be completed. We have to-day been favored with yours of the 2nd inst., 

 and note its contents. Agreeably to your request we hand at foot a note of the amount at Dr. Porter's debit in 

 our books which we now transfer to yours, say £S 3s 9d. We hope to hear of your receiving the different parcels 

 of tokens safe and that they give satisfaction. 



We are, dear sir, 



Yours truly. 

 13th May, 1824. Smith, Foesyth & Co. 



The manufacturer has disappointed us in not sending forward the halfpenny tokens in time for this conveyance. 



P. 



Liverpool, 25th May, 1824. 

 The Hon'ble Michael Wallace, 



Sir, 



We have this morning received from the manufacturer the halfpenny tokens which you ordered, 



As the Trafalgar has been detained they have been put on board of her and we hope you will soon receive them, 

 and that they give you every satisfaction. We have sold the dollars which you sent by Mr. Fraser at 4s li;d each 

 and as the present shipment completes your order we beg leave to wait on you with a statement of the whole 

 transaction which leaves a balance of .£20 17s 8d in your favor. 



Believe us very respectfully, Dear Sir, 



Your most obedient servants. 



Smith, Forsyth & Co. 

 Q- 



Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17th August, 1824. 

 Messrs. Smith, Foesyth & Co., 



Gentlemen, 



Your several favours of the 26th May, 6th and 10th July have come to hand and the various shij> 

 ments of copper tokens received in good order. They are not all opened but it is probable they will be found 

 correct. The particulars of the contents of the casks in two of the shipments was not sent which has made neces- 

 sary to count them as they were opened. 



I notice the accoui t current you have transmitted leave a balance in my favor of £26 17s Sd. 



I have received the protest for non acceptance of McKay's bill on Ritchie, but I shall hope it will be finally 



taken up. I am pleased to find that you expect to have executed the order I sent for Province Notes and in time 



to be sent in the Adelphia. 



With continued esteem, 



I remain, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient servant, 



Michael Wallace. 

 B. 



Halifax, Nova Scotia, 26 March, 1825. 

 Gentlemen, 



I was duly favored with yours of the 26th January, enclosing Sir James Kempt's note to you on the 

 subject of the tokens I had requested you to procure and send out to me. 



I am satisfied j'ou postponed the execution of that order for the reasons he gave, and which he communicated 

 to me in his letters by the February mail, although I apprehend some inconvenience by the delay of the Govern- 

 ment's intentions. 



W^e have lately been annoyed by the discovery of our Province notes being forged at Boston and brought into 

 the country for circulation and I am very desirous of procuring some kind of stamj^ to put on the face of thom 

 that would not easily be imitated. 



You have plenty of ingenious mechanics in your neighbourhood, no doubt at Birmingham particularly. 

 You will do me a favor by consulting the engraver whether such a stamp could be had, and if there is, that 

 you would get it executed and sent out as soon as possible with suitable ink for the purpose of using it. Have the 

 bankers in England discovered any improvement in the manufactory of paper for notes that is not liable to be 

 imitated by our neighbours in the United States where many of the first masters of arts have congregated ? A 

 paper medium is absolutely necessary in this Province and hitherto has proved of great public utility and we have 

 been very fortunate in suffering very little by forgery since its commencement in 1811. 



I remain, Gentlemen, 



Yours with esteem, 

 Messrs. Smith, Foesyth & Co., Blicn. Wallace. 



Liverpool, G.B. 



