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Abstracts of vouchers for cash paid for contingencies on account of the Maroons between 1 July 1800 and May 1804
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General Abstract of Vouchers for Cash Paid on Account of the Island of Jamaica, between the 1st January 1801 and the 8th of May 1804 at the finale Settlement of the Concern for Expences incurred in preserving, dividing inot lotts ~ Selling and Coveying away the property that was purchased for the settlement and subsistance of the Maroon negroes sent from that Island into the Province of Nova Scotia.

To Whom Paid | No. of Voucher | Amount

1801 11 James Allen | 1 | 32 | " | " ||
" " John Bell | 2 | 32 | " | " ||
" " Silvester Smith | 3 | 14 | " | " ||
" " George Simpson | 4 | 14 |12 | 6 ||
" " Robert Letson | 5 | 10 |16 | 8 ||


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 131

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