Nova Scotia Archives
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Copy of a letter from Lord Castlereagh to the Governor or Commander of the forces in Nova Scotia, relating to the government provision for the American Black Refugees Enclosing orders in Council etc, relating to the slave trade and assigning the duty of managing and providing for ensalved Blacks captured or brought into Halifax to the Chief Officer of the Customs
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Copy of Lord Castlereagh's letter to Sir Geo. Prevost dated 10 April 1808
Paul [?] Bathurst's letter dated 25th day of October 1814
Date: 10 April 1808
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 9