Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Several accounts and receipts for supplies to Black Refugees, with the following suppliers: Edward King, Robert Hodgers, William Kent, John H. Noonan, Winkworth Allan, Louis DeMolitor, William Anderson, William Sutherland, J. Howe, Son and Company, George Eaton, J. Clark, J. Young & Co, Tobin & Boyle, Doctors Hume and Pyke, William Philipps, Samuel Head, and Hartshorne & Boggs
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Halifax July 15, 1815
The Honrble[honorable] Thomas N. Jeffery }
Bot[bought] of Edw. King for the Service of the American Refugee Negro Department at Melville Island, 1/2 Ton Straw at 180 / per Ton £4..10..0.
Truckage of the above to Melville Island -- } 7.6. | £4..17..6.
Rec. of Mr Noonan the above Amounts. Edw. King. N. S
Date: 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 19