Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Sundry accounts for supplies to Black Refugees, with the following suppliers: George Eaton, Lewis DeMolitor, William Kent, Robert Hodgers, William Sutherland, John H. Noonan, David Jearrad, William Anderson, J. Clarke, William Haley, John Aubree, George Hawkin, Wallace & Russell, Samuel A. Morris, James W. Nutting and Winkworth Allan
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Halifax Oct. 3rd 1815
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Received of Thomas A. Jeffery Esq Collector of H M Customs at this Port the sum of Thirty Seven Pounds five shillings and ten Pence Currency in full for Twenty five Cords Firewood delivered at Melville Island for the use of the American Refugee Negroes at the rate of 33/g [illegible] Cord for which I have Signed Triplicate Receipts of this [illegible] & Date.
[illegible] Geo. [his X?] Hawkin
[illegible] Mark
[illegible]
Date: 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 48