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. 24th 1815.
The Honble [Honourable] T. N. Jeffery, Collector of H.M. [His Majesty's] Customs } Bot [Bought?] of Jeremiah Harley.
For the Service of the American Refugee Negroes at Melville Island
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Coals - 45, [Chalorin?] at [illegible]. £135,,0,,0.
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Received of the Collector of H.M. [His Majesty's] Customs, the Above Sum of one hundred and thirty five Pounds Currency in full,
Signed: Jeremiah Harley
Witness Signed: M. H. Noonan
Date: 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 51