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 N.S. 1815
The Honble [Honourable] T.N. Jeffery - Collector of H.M. [His Majesty's] Customs } Bot [Bought?] of John Clark for the Service of the American Refugee Negroes at Melville Island.
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August 14th - To 356 feet pine board - @ 14/ £2.9.10
August 6th - To 300 feet pine board - @ 14/ £2.2.0
August 24 - To 311 feet pine board - @ 14/ £2.3.6
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£6.15.4
Receivd [Received] Payment from Richard [Berth?] Esq. [Esquire], [Deputy] Collector - John Clark
Witness: Lewis deMolitor
Date: 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 52