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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56 Halifax Nova Scotia
Government
To Wm Sutherland Dr.

1815 Currency
26 Oct To amount of-my Pay
as Steward to the Negroes
at Melville Island, from
the 26th July to this date 25. 11. 1
92 days at 57. Sterling
per diem Equal to ---------
Received Payment from T. N. Jeffrey
Esq. Collector of H M Customs per Mr. Best
his Deputy.
[illegible]
Lewis deMolitor Wm Sutherland

Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 56