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 17th November 1815.
received of Thomas n. Jeffery Esquire Collector of His Majestys Customs at this Port by a William Richard Best his Deputy, [Four Setts?] of [Bills?] of Exchange [Numbers?] 9,,10,,11 and 14. Drawn by His excellency Sir J. C. Sherbrooke, G. C. B. on the Right Honourable the Lord Commissioner of His Majesty's Treasury, for [illegible] of Nine hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds & Seven Shillings and two pence [illegible], Bills at Par, equal to one Thousand and Eighty Seven Pounds One Shilling and three Pence [/2?] Currency in full for the Amount by the written Account, Agreeable to Contract Signed on the 27 July 1815. for which I have signed Triplicate Receipts of this tenor and date.
Witness [signed] [illegible] H. Noonan, Lewis deMolitor
Date: 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 60