Nova Scotia Archives
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Abstract of expenses for receiving and providing for the Black Refugees at Melville Island between 27 October 1815 and 26 January 1816
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An Abstract of Expenses incurred in Receiving and Providing for the American Refugee Negroes at Melville Island by Thomas Nicholson Jeffery Esquire Collector of His Majesty’s Customs for the Port of Halifax Nova Scotia Between the 27th day of October 1875 and 26th January 1876.
1875 To whom paid, or due, and for what
Date: 26 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 124