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Petition from James Barrow [Barron?], a Black Refugee, to the Administrator of the Government, regarding his house which had been destroyed by fire
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To His Honor the Administrator
of the Government of Nova
Scotia etc etc etc
The Petition of James Barron, a
Refugee Negroe located on Mr. Jeffery's
Lands, most humbly therwith
That your Memorialist on
the 24' [ultimo?] experienced a
most distressing affliction
in Consequence of his Hut
having Accidentally taken
fire by which Catastrophe
his Child with [part?]
of his Provisional & Clothing
were
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Date: 4 July 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 6