Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees during the year 1816, with the following suppliers: John H. Noonan, Lewis DeMolitor, Robert Hodgers, John Skerry, Thomas N. Jeffery, Robert Leslie, Edward Randall, William Conroy, James Scott, Theophilus Chamberlain, Richard Munday, Wallace and Russell, Winkworth Allan, George Eaton, Samuel Head, Alexander Wallace, David Howe, Hartshorne, Boggs and Company, J & D Starr and Thomas Johnson
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Government
To Jno. Skerry, Dr
1816 Currency
July 2
To Store Rent Provisions at Dartmouth for the use of Negroes at Preston, between the 3d. day of April and this date inclusive, being 3 Months at 60/ Per Month.
L 9.0.0
Received payment of Thomas N. Jeffery Esquire Collector of His Majestys Customs at this Port.
John Skerry
Witness
R Best
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 20