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Return of stores remaining on charge at Melville Island for use of the Black Refugees
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Return of stores remaining on charge at Melville Island, for the use of the Refugee Negroes in the Province,

Blankets
Single
Duffel
Bales,?
Jackets Number
Trousers Number
Blue Coats
Cotton Shirts
Dutch Capes
Grey Trousers
Beize Waistcoats
Brown Serge Piece
Men
Women
Children
Stoves ? owned by the transport department
Bedstands owned by the transport department
Wheelbarrows owned by the Barrack department
Wood chords
Coal





Date: 8 June 1816

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 61

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