Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Accounts against Government for Black Refugees up to 26 December 1816, with the following suppliers: Seth Coleman, Theophilus Chamberlain, John H. Noonan, J. Howe and Son, George Eaton, Thomas Johnson, Henry Maxner, Sergeant William Beebey, Sergeant W. Cooper, William Strath, Timothy Crain, John Skerry, Lieutenant Keith, Richard Inglis, Winkworth Allan and Company, William Swan, Henry H. Cogswell, William Morris, J. Mackesy, William Philips, and WB. Almon
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Halifax Nova Scotia
Government, By Order of His Excellency the Right of Honorable The Earl of Dalhousie G. C. B. Commander and Chief or a
To: William Strath [Strathearn?]
For the Undermentioned Services performed for the the Refugee Negroe Settlements big S
From To
1816
11. Nov. 30 Nov.
To my Services Mustering the Refugee Negroes, located on the different Settlements, Hammonds Plains, Preston, Refugee Hill, Colchester Road etc. [?] 18 days, (Sundays exclusive) at the rate of 10 [shillings?] P Diem
Currency
9 0 0
1 Dec. 30 Dec
ditto 26 days (Sundays exclusive) at 10 [shillings?] P Diem
13 0 0
Received Payment of T.H. Jeffery Esq'r
Collector of His Majesty's Customs at this Port,
Witness
JHNoonan [signature] Wm. Strath
Year - 1816
November 16th - November 30
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 74