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 the Right Honourable, The Earl of Dalhousie GCB
To Winckworth Allan & Co, Dr.
For the Service of the Negro Department
1816
December 4th - To 1 Quire book... Currency: ,,3,,
To 1 Quire Paper...,,2.9
To 1/4 hundred Pens...,,4,,
To 1 Quire [Wur?] Paper...,,3.6
December 9 - To 1 Quire Fools Cap Paper...,,3.6
December 14 - To 1 Quire Letter Book....,,3,,
December 19 - To 1 kitchen knife...,,1.3
December 30 - To 1 Quire book...,,3,,
" - To 1 bottle Ink... ,,1,,
1817
January 24 - To 1/2 Quire Paper...,,2.3
" - To 2 Pencils 1/6. 1 Quire Paper 3/6...,,5,,
" - To 1 hundred Pens ...,,15,,
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£2.7.3
Received payment of Thomas N. Jeffery Esquire Collector of His Majesty's Customs at this Port
Winckworth Allan & Co.
Witness
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 79