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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80
Halifax Nova Scotia
Government, By Order of the Right Honorable the Earl of Dalhousie [GOB?]
To William Swan [DZ?]
1817
January 26
To my allowance as [issuer?] of Provisions to the Refugee [Fegrues?], located on the different Settlements, from the 14th, day of December 1816 to this date inclusive, being 43 Days at the rate of 1/6 Currency per Diem
Currency
346
£346
Received Payment of Thomas A [Geffery?] [Gogh?]
Collector of His Majesty's Customs at this Port.
Wm. Swan
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 80