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Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt

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118.

Halifax Nova Scotia
Government
By order of His Excellency The Right Hon [ble?] The Earl of Dalhousie GCB
To William [Beebey?] ... Dr

For pay due [here?] as issuer of provisions to the Refugee Negroes from the [1st?] September to 30th Nov 1817

91 days . . . . . . . . . . . [illegible]

Received from Wm Richard Inglis the sum of Six pounds sixteen shillings and sixpence in payment of the above account for which I have signed three receipts to serve as one - [Halifax?] 10th April 1818 - [W?] Beebey

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Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 118