Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Sundry accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees from 1 March to 31 August 1818 with the following suppliers: Henry Maxner, Austen and Stairs, John Skerry, Leonard Romkey, Charles Hill and Company, Robert Wilson, and William Beeby
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No. 1
Halifax Nova Scotia
Government,
By Order of His Excellency the Right Hon [?] the Earl of Dalhousie [?],
To Henry Maxner…[?] For Rent of a Store occupied as a Depot at Sackville
for Provisions [?] for the use of the Refugee Signed from the 1st March to the 31st May 1818
3 Months...…..[?]
Received from Mr. Richard Inglis the Sum of Nine pounds currency in payment of the above account for which I have signed three receipts of the same [?] and date to serve as one
Halifax 25th November 1818
Henry Maxner
witness
Signiture
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 1