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The Government in Account Current with Richard Inglis in charge of the American Refuge Negroes in the Province of Nova Scotia between the 1st December 1817 and 31st August 1818 Inclusive....
Date Currency
1818
Aug 31st To Amount of Abstract of Desbursements 31 3 10
Between the 1st Dec 1817 and 28th Feb 1818
" Ditto...1st March and 31st May 1818 131 3 11
" Ditto...1st June and 31st August 1818 31 14 10
£ 194 2 7
Date Currency
1818
Nov 25th By His Excellency The Right Hon ble the Earl 194 2 7 of Dalhousie. Warrant on Def y Com y General F M. Haden dated 25 Nov 1818
£ 194 2 7
Halifax 25th November 1818 I Richard Inglis do acknowledge to have received of His Excellency the Right Hon ble the Earl of Dalhousie G.C.B. a Warrant on the Commissariat at this Port for the Sum of One hundred and ninety four pounds two Shillings and seven pence Currency being the Amount of the Abstracts of Desbursements herewith for which I have Signed Triplicate Receipts of this tenor and date.
Rich'd Inglis
This Deponent Richard Inglis voluntarily maketh Oath that the whole of the carge in his accounts Amounting to One hundred and ninety four pounds two Shillings and seven pence Currency are just and true and that the Parties were paid for the Services therein stated and for no other purpose whatever. So help me God
Rich'd Inglis
Sworn to before me at Halifax
this 7th day of December 1818
S S Blowers
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 16
Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/african-heritage/archives/?ID=429
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