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Petition from Black inhabitants of Hammonds Plains to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Kempt, praying for means to enable them to erect a place of worship
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John X Brown
Thos X Brunt
Philip X Hamilton
Lowry X Matthews
]Lenen?] X Cooper
Charles X [???]
[Listen?] X Cooper
Jessy X Parker
Saml X Jenkins
Frederick X Baily
Hector X Butler
[J?] X Johnson
John X [illegible]
Andrew X [illegible]
Ricd X Fitzhue
Jessy X Carter
Sampson X [F?]
Patrik X Baily
Joseph X Wiley
John X Hamilton
Sampson X Brown
Thos X Keys
[T?] X Brown
[L?] X Cooper
Kitts X Lee
Abrm X Lee
Jos X [illegible]
Reuben X [illegible]
Allen X [illegible]

The subscriber fully believes that the above statement is a perfectly correct [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]


Date: 18 August 1826

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 33

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