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John Chamberlain's sketch of lands in or near to Block Letter E on plan of Black settlement at Preston. Sampson Carter improvements
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James Putnam Esq.
Wm Bell
50 Acres Vacant
50 Acres Surveyed for James Sharks
Sampson [Carters?] lott
Road from Halifax to Lake Porter

Block Letter E (on the plan of the Black Settlement)
Scale 20 Chains to an Inch
The above sketch is made to explain where - Sampson Carter has made some improvements adjoining his ten Acre lott in the Block letter E in Preston, which improvements lay in the N.W. corner of the Contained lott No. 20 Letter D, on the General Plan of Preston
John Chamberlain D.S.
21st August 1822 (No. 23)


Date: 21 August 1822

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 23

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