Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Letter from Joseph Howe to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, with names of Black people at Preston willing to remove to any more desirable settlements
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William Hopins
Edward Wilkins
Wm Townsend
Joseph [illegible]
N. Carter
Jeremiah [illegible]
Nase Leech
Henry [illegible]
Elizabeth [illegible]
John Robinson
Letters a [illegible] [illegible] Road and to have letter confirmed.
Date: 12 June 1837
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 48