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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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69

Reporte of People of Colour who [drew?] nations in Preston from the 10th to the 16th of Nov 1815 both days included,

Names Men Women Children

Peter Claton 1 1 1
Jerry Gardner 1 1 5
Robart Haynes 1 - -
Nat Crawley 1 1 2
[Leven?] Winder 1 1 -
Geo Wunder 1 1 1
Isaac Jones 1 1 4
Henry [Bisker?] 1 - -
Henry Taylor 1 1 1
James Downwind 1 1 2
Geo Tursser 1 1 -
[illegible] Clarke 1 1 4
Jacob Claton 1 1 1
Stephen Johns 1 1 2
Richard Baley 1 1 1
George Smith 1 1 4
Richard Grant 1 1 5
Joseph Smith 1 - -
Jacob Wise 1 - -
Daniel Muse 1 1 1
[Abram?] Brown 1 1 1
[Philimon?] Hawkins 1 - -
Henry Lee 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
[illegible] Wise 1 2 -
Joseph Cox 1 1 4
Geo Brown 1 1 4



Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 69

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