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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of people of colour who drew rations in Preston from the 19th to the 25th January 1816 both days included

[Left side]
Names Men Women Children
jacob allen 1
[illegible] alexander 1
Philip alexander 1
Ben [Bowers?] 1 1 1
Friday Bush 1 1 2
[illegible] Brown 1 1 4
Henry Bisker 1
Isaiah Butler 1 1 1
James Bush 1 1 3
Luke Bowers 1 1 1
[illegible] Ball 1 1 2
[abram?] Brown 1 1 1
[illegible] [Bowels?] 1 1
[Rob?] Bush 1 1 2
[illegible] Blair 1 1 2
Spencer Boyd 1 1 4
Rich Bailey 1 1 1
[William?] Brown 1
[William?] Bunday 1 2 1
[Geo?] [Balem?] 1
Henry Becket 1 1 5
James Burton 1
[Basiel?] [Craud?] 1 1 3
John Collins 1 1 1
James Cooke 1 1 5
Lewis [Conner?] 1 1 2
Jacob [Claton?] 1 1 1
[nat?] Crawley 1 1 2
Peter [Claton?] 1 1 1
[Bray?] Cooper 2 1
Peter [Craney?] 1
[illegible] Clarke 1 1 4
Solomon Crawley 1 1 2
Thomas Carter 1 1 1
Daniel Claton 1 1 1
Colonel Cooper 1 1
Joseph Cox 1 1 2
Henry Clarke 1 1
[illegible] Carter 1 1 4
Joeseph Cooper 1 1 1
[illegible] Claton " 1 "
John Cots 1 " "
Carried ,, Over 42 33 61

[Right side]


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 82

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