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Weekly ration reports, Preston, from 5 January to 1 August 1816
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Report of the People of Colour who drew rations in Preston, from the 8th to the 14th 1816, March - both days included.
men: 199, women: 181, children: 243.


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 89

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