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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 12th to the 18th of July 1816 both Days Inclusive

Men 238

Women 227

Children 311


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 106

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