Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians

Samuel Sheldon Pool, asking for compensation for attending a special court of Oyer and Terminer at Shelburne for the trial of Samuel Andrews and others for the supposed murder of a Black girl. He was theres at the time when his domestic concerns demanded his attention. This was positively recommended by the Lieutenant Governor and he was compensated £7. 10. 0.

Date: 14 July 1804

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly — Correspondence and other material series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series A volume 11 number 52