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Certificate of two Black families having settled on Dr. James C. Cochran's lands. Signed by Cochran
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I certify that the two families of blacks located on Dr. Cochrans land consist of the following persons,__________ [viz?]
Isaac Hitchet, a wife and two children
Sergeant Pilotte, a wife and three children.
Halifax, 2, February, 1816.
Jas. C. Cochran.




2d February 1816 order issued for three months Rations.
2d May 1816 order issued for three months Rations


Date: 2 February 1816

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 44

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