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Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series
Series consists of original copies and transcripts of records relating to Black immigration and settlement in Nova Scotia from the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the final emancipation of enslaved Blacks in 1838. — archival description
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Declaration of the Sierra Leone Company of their readiness to receive into their Colony certain Free Blacks
Date: 2 August 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 1
Draft of Commission to Lieutenant John Clarkson to convey certain Free Blacks from Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone at public expense
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 2
Letter from Alexander Howe to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, regarding Black people in the County of Annapolis willing to move to Sierra Leone. The latter part of the letter refers to the history of one Gautier, a Frenchman who had been engaged in opposing the British Authorities in the province
Date: 28 October 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 3
Memorial of Michael Wallace to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, requesting the sum of £1000 to enable him, as agent for removing the Blacks, to carry into effect the project entrusted to him
Date: 25 November 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 4
Memorandum from Michael Wallace regarding the Sierra Leone Expedition
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 5
Memorial of Michael Wallace, Commissioner for removing the Blacks to Sierra Leone, to Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, seeking authority to enter into agreements on behalf of Government
Date: 1 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 6
Memorandum from Michael Wallace suggesting a form for the minutes of Council regarding his petition
Date: 5 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 7
Letter from Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, to James Morden Esquire, directing him to issue certain Government stores for the expedition to Sierra Leone
Date: 8 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 8
Copy of the foregoing letter (see RG 1 vol. 419 no. 8)
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 9
Memorial of Michael Wallace to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, stating that a number of Black people from elsewhere in the Province and from the Province of New Brunswick have arrived in Halifax to join the expedition to Sierra Leone and requesting a further supply of £1000 to meet expenses
Date: 17 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 10
Letter from John Clarkson and Lawrence Hartshorne to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, requesting an assistant surgeon to be supplied by Government for the voyage to Sierra Leone
Date: 30 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 11
Letter from John Clarkson to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, regarding the voyage to Sierra Leone
Date: 30 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 12
Answer to John Clarkson's letter, with instructions regarding the expedition to Sierra Leone
Date: 2 January 1792
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 13
Memorial of Michael Wallace to Honorable Richard Bulkeley, President of HM. Council, reporting that the whole expense of the expedition will amount to £6000 and requesting a further draft of £3000
Date: February 1792
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 14
Copy of a certificate to Michael Wallace for £3000 sterling
Date: 6 February 1792
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records - Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 15