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Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

15 December 1808

Petition of Rufus G. Taylor, Rufus Fairbanks and John Osborn, merchants of Halifax, praying for a drawback of the sunk duty on coffee imported from St. Domingo and exported to Great Britain, under special circumstances. Also Minutes of the Commissioners of the Revenue respecting cargos imported from St. Domingo for exportation.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 15 number 134