Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Diaspora
Richard Best to Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, regarding clothing at Melville Island having been stolen
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7 December 1815
Dy Collector of the Custom
Clothing of Black Refugees at Melville Island Stolen
On Service
To
HH Cogswell Esquire
Dy Secretary
etc etc etc
Halifax
Date: 7 December 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 86