Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Diaspora
Accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees during the year 1816, with the following suppliers: John H. Noonan, Lewis DeMolitor, Robert Hodgers, John Skerry, Thomas N. Jeffery, Robert Leslie, Edward Randall, William Conroy, James Scott, Theophilus Chamberlain, Richard Munday, Wallace and Russell, Winkworth Allan, George Eaton, Samuel Head, Alexander Wallace, David Howe, Hartshorne, Boggs and Company, J & D Starr and Thomas Johnson
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Halifax Nova Scotia 23
Government,
To Wallace Russell D
To the following articles supplied for the use of the Refugee Negroes at Preston by Order of His Excellency Sir J. C. Sherbrooke G.C.B.
1816 Currency
April 29 1 M [H?] nails 4/6 [Gimblets?] draw knife 3 / ,, 8 3
May 3 1 Cask 10 fine nails 20 [M.C?] 5/6 8. 10 ,,
'' '' 2 doz hammers [72/36?]/ 3 doz H hinges [72/24?]/ 7. 4 -
" " 12 spikes [illegible] 3 doz Gimblets [illegible] // 14. 6
" " 22 2 Garden spades @ 6/ ,, 12 - 17 0 6
June 1 50 feet 7 x 9 [glass?] 2,, ,,
" " 1 cask 10 fine nails 20 M @ 8/ 8 " "
" " 1 doz best felling axes 78/ 15" spikes @7 4.6.9
" 10 1 garden hoe 2/6 garden spade 5/ "7 6
" " 1 hand saw 9 / 6" nails @ [illegible] " 15 "
" 11 2 wood axes @ 15/7 / 16" nails @ 12/ " 7 "
" 1 hammer ea 3/6 & 4/ 3 garden hoes @
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 23