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Thomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, to Thomas Johnston at Hammonds Plains regarding Black Refugees
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35
Custom House Halifax
8th October 1816

Memo.

The undermentioned Refugee Negroes being in a state of distress, they are to be borne on the Establishment at Hammonds Plains for Provisions, and will [word "shall" crossed out] be located in a proper manner when the Surveyor General can make it convenient,
I am Sir
Your obedient Servant
Thomas N. Jeffery CM

To
Mr. Johnston

1. Charles Butler Man
2. Anny Butler Woman
3. Nelly Green Woman


Date: 8 October 1816

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 35

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