Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Diaspora
Accounts against Government for Black Refugees up to 26 December 1816, with the following suppliers: Seth Coleman, Theophilus Chamberlain, John H. Noonan, J. Howe and Son, George Eaton, Thomas Johnson, Henry Maxner, Sergeant William Beebey, Sergeant W. Cooper, William Strath, Timothy Crain, John Skerry, Lieutenant Keith, Richard Inglis, Winkworth Allan and Company, William Swan, Henry H. Cogswell, William Morris, J. Mackesy, William Philips, and WB. Almon
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Halifax Nova Scotia 85
Government by order of His Excellency the Right Honorable the Earl of Dalhousie G. C. B. etc etc
To William Morris Dr.
1817 Currancy
29 April To A quire/ medium paper £10.0
" _ " " / quire blotting ditto " 2.0
" _ " " 1/2 dozen pencils " 5.0
1/3
" _ " " 2 sticks wax / 1 pen knife / [illegible] " 8.9
1 May " 2 setts Bills of [Exchange?] " 1.0
" _ " " 1 hundred P.P. quills 1.0.0
_________
£ 2.6.9
Received Payment of Thos. Nickleson
Jeffery Esq. Collector of His Majesty's
Customs at this Port. [Signature Wm. Morris?]
Witness
[initials]
[Signature]
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 85