Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning
Two Resolutions for Granting Sums to Seth Coleman
Two resolutions for granting sums to Seth Coleman and the Secretary of the province to pay for vaccinating 423 poor persons in Dartmouth and Preston.
Date: 20 February 1815
Reference Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series A volume 21 number 44
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