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Account of Elizabeth Easson with shoemaker Frederick Buckler
Date: 1811-April 1813
Reference: Easson family fonds Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 3478 number A199
List of American Black Refugees, deserters from the enemy on board HMS sloop Rifleman
Date: 28 September 1813
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 1
A return of American Black Refugees brought into Halifax and landed from HMS Marlborough
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 2
Letter from H. Hotham, Captain of the Fleet, to the Governor of Nova Scotia, regarding landing the Black Refugees from the Chesapeake Bay area. Written on board Ship San Domingo in Halifax Harbour
Date: 1 October 1813
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 3
A list of American Black Refugees on board HMS Ganon
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 4
Report of American Black Refugees brought from the Chesapeake by His Majesty's Ship Mariner
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 5
List of American Black Refugees landed from HMS Fox
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 6
A list of American Black Refugees on board HMS Diomede
Date: 2 September 1813
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 7
A list of American Black Refugees on board HMS Diadem
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 8
Return of men of colour settling in Preston
Date: 1813
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 169
No. of lots in Hammonds Plains
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 185
Return of men of colour settling in Preston
Date: 1813
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 169
No. of lots in Hammonds Plains
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 185
Admiral Cochrane's proclamation
Date: 2 April 1814
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 111 pages 99-100
Letter from Admiral Sir Alexander Cochran to Sir J. C. Sherbrooke regarding the condition of Black Refugees recently brought from Virginia
Date: 5 October 1814
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 10
Abstract of sundries supplied to the Blacks in the Poor House at Halifax from 2 September 1814 to 2 March 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 12
Description of lands laid out at Chezzetcook Harbour
Date: 15 April 1814
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88
Description of lands laid out at Chezzetcook Harbour
Date: 15 April 1814
Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88
Return of black persons lately brought to the province from the United States…
Date: 6 March 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 411 number 78
Letter from Theophilus Chamberlain to Honorable Michael Wallace, relating to an exchange of Mr. Wallace's land at Preston to accommodate the settlement of the Black Refugees
Date: 16 October 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 37
Commissary James B. Francklin to Col. Addison regarding provisions for Black Refugees. (Draft)
Date: 9 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 38
John Skerry's receipt to Commissary General for bread for Black Refugees
Date: 8 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 39
Surveyor General's receipt to Commissary James B. Francklin for 100 bags of bread for Black people at Dartmouth
Date: 2 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 40
Mr. Theophilus Chamberlain to Hon. Charles Morris, Surveyor General, relating to Black settlement at Preston: their condition and prospects
Date: 11 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 41
List of articles of clothing, provisions, etc. furnished by Government to the Black people at Preston
Date: December 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 42
Certificate from John Rule, stating that Aaron Williams and Richard McCarter have improved certain lands and are waiting for their advance of provisions
Date: 26 December 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 43
Hon. Charles Morris' receipt for supplies to Black Refugees
Date: 29 December 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 45
List of Slaves belonging to British subjects, captured on board of British vessels during the late war, brought into Charleston, South Carolina, as prisoners and detained by order of the Government of the United States
Date: 5 March 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 57
Return of the provisions delivered to Mr. Morris from the Commissariat Magazine for the Black Refugees at Dartmouth
Date: 27 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 71
Account from Timothy Crain of Preston against Government for services done for Black people at Preston
Date: October 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 83
Deed from Hon. TN. Jeffery to Tobie Maxfield and other Black Refugees - not recorded
Date: 2 September 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 105
Deed from Rufus Fairbanks to John Lynch and others. Land at Lake Porter - not recorded
Date: 24 October 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 106
Lease under seal from John Rule to Aaron Williams and Richard McCarter, with plan attached. Land at Beaver Bank
Date: 13 November 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 107
Deed from James Wilson to Thomas Williams for land on Cobequid Road. Not recorded
Date: 19 December 1815
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 108