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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


Letter from Lawrence Hartshorne to Mr. Secretary Rupert D. George, relating to the settlement of the Black Refugees

Date: 14 April 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 11


Abstract of the Black Refugees daily victualled at Melville Island between 27 April and 26 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 13


General abstract of Black Refugees victualled at Melville Island from 9 to 16 November 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 14


General return of Black Refugees victualled at Melville Island from 16 to 23 November 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 15


Return of provisions issued from Commissariat

Date: 26 December 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 16


Articles of agreement entered into by Lewis DeMolitor for supplying Black Refugees

Date: 1 May 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 17


Military Return of guards at Melville Island, 24 May 1815, and related receipts, May-June 1815

Date: 24 May 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 18

























               

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