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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


























Report of Committee of His Majesty's Council on the accounts of Thomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, for expenses relating to the Black Refugees

Date: 8 September 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 43




               

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