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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




















Abstract of foregoing accounts for supplies to Black Refugees, for the quarter ending 26 October 1815

Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 62


Duplicate abstract of accounts for supplies to Black Refugees, for the quarter ending 26 October 1815. (RG 1 vol. 419 no. 62)

Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 63


Abstract of the American Black Refugees victualled at Melville Island between 27 July and 26 October 1815

Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 64



Abstract of expenses for providing for Black Refugees at Melville Island between 27 July and 26 October 1815

Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 66


Return of American Black Refugees at Melville Island, with statement of the condition of their clothing

Date: 20 November 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 67


Letter from Lewis DeMolitor to Thomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, with proposal to supply Black Refugees at Melville Island

Date: 21 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 68


Tender from William Sutherland for supplying the Black Refugees at Melville Island

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 69


Tender from Dr. Samuel Head for supplies to Black Refugees

Date: 20 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 70


Letter from Lewis DeMolitor toThomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, regarding supplies for Black Refugees

Date: 21 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 71


Letter from William Philipps toThomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, with tender for supplies for Black Refugees

Date: 21 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 72


Tender from George Thompson for supplies to Black Refugees

Date: 21 July 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 73



Certificate from Rufus Fairbank regarding John Lynch and other Black Refugees settled on his land at Lake Porter

Date: 30 October 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 75



               

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