List of Black Refugees who are wishing to settle on lands at Preston
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 74
John Skerry's account against Government for various supplies for Black people of Preston
Date: 16 May 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 75
Letter from Mr. Seth Coleman to (___) relating to the Black Refugees settling at Preston and smallpox among the families there
Date: 16 April 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 76
Michael Wallace to Hon. Charles Morris, Surveyor General, requesting a report on the quantity of Crown Lands to be given him in lieu of the lots relinquished by him in Preston for the use of the Black Refugees
Date: 1 June 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 77
Letter from Theophilus Chamberlain to Surveyor General Charles Morris, regarding lands relinquished by individuals at Preston for the use of the Black Refugees
Date: 16 June 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 78
A statement of the lands relinquished by certain persons in Preston, on an assurance they would receive an equivalent in other locations
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 79
Theophilus Chamberlain to Hon. Charles Morris, Surveyor General, regarding accounts against Black Refugees, Preston
Date: 26 August 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 80
Draft of letter from Charles Morris, Surveyor General, to Lt. Col. Addison on the subject of the Black Refugees. Not dated
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 81
Account from Timothy Crain of Preston against Government for services done for Black people at Preston
Date: 2 December 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 82
Account from Timothy Crain of Preston against Government for services done for Black people at Preston
Date: 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 84
Letter from Theophilus Chamberlain to Hon. Charles Morris, Surveyor General, regarding two Black settlers at Porters Lake
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 85
A tabular return of the names of the Black settlers at (___), number in their families, letter and number of their lots, and, with such as have erected them, houses
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 86
Names of several Black people who have settled on Thomas N. Jeffery's lands
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 87
Statement in the handwriting of Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, regarding the Black Refugees who settled on lands of Rufus Fairbanks near Porters Lake
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 88
Statement of certain lots and their occupants, lot numbers, etc, at Preston, Lake Porter and Salmon River
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 89
A list of warrants of survey in favour of persons who have relinquished lots at Preston
Date: 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 100
Bond from Dr. James C. Cochran to John Griffin, indemnifying him against all future claims of James Cochran, a minor, to certain lands on Windsor Road
Date: 1 February 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 109
Deed from James C. Cochran to John Griffin for lands on Windsor Road - not recorded
Date: 1 February 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 110
Deed from James C. Cochran to James Fitchet and Sergeant Pilotte for lands on Windsor Road - not recorded
Date: 29 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 111
Deed from Captain John Bazalgette to Daniel Acres for lands near Grand Lake, Shubenacadie - not recorded
Date: July 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 112
Lease from Captain John Bazalgette to John Franklin for lands at Beaver Bank
Date: 2 July 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 113
Abstract of expenses for receiving and providing for the Black Refugees at Melville Island between 27 October 1815 and 26 January 1816
Date: 26 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 124
Account of expenses for the Black Refugees who have been received at Melville Island. For the quarter ending 26 January 1816. Duplicate
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 126
Daily returns of Black Refugees victualled at Melville Island between 27 October 1815 and 26 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 127
Report of Committee of His Majesty's Council on Accounts
Date: 30 March 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 128
Collector of Custom's allowance per head for the Black Refugees. Quarter ending 26 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 129
Letter from Collector of Customs, Thomas N. Jeffery, to Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, regarding clothing, etc. for Black Refugees
Date: 9 January 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 131
List of American Black Refugees settled on the Windsor Road
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 133
Return of present state of the Black Refugees settled at Melville Island
Date: 6 May 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 1
Report of land cleared by Black Refugees at Preston
Date: 9 May 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 3
Letter from Jones Fawson, Acting Collector of Customs, to Mr. Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, regarding supplies to Black Refugees
Date: 30 March 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 4
Letter to Jones Fawson from Mr. Addison, Military Secretary, regarding supplies for Black Refugees
Date: 20 June 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 5
Petition from James Barrow [Barron?], a Black Refugee, to the Administrator of the Government, regarding his house which had been destroyed by fire
Date: 4 July 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 6
Jones Fawson to Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, relating to James Barrow [Barron?], one of the Black Refugee settlers on Collector Thomas N. Jeffery's land
Date: 5 July 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 7
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