Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 118
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 119
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 120
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 121
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 122
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 123
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 124
Sundry accounts up to November 1817 and February 1818 with the following suppliers: William Beebey, John Skerry, Austen and Stairs, Henry Maxner, Winkworth Allan and Company, Samuel Phillips, and Charles Hunt
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 125
Abstract of expenses incurred in providing for Black Refugees in the different settlements, between 1 September and 30 November 1817 with general account current
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 126
Abstract of expenses incurred in providing for Black Refugees in the different settlements, between 1 December 1817 and 28 February 1818 with general account current
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 127
George Brehm's plan of the Black settlement at Hammonds Plains
Date: 8 November 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 31
Mr. Titus Smith's plan of lots for Black people near Eagle Lake, Preston. Surveyed 15 August 1834
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 32
Licence of occupation from Lieutenant Governor Dalhousie for lots at Refugee Hill, Township of Halifax, to Pompey Cooper and others, with plan attached. Given under hand and seal at arms at Halifax
Date: 27 March 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 36
A list of the Black people settled at Preston, with the numbers of their lots. Inspected 24 to 26 August 1818
Date: 26 August 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 90
Memo from John Chamberlain to Charles Morris, Surveyor General, requesting a lot in Preston for himself and his father, Theophilus Chamberlain
Date: August 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 91
List of Black people settled on Block Letter A, Preston (?)
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 92
A list of Black Refugees willing to settle on lands at Preston
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 93
Copy of the foregoing list of Black Refugees willing to settle on lands at Preston. (RG 1 vol. 419 no. 33)
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 94
Letter from John Chamberlain to Surveyor General Charles Morris, enclosing his account for surveying Black Refugee lands
Date: 12 August 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 95
Letter from several owners of land at Preston to Hon. T. N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, regarding the relinquishment of portions of the lands at Preston to be allotted to the Black Refugees. With endorsement thereon by the Lieutenant Governor, Lord Dalhousie
Date: 12 October 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 96
Descriptions of certain lands at Preston relinquished for the use of Black Refugees, in the handwriting of Surveyor General Charles Morris
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 97
A further statement of lots relinquished to Government by individuals for the use of the American Black Refugees settled at Preston. Signed by Theophilus Chamberlain
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 98
A further description of lots in Preston, relinquished by the proprietors for the use of the Black Refugees. Signed by Surveyor General Charles Morris
Date: 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 99
Relinquishment from Michael Wallace to Government of certain lands in Preston for the use of the Black Refugees. Contains a relinquishment of dower but has no certificate of having been recorded
Date: 30 April 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 104
Edward and Robert Hughes to the Crown. Relinquishment of certain lands at Preston for the use of the Black Refugees
Date: 9 October 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 114
Relinquishment from William Lawson and his wife to the Crown of certain lands at Preston for the use of the Black Refugees - not recorded
Date: 17 October 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 115
Relinquishment from John Liddell and Samuel Butler, lands in Preston - not recorded
Date: November 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 116
Deed from Philip Tidmarsh to the Crown, certain lands in Preston - not recorded
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 117
Deed from John Gardiner Herbert and his wife to John Liddell, C. Baggs and JW. Pyke - Lands at Hammonds Plains - not recorded
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 118
License from Lieutenant Governor Lord Dalhousie to Sampson Butler and a number of other Black Refugees to occupy certain lots of land at Hammonds Plains, signed by Lord Dalhousie. Without date and not recorded
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 119
Receipt for 3 months' rent for a store used as a depot for provisions for the Black Refugees, 1 March-31 May, 1818
Date: 25 November 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 125
Sundry accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees from 1 March to 31 August 1818 with the following suppliers: Henry Maxner, Austen and Stairs, John Skerry, Leonard Romkey, Charles Hill and Company, Robert Wilson, and William Beeby
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 1
Sundry accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees from 1 March to 31 August 1818 with the following suppliers: Henry Maxner, Austen and Stairs, John Skerry, Leonard Romkey, Charles Hill and Company, Robert Wilson, and William Beeby
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 2
Sundry accounts against Government for supplies for Black Refugees from 1 March to 31 August 1818 with the following suppliers: Henry Maxner, Austen and Stairs, John Skerry, Leonard Romkey, Charles Hill and Company, Robert Wilson, and William Beeby
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 3
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