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
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 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
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 9
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 10
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 11
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 12
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 13
Return of clothing issued to Black Refugees from 1 June to 31 August 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 14
Receipt from Mr. George Child, Deputy Storekeeper, to Richard Inglis, Commissary for Black Refugees
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 15
Account of current expenses for Black Refugees between 1 December 1817 and 31 August 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 16
Report of His Majesty's Council on the accounts for providing for the Black Refugees
Date: November 1818
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 17
Letter from Theophilus Chamberlain to Secretary Rupert George regarding the settlement of Black Refugees at Preston. (See RG 1 vol. 422 no. 415)
Date: 31 October 1820
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 18
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