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John Chamberlain's sketch of lands in or near to Block Letter E on plan of Black settlement at Preston. Sampson Carter improvements

Date: 21 August 1822

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 23


Letter containing description of lands granted in Preston

Date: 22 January 1822

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


Sketch of Captain Allans' Grant - Chezzetcooke

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


Letter containing description of lands granted in Preston

Date: 22 January 1822

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


Sketch of Captain Allans' Grant - Chezzetcooke

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


Plan by George Brehm of lines settled between Butler and Hamilton at Hammonds Plains

Date: November 1823

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 25


Memo relating to lots of land owned by Dr. James C. Cochran near Windsor on which Black people have been settling

Date: 22 March 1823

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 49


James Chamberlain to Major Stephen Deblois, applying to be appointed to the command of a militia company of Black people at Preston

Date: 7 December 1823

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 31


Major John Bazalgette to John Rule, relating to lands

Date: 25 April 1823

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 32


Memo relating to lots of land owned by Dr. James C. Cochran near Windsor on which Black people have been settling

Date: 23 December 1824

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 48


Petition on behalf of the black people at Preston and Hammonds Plains

Date: 6 March 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 80 number 32


Memorial of William Deer, John Collins, Nath. Leach and Henry Broad

Date: 4 October 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


Memorial of Gabriel Hall of Preston

Date: 7 December 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


Petition on behalf of the black people at Preston and Hammonds Plains

Date: 6 March 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 80 number 32


Memorial of William Deer, John Collins, Nath. Leach and Henry Broad

Date: 4 October 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


Memorial of Gabriel Hall of Preston

Date: 7 December 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


Petition from Black inhabitants of Hammonds Plains to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Kempt, praying for means to enable them to erect a place of worship

Date: 18 August 1826

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 33


Plan by George P. Brehm of lots occupied by Black people at Preston

Date: September and October 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 24


Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, to Committee for relieving Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains

Date: 17 January 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 34




Letter from John Starr to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, relating to the distressed condition of the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains

Date: 16 January 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 37


Report of Dr. Alexander Baxter to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Kempt, regarding the disease among the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains

Date: 16 January 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 38



Letter from Dr. Alexander Baxter to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, regarding scarlet fever among the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains

Date: 19 January 1827

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 40


"Petition of the coloured people settlers at Beech Hill near Halifax"

Date: 16 February 1827

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 92 number 83


"Petition of the coloured people settlers at Beech Hill near Halifax"

Date: 16 February 1827

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 92 number 83


Letter from Surveyor General to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, regarding a survey of lots at Preston

Date: 14 January 1828

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 41


George P. Brehm's accounts for surveys in 1829 and 1831

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 57


Memorial of George Winder of New Road (Cherry Brook)

Date: 9 November 1829

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 57 number 82


Memorial of George Winder of New Road (Cherry Brook)

Date: 9 November 1829

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 57 number 82


Titus Smith's account against Government for surveying lots at Hammonds Plains

Date: 17 December 1831

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 55


Titus Smith's account for surveys up to December 1831

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 58


Plan and description by Thomas Holland, Surveyor, of lots at Hammonds Plains

Date: 12 January 1832

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 33


               

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