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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
Copy of letter from the Bishop of Nova Scotia to Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Kempt, relating to the distressed condition of the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains
Date: 15 January 1827
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 35
Doctor Carter, staff apothecary, to Doctor Baxter, principal Military Medical Officer, relating to the distressed condition of the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains. No date
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 36
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
Duplicate of report of Dr. Alexander Baxter to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir James Kempt, regarding the disease among the Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 39
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
A plan of certain lots at Hammonds Plains in the handwriting of Richard Morris, Surveyor General's clerk, but neither signed nor dated
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 34
Plan of Black settlement at Preston, showing Frog Lake lots and those at Partridge River, but neither signed or dated
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 35
Preston residents request assistance
Date: 8 June 1832
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series GP volume 7 number 15
Preston residents request assistance
Date: 8 June 1832
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series GP volume 7 number 15
Titus Smith's account for surveys at Preston
Date: June 1833
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 56
Titus Smith's accounts for surveying lands for Black people at Hammonds Plains and Preston, 28 June 1833 and 18 November 1835
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 59
Description of lands at Preston relinquished by individuals to accommodate Black settlers
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 60
Petition from Richard Preston and others concerning the African Baptist Church
Date: 25 February 1833
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 42 number 51
Petition from Richard Preston and others concerning the African Baptist Church
Date: 25 February 1833
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 42 number 51