African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning

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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

Copy of a land grant to William Day and a number of other Black Refugees at Hammonds Plains. (Marked duplicate grant and signed by Governor)

Date: 20 October 1834

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 120

Petition of Richard Preston for money to pay for a teacher

Date: 15 February 1834

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 72 number 44

Petition of Richard Preston for money to pay for a teacher

Date: 15 February 1834

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 72 number 44

Mr. Titus Smith's plan of the tract of 1696 acres surveyed for Black people at Preston

Date: 18 November 1835

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 20

Surveyor General's plan of several tracts of lands occupied by Black people at Preston, attached to a grant thereof from the Crown or intended to be so attached. Certified by Surveyor General, John Spry Morris

Date: 11 January 1836

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 21

Unfinished sketch of two or three tracts of land. Coloured plan, no date or names. Hammonds Plains

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 22