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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
Surveyor General's account for surveys for Black Refugees
Date: 26 April 1836
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 61
Surveyor General's account of office fees relating to land grants to Black people at Hammonds Plains. 126 allotments containing 1323 acres
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 62
Memorial of William McLaughlin of Preston
Date: 14 February 1836
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 52 number 45
Memorial of William McLaughlin of Preston
Date: 14 February 1836
Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series P volume 52 number 45
Copy of Petition from Colin Campbell to Lord Glenelg, regarding the removal of Refugee Blacks to better lands
Date: 25 August 1837
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 115 pages 56-57
Petition from Black settlers at Hammonds Plains to Thomas N. Jeffery, Collector of Customs, praying for relief, as they are in a state of destitution
Date: 22 January 1837
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 42