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Plan of Black settlement at Preston, showing Frog Lake lots and those at Partridge River, but neither signed or dated

Preston residents request assistance

Preston residents request assistance

Titus Smith's account for surveys at Preston

Titus Smith's accounts for surveying lands for Black people at Hammonds Plains and Preston, 28 June 1833 and 18 November 1835

Description of lands at Preston relinquished by individuals to accommodate Black settlers

Petition from Richard Preston and others concerning the African Baptist Church

Petition from Richard Preston and others concerning the African Baptist Church

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)

Petition of Richard Preston for money to pay for a teacher

Petition of Richard Preston for money to pay for a teacher

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

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

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

Surveyor General's account for surveys for Black Refugees

Surveyor General's account of office fees relating to land grants to Black people at Hammonds Plains. 126 allotments containing 1323 acres

Memorial of William McLaughlin of Preston

Memorial of William McLaughlin of Preston

Copy of Petition from Colin Campbell to Lord Glenelg, regarding the removal of Refugee Blacks to better lands

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

Letter from Edward H. Lowe and Dr. Thomas B. Desbrisay to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary. Report regarding the condition of Black people at Preston

Letter from Robert Thomson to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, regarding the condition of Black people at Hammonds Plains

Account of provisions served out to Black people at Hammonds Plains in March 1837, accompanying Robert Thomson's letter

Petition from Black settlers at Preston to the House of Assembly praying for a grant of the land they occupied by licence

Names of Black settlers wishing to move to the Guysborough Road

Letter from Joseph Howe to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary, with names of Black people at Preston willing to remove to any more desirable settlements

Copy of a letter from Lord Glenelg to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Colin Campbell, regarding the removal of Refugee Blacks to better lands

Letter regarding black families in Preston and Hammonds Plains

Letter regarding black families in Preston and Hammonds Plains

Petition of John Chamberlain and others to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Colin Campbell, on behalf of Black people at Preston

Letter from the administrator of the Government at Trinidad to the Governor of Nova Scotia, recommending a Mr. Burnley of Trinidad who has proceeded to Halifax to obtain Black laborers to move to that Island

Printed copy of an ordinance of the Island of Trinidad for the encouragement of immigration to that Island

Letter from Mr. Burnley to the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Colin Campbell, on the ordinance of the Island of Trinidad for the encouragement of immigration to that Island

Letter from James G. Barbadoes of Boston requesting information on behalf of Black people wishing to proceed to Trinidad. Addressed to Sir Rupert D. George, Provincial Secretary