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Sundry accounts for supplies to Black Refugees, with the following suppliers: George Eaton, Lewis DeMolitor, William Kent, Robert Hodgers, William Sutherland, John H. Noonan, David Jearrad, William Anderson, J. Clarke, William Haley, John Aubree, George Hawkin, Wallace & Russell, Samuel A. Morris, James W. Nutting and Winkworth Allan
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Halifax Nova Scotia

The Honble [Honourable] Thomas N. Jeffery, Collector of His Majesty's Customs } To Lewis deMolitor Dr.

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1815
Octr [October] 26th | To 19,808 Rations of Provisions Issued to the American Refugee Negroes [added: In health] at Melville Island Between the 27th day of July and this date inclusive at the rate of 9d Sterling per Ration.

October 26th | 3146 Rations of Provisions Issued to the American Refugee Negroes, in the Hospital, at Melville Island, Between the 27th day of July, and this date, at the rate of 1/7d Sterling per Ration.

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Sterling Currency
742.16.0

Exchange 11 1/9. 82.10.8 | 825.6.8

249.1.2

Exchange 11 1/9 | 27,,13. 5 1/2 || 276.14.7 1/2

Currency £1102.1.3 1/2

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Deduct for Spruce Beer etc.
Short Delivered - 15 ,, ,,
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£108[7?].1.3 1/2

[Written in darker ink at bottom of page]

Errors Excepted, Halifax 26th October 1815
Signed: Lewis deMolitor


Date: 1815

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 60

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