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Nova Scotia Lands and Forests — Petitions series

Nova Scotia Lands and Forests records accumulated from 1719 to 1851 document the granting and licencing of Crown lands to early settlers in Nova Scotia. Included among these records are various descriptions of land licenced to individual African Nova Scotian persons and families, warrants authorizing such occupation, and original petitions by Blacks illustrating the conflict of inherent African Nova Scotian title with the British system of freehold tenure. — archival description

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Land petition from black settlers of Manchester

Date: 7 October 1786

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 17


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Petition of Christopher Wagner and Jack Langille of Petite Riviere

Date: 14 August 1821

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 85


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Memorial of Levin Winder

Date: 13 March 1821

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 85


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Memorial of William Deer, John Collins, Nath. Leach and Henry Broad

Date: 4 October 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


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Memorial of Gabriel Hall of Preston

Date: 7 December 1824

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 90


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Province of Nova Scotia: Land Grants - Preston, Coloured people of

Date: 1842

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 129


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Petition of Colored People at Preston

Date: 1841

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 31


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"A list of proprietors of the township of Liverpool with their number in family respectively"

Date: ca. 1764

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 43 number 1


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Letter containing description of lands granted in Preston

Date: 22 January 1822

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


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Sketch of Captain Allans' Grant - Chezzetcooke

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


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Chamberlains plans of John Charles, Lake William - Preston

Date: 1809

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


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Letter regarding black families in Preston and Hammonds Plains

Date: 4 July 4 1837

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


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Description of lands laid out at Chezzetcook Harbour

Date: 15 April 1814

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88


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Return of men of colour settling in Preston

Date: 1813

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 169


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No. of lots in Hammonds Plains

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests - Crown Lands series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series C volume 88 number 185


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