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Allstyne-Marrant

A letter from John Allstyne inviting Marrant to come and preach in Liverpool.

Annapolis Road

A letter from Ed Winslow informig Benjamin Marston about the plans to build a road from Port Roseway (Shelburne) to Annapolis Royal.

Blucke Pleads Mercy

A letter from Stephen Blucke pleading for leniency in the case of Thomas Foster

Huntingdon - Marrant

A short letter from Lady Huntingdon to John Marrant

Instructions to Lawson

Lawson's Instructions regarding the construction of barracks on Hamilton Point in Shelburne.

Skinner Re: Perkins' Slave

A letter from Samuel Skinner regarding the slave of Simeon Perkins' son.

Blucke Re: Roads

A letter from Stephen Blucke requesting funding for road repair around Birchtown.

Burke Re: Perkins' Slave

A letter from John Burke regarding a negro boy named Peter.
who cannot be delivered to Zebulon Perkins because Peter is in custody.

Skinner-Dundas

Skinner's letter to Secretary of State Dundas regarding the Sierra Leone Exodus.

Marrant-Huntingdon

Marrant's letter to Lady Huntingdon thanking her.

Margaret Blucke-Marrant

An interesting letter from MargaretMrsucke to Marrant. Brs. Blucke had left Stephen by 1789 and was writing Marrant to ask him what Stephen was up to.

Parr-Carleton

Parr's letter to Governor Guy Carleton telling him that Port Roseway had been renamed Shelburne.

Marston Describes Shelburne

A long letter from Benjamin Marston describing the circumstances at Shelburne around 1785.

Slave Export

A letter protesting the export of a slave to the West Indies in defiance of local law.

White Re: Emancipation

A letter from Gideon White (a Shelburne landlord to sharecroppers) in Antigua, expressing dismay at the way the slaves had been emancipated.

Request to Extend King's Bounty

A letter from some of the Port Roseway Associates pleading that the rations be extended so as not to have the people at Shelburne starve to death.

Letter from John Robinson

A letter from John Robinson, stating who was mustered to him in 1784.

 
Letter of John Harris' indenture
Letter regarding the indenture of John Harris

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