For ANNAPOLIS, (Nova-Scotia) The SCHOONER DIAMOND

Title: For ANNAPOLIS, (Nova-Scotia) The SCHOONER DIAMOND
Description: Advertisement for the schooner Diamond departing New York for Annapolis, Nova Scotia, about August 16, 1783. The Diamond was not among the ships commissioned by the British which departed in fleets beginning in October 1782. Instead, it offered people the ability to privately arrange for travel or shipment of goods to Nova Scotia, during a period when over 29,000 refugees left from New York to Nova Scotia and St. Johns.
Creator: Royal Gazette (New York, New York)
Publisher: Royal Gazette (New York, New York)
Date: 1783-08-06
Type: Newspaper advertisment
Format: Newspaper
Language: English
Subject: Nova Scotia--Emigration and immigration
Advertising, Newspaper
Temporal Coverage: 1783
Rights Holder: NewsBank and/or American Antiquarian Society
Rights: Public domain

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