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References
- ↑ History of St. Matthew's United Church, Halifax, N.S., from the Founding of the City to the Bicentenary Year. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1949, page 11.
- ↑ Thomas B Akins, History of Halifax City, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1895, page 44.
- ↑ Thomas B Akins, History of Halifax City, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1895, page 57.
- ↑ "A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia", 1758-1958, Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1958, page 68.
- ↑ "Domestic Affairs", The Nova-Scotia magazine, Vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 1791. Halifax, N.S.: Printed by John Howe, 1791, page 252. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_06254_22/65.
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