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O F GOVERNOR PARR AND HIS (y l;ii COUNCIL, AG AINS T THE Complaints of certain Perfons, i!< I Who fought to engrofs 275,000 Acres of Land in Nova Scotia, at tTic Expence of Government, and to the great Prejudice of the Pro- vince and Loyalifts in general. ', I Founded en various authentic Letters and Papers. herein inferted. ,(S| By a GENTLEMAN of HALIFAX. QUAM REM VITIO DENT, QUyESO, ANIMADVERTE. Ter. And, irn ffii' i iiii ' ilft ( i ii "M!iriiM*«v""""*''™^ °' LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON-HOUSE, PICCADILLY. M,DCC,T.XXXIT', Ill •It tl FP To THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT, Firft Lord of the Treafury, Sec. &c. THIS VINDICATION OF GOVERNOR PARR AND HIS COUNCIL^ FROM THE ASPERSIONS OF A RESTLESS PARTY, IS WITH ALL DEFERENCE INSCRIBED^ BY HIS MOST RESPECTFUL, HUMBLE SERVANT, A LOYALIST OF NOVA SCOTIA. '•I 1 ??" ^m* VINDICATION, src. A Letter, fald to be from NoVa Scotia, haying ■appeared in the Morning Chronicle of June 21, ^784, reprefenting Governor Parr, the Chief Juftice, and the Members of the Council, to htweak, ignorant^ and dejigning men, the affairs ot the province unfkil- fully managed, and the new fettlements difcouraged, has made the following publication neceflary, that Government and the Public may not be mifled by bold and unfupported charges from a Junto fpread ia England, Nova Scotia, and the Ur'ted States of Ame- rica. This Junto is com])ofed of (jity-fiye viftble per- fons, ** of the moft refpedable charafters, who have ^' conftantly had great influence in his Majefty's Ameri- ^* can dominions," [if cred<* is to be given to their own declarations in their letter to Sir Guy Carleton, No, II.] and an fui'//?^/^ Company, of "deeper art ^ and keener poUc v." Thff ■!'f' I I '!'1 fl ( 6 ) V • The foundation of, perhaps, all the complaints againft Governor Parr, and the Council of Nova Scotia, will appear to ori<;;inate from the cHfappoint- nient of the Junto, who ungeneroully and privately defcrtcd the original propofals of the whole body of Lo\ alills, and endeavoured to engrofs to themfclvcs a difproporiionate and an unmerltt^d fliare in the lands allotted by Government for the benefit of the whole. The following letter from Sir Guy Carleton to Sir Andrew Snape Hammond ftates the expeiftations of the Loyaliib in common : i . ■ No. r, ' .1 ■ SIR, Nenv-Torki 22 September, 1782; TN conformity to the obfervatlons I had made in my letter of the 25th ult. concerning the Refugees here, and their iuft cldims upon the public for giants of unoccupied lands ia anv part of :he empire, and likewife to thofe communications which have been made me of his Majerty's gracious intentions in thij refpeci, and with which, I prefume, you have alfo been made acquainted ; 1 now inclofe a lill of fuch families or in- dividuals as, relinquifliing ail hopes of repoflcfling their for- mer property in the revolted provinces, are defirous of emi- grating into Nova Scotia, and of accepting there fuch grants of land as the prefent condition of the piovince will enable you to grant; and which, confidered as well- founded claims of juftice, rather than of mers favour, it is thtir very reafon- able expeftaiion Ihould be done without payment of any fees, or any refervation of quit-rent?, or any pecuniary obligations whatever, I am given to undcrfland, that upwards of 600 perfons (women and children inclufive) are defirous of embarking from hence this autumn, and a much larger number the enfuing fpring; but 1 do not think 1 fliall be able to accommodate with ftiippii^g, ,&:c. above 300 perfons. In the mean lime, I Sir of ( 7 ) Jim to recommend to your favoar and protCtTlion Me/Trs. Amos Botsford, Cumm .igs, ami Huiif'T, .Ag< nt^ for the Loyalitis, as well for thofe lh.it go this autumn as for thofe that follow after (a more ptrfedl lill of whofo names, and the number of each family, as far a*; can now l)e afcertain d, they will have the honour to prtfent): and I am to delire you, Sir, to give them the neceflary alfiitancc in exploring the country, in order that they may be able to (i}i on proper places for fcttlenients ; and for this end it will be neceflary alfo, I prefume, that they ihould have fuch accefs to the Records of the I'rovince a^j may be jud and proper. Their expcdlation is, that they fliall be accommodated with fuch trafts ot unappropriatiid lands as they Ihall chufe to fettle in, and 5 or 6co acres be granted to a family, and 300 to a Tingle man. You v/ill find likewife, that provifion will be made by the Agents for grants of land for the ufe of the Church, and for Schools ; and that it will be defired that 2000 acres may be appropriated to ihe fonr.er, and looa tO the latter ; which 1 cannot but very earneftly recommend. Thefe perfons are to be confidered as real efficient fettlers, already acquainted with all the neccfl'uy arts of culture, and habituated to fettlemcnts of the like kind ; and who, inde- pendent of their juft claims, will bring a large acceifion of ilrength, as well as of population, into the province. And as they have merited much by their exertions in fupport of Go- vernment, fo they will not only, in my judgment, be well entit'ed to grants now dt fired (exonerated of all prefent and future pecuniary demands), but to all fuch advantages of every fort as may have heretofore been promifed, by proclamation or , otherwife, to pcrfons invited to fettle in that province. I am to inform yOu, Sir, that it is my intention to furnifh thofe who mean to pafs into your province this fail with as toiany necflaries and accommodations of every kind as I fl.all be able, in order to fupport them during the winier ; and I am further, Sir, earneftly to recommend them to your confidera- tjon for fuch other aid and fupport as they can only locally obtain; I mean, more particularly, materials for building, and ^he aid of fuch workmen, as, in fo juil a caufe, and fo Klrongly recommended from home, your own zeal will enable Vpii to fuppiy. — For the reft, I muH refer you, Sir, to thofe S 2 gfiulemeu M '..n f ( 8 ) gentlemen already named, who will acquaint you more at large of the views and expe£lations of their employers. I am, Sir, your mod obedient. And moil humble fervant, Jltruc Copv. . GUY CARLETON. M, Mo GAv, Secretary. Sir Andrevj S t'e hammsttiit^cl^c, lid fax, "• • This letter was delivered by MefT. Botsford, Gum- mings, and Hanfcr, Agents for the whole body of Loyalifts, to explore the lands, and conduft their in- tereft in Nova Scotia, and to corrcfpond with their Commii'tee at New- York, viz. Rev. Meff. S. Seabury and John Savre ; Satr.plbn S. Blowers, Samuel Hake, John Dole, George Leonard^ Efr^rs. and others. — Tiie fame year, 1782, M;ijor Ward failed from Nevv- York widi 300 e.migrants to Nova Scoria. The affai'S at Nova Scotia and New- York went oii amicably among the Loyalifts till Auguft 1783, wheii it was diic(jvered that the Rev. John Sayre, with "fifty-four other peribns, had privately prefented to Sir Guy Carleion the following letter : f. ' ' VNo. 11. SIR, * Ne'W'Tork, July zz, 178^ V^OUR Excellency's kind attention and ofrcrs of your fuppc: to us demand our warmcll ihanks, which we beg the fa- vour of y ju to accept. • The unhappy termination of the war obliges us, who have ever been jiiady in our duty, as loyhljuhjeilSy 10 leave our homes ; and being defirous of continuing to enjoy the benefits of the Britifh C 9 ) Brit!(Ti conftitution, we mean to feek an arylum in the province of Nova Scotia. Ccnfidt ring our fevrral chaiaflers, and our former (ituation in life, \vc trull yea will perceive that our circumiUnces will probably be the contrail to which they have been heretofore j tfpecially as, from our refpedive occupations, we ihall be una- ble perjanally to obraiii the meansj of a tolerably decent fupport, unlcfs your E>ct]let cy fhall be pleafed to countenance us by your recommendation ia the following propofals ; which are, with the utmoll defeience^ fubmittcd for your Excellency's jconfideration. 1. That 3 tra.fl or trafti of land, Ut^ from difputed titles, be laid out for us in Nova bcotia, in fuch part of that province as one or more gentlemen, whom we propofe to fend forward for that purpofe, being firfl approved of by yoiir Excellency, Ihall pitch upon for us. \ > . 2. That this tra£l be fufficient to ptit us on the fame footing with field-othcers in his Majefty's army, with refpedl to the number of acres. 3. Thi.t, if pofTible, thefc lands niay be exonerated of quit- rents. 4. That they be furveyed and divided at the expence of Government, and the deeds dtlivered to us as foon as poflible, i:emitting, the fees of ollice. 5. That, while we make this application to your Excellency, we wiih not to be underttcod as foliciting a compenfadon for the lofTes we have fullaincd during the war, becaufe we are humbly of opinion, that the fettling of fuch a number of Loyaliils of the moft refpec'tab!e characters, who have conjiantly had great influence in his Majelly's American dominions, will be highfy advantageous in diffufing and fupporting a fpirit of attachment to the Bririfh conilitution, as well a:> to his MajellyV royal perfon and family. We have only to add our earneft rcqueft of your Excellency's aid and fupport in carrying this matter into execution, as foon &s it ihall comport with ydur leifure ; and to aflure your Excel. lency, m II! f I I :i \ \ ( lO ) icncy, that we ai'e, with great refpeft, your Extcilcncy's mtf/t humble and moil obedient fcrvants. Signed by Addlfbn, Ifeniy Anderfon, James • Billopp, Chrifiophcr Bell, Andrew Barrell, Colbaii Blane, Thomas Bouden, John . Bannifter, Thomas • Campbell, Co'in Campbell, William « Camp, Ab^athar ^ Crannell, Bartholomew Chandler, Rufus Chandler, Nathaniel Coffin, Nathaniel • Chaldner, Waltei* Clarke, James . Chipman, Ward - .v Cortel^ou, Aaron Davis, Benjamin Bonaldfon, Samuel Fenliey, James ' Goldlberry, Samuel Heiidtrfon, Hugh ♦ Horfefield, Thomas • Inglis, Charles » Knox, Thomas Livingfton, W J. " Lutwychc, £. G. Lonrrworth, Ifaat Maudfley, John Moore, John ' Peters, James Peters, Henry Pan ton, George Potts, John Roome, John Le Chev. Seabury, David Seaman, Richard Seaman, Benjamin , Sayre, James , Sayre, John > Skinner, Stephen ' ' Smith, John Stewart, Anthony Taylor, Jof^ph Taylor, William Taylor, Jofeph Taylor, William Taylor, George \\ atfon, John W'anton, William Wilkins, Ifaac Willard, Abijah V;i!lard» Abel. i i. Upon this letter, Sir Guy Carleton wrote to Gover-* nor Parr in the manner mofl: agreeable to the fifty^ five figners, recommending the following perfons, the R.ev. John Sayre, and Anthony Stewart, Philip J, Livingfton, and Nathaniel Chandler, to Go* vernor ( " ) RO i Dver-* fifty- fons, hilip Go- ernoT ' vernor I'arr, as Agents to the Fifty-five, who were recommended alfo for 5000 acres each, and to the privilege of locating their lands wherever they pleafed. Thefe Agents failed from Sandy Hook, Auguft 8th, 1783, to Nova Scotia, leaving at New-York Thomas Knox and WilUair* Taylor, a Coaimittee of Corre- fpondence. The Loyalifts about this time difcovered the art and dellgns of the Fifty-five: a meeting of them was held immediately ; vihen they agreed upon, and appointed a Committee, viz. S. Hake, E, Hardy, Efqrs. Capt. H. Law, and Mr. T. Dickenfon, to pre- ' fent a Memorial to the Commander in Chief, of which • the following is a copy : . . ,^ ; .^ '" "" No. III. - ' ■•---- To His Excellency Sir GUY CARLETON, Knigjit of t}ie Moft Honourable Order of the Bath, General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. The Memorial of the Subftribers ^ ;. Humbly flievvetb, T^HAT your Memorialifts, having been dep'-ived of very va- luable landed eflares, and confiderable perfonal properties, without the lines, and being alfo obliged to abandon their poflef- fions in this city, on account of their loyalty to their Sovereign, and attachment to the Britifti coaftitution, and feeing no profpedl pi their being reinftated, had determined to remove with their families, and fettle in his Majefty's province of Nova-Scotia, on the terms which they underflood were held out equally to all his Majefly's perfecuted fubjeds. That your Memorialifts are much alarmed at an application .which they are informed Fifty-6ve perfons have joined in to your Excellency, foliciting a recommendation for trai'ils of land in that province, amounting together to tivo hundred and feventy* Jive thouj and acres f and that they have difpatched forward Agents to furvey the unlocated lands, and feleft t^e ^moft fertile fpots f nd deiirable fituations, ' ' . That, I- •I t '' 1 •I m ( 12 ) TIjat, diagfined as your MemoriaVifts are at the manner ipf which the lare conteft has been terminated, and difappointed as they find themfelves in being left to the lenity of their enemies, on the dubious recommendation of their leaders, they yet hoped to find an afylum under Britifli proteftion, little fufpe.5ting there could be found, among their fellow- fuffeters, perfons ungenerous enough to attempt engiolTing to themfelves fo dilp.oportionate a (hare of what Government has allotted for their common be- nefit, and lo different from the original propofals. That your Memorialifts apprehend feme niifrepreftntationu have been ufed to procure fuch extraordinary recommendations, the applications for which have been moll ftudioufly concealed, ■: until now that they boaft its being too late to prewni the efFcft. /^ Nor does it lelfen ypur Memorialifts furprize toobft rve, that the 'perfons concerned (feveral of whom are faid to be going tq Britain) are moft of them in eafy circumflances, and, with feme exceptions, more diftinguiflied by the repeated favours of Go- vernment, than by either the greatnefs of their fufferings, or the importance of their feryices. That your Memorialifts cannot but regard the grants ir^ gueftion, if carried into efFe£t, as amounting nearly to a total \ exclufion of themfelves and families, who, if they become fet- jlers, muft either content themfelves with barren or remote lands, or fubmit to be tenants to tkofe, moft of whom they con- fider as their fuperiors in nothing but deeper art and keener policy. -Thus circumftanced, \''our Memorialills humbl)' imr^^'^ redrefs from your Excel- lency, and that enquiry may be made into their refpe^ive lofles, fervices, fituations, and fuE'erings ; and if your Memoiialii}:s Ihall be found equally entitled to the favour and proteftion of Government with the former applicants, that they may be all put on an equal footing; but (hould thofe who firil appUcd.be found, on a fair and candid enquiry, more deferving than your Memorialifts, then your Memorialifts humbly rcqueft that the locating their extenfive grants may at leaft be poftponed, until your Memorialifts have taken up fuch fmali portions as may be allotted to them. And your Memorialifts, as in duty boupd, (hall eyer ' pray, &c. Hew- fork, Aug. 15, 1783. .Signed by Samuel HakSj and above 600 others. il ( 13 ) ■i To this Memorial His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton was pleafed to return an anfwer to the following effea: . . . ., No. IV. npHAT his Exctllency, withia thefe few days, has had rcafon to believe that no cue pcr/hn will obtain a larger granr cf lands in Noi'a Scoria than one thoulaiicl aca-'j— TSar the power of iiTuinjj; ];;irent3 for lands there reHiles folejy in the Governor, to wjh'>m his Excellency will im;ncdiatdy forward the Memorial, which he apprehends will arrive before parents can be made put for the tracft of land mentioned in it — -And that it was hi$ .opinion no perfons fhould be allowed to take up lands in that province, but rhofe who mean to refide there, till the Loyalifta are firii ft;rved ; and that his Exctl]tncy will do every thing io his power for the Memoriaiifts, and believes ibey will have no caufe to complain. - The Committee were alfo informed, from the mod refpe£lable authority, that the report of all the lands being occupied abou|: Port ^ofe way was grouudlefsj Governor Parr, who was ex- tremely foUcitous to do juilice to every individual, having made a referv.e of a fuiTicient quantity of lands ihei-e, for the accom- modation of thole Lpyaiilis who iliil propofed to embark far that place. From diis Anfwer of Sir Guy Carleton to their J^emorial, the Loyalids bad reafon to hope that the cruel defigns of the jFifty-five '* mod refpedable cha- raiflers'* would giye way to the intereft of the whole body of trieir fufFering brethren : but they fcon found there was no favour to be expc^ed from the generofity andjuftice of the Fifty five, who [urfued their ob- ject with an eagernefs that few of them ever (hewed in behalf of his Majcfty's government and fervice. The following Journal of their Agents in Nova Scotia ibews their a(3:ivity and zeal in the important C bufinefs m f. V u f ■ ■\- ■ ( H ) bufinefs of obtaining five thoufand acres to the ufe of each member of the alTociated Fifiy-iive ** moft rcr " fpedtable charaders." ' . .. l^. A Journal of the Proceedings of the /fgenis for the /fjjbc'iated LoyaliJIs^ fr.m the Sth day of Augufi to the i^th day of September i i/^S* JOHN SAYRK, I'hilip J. llvingaon, nnd Nathnr.iel Cbandler, left Sandy-IIcick on Fiiday the 8th day of Augull, and ar- rived at Annapolis the 17th. — They forwarded, by the Grand .Duchefs of Rullla, Ciiptain H'olman, a letter to Thomas Knox and Willlain Taylor, Efqrs. Ccnimitteo of Correfpondence aj J^ew-Yotk, which ;vas in the v>ords foll.'vving : GENTLEMEN, JunapoUs, Augift 19, 1 783. ^Uf/E have the plcafure to inform you, that we arrived here on Sunday h^ft, after a palTage of ton days,, havinii; left Sandy- Hook the 8ih intlanr, and that we ftiail pioceed to-morrow on our way to Halifax. As Mr. Sayre is going to Sr. John's, and does not expert to return to this place on public bufinefs within a fortnight, and as we entertain no hopes of feeing Mr. Stewart at Halifax within the above time, we have thought it advifablc for our mutual intereft, agreeable to the powers of fubftitution delegated to us, to folicit the Honourable Stephen Skinner, Efquire, to be a joint Agent with us in the important trull corn- pitted to our care, which he has been pleafcd to accept of until his return to New- York. We have done this from a conviction that the meafure will be perfedly agreeable to the Aflbciation, and that no delays but fitch as are Ttyiavoidablc (hould be futFere4 Jn the profecuiion of an enquiry which, we hope, will prove of great benefit to us all. We are, Gentlemen, with due refpeft and regard, •» • , Your moft obedient humble fervants, :,. PHILIP J. LIVINGSTON. NATHANIEL CHANDLER, ' -■■'■ JOHN SAYRE. Thomas Knox and WiUlam Taylor t Efqrs » • ' '--'■ Committee of Correfpondettcc to Affo* ^ siatc^ Lnyalijist Stephen SI 111 • ( «5 ) StCpheti Skinnerj Philip J. LivIngOon, and Nathaniel Chand- ler, left Annapolis on \Vedn''fday the 20th of Auguft, and ar- rived at Halifax, after a journey of 130 miles, on Sunday the 34th, about twelfe o'clock ; the Reverend John Sayre intending to embark from Anhapolis, with Captain Holman, for Sr.John'i Ri?er, with his family, wl»en they left it, On Auguft 24, the day of our arrival, delivered the recommendatory letter, his Excellency Sir Guy Carleton was pleaft d to favour us with, to his Excellency Governor Parr, who was pleafcd to exprefs his earneft defires to ferve us in the bufmcfs of our appointment.-— On Thurfday the 28th, prefented to his Excelkncy Governor Parr a Memorial in behalf of the AlTojciation, in the ivords fol- lowing, viz. To his Excelleticy JOHN PARR, Efquire, Captain- Generat i ; ■. and Governor, &c. Tne Memorial and Petition of Anthony Stewart, Nathahiel Chandler, John Sayre, and Piiilip ). Livinorton, in behalf of themfclves, and as atlornies to Abijah Willard, and 50 others, Humbly flieweth to your E^iccllcncy, 'JpHAT the unhappy rermirntion of thi2 War in Amei-ica will foon compel your Memorialift ■, who have ever been fteady in their loyalty to the bell of Scvcreigns, and attachment to the Biitifii conftitution, to feel^ an ?.f;,-lum in Tome part of his JVIajefty*s dominions, leaving their property in the hands of their enemies. That under ihefc hard circumftances, and with thefe viewsj your McmoriaUlls beg leave to prtfcnt themfelves land their Aflbciaies to your Excellency ; and to Ihtw that their former charai!\ers and lituations in life have been fuch as to make them feel the rcverfe of fortune which now awaits them with a poignancy of dirtrcfs your Exctilcncy's humane heart Will more eafily conceive than they can defcribe. That, under the pfltrohage of his Excellency Sir Cjuy Carletoh, and froiti a perfed convidtion of your Excellency's well-known generous and cordial regard to all his Majefty's loyal fub]e»3;s fufFering by the late rebellion, your MemoriaiilU embarked for this province, in the fulleft confidence that every wifhed-for aid would be af- forded them by your Excellency, in promoting all their reafon- >ble views and expe<5tations of obtaining a fubfiftenc? in this C 4 provinccj :| C J6 ) province. Your Memorialifts, for the ahcjve reafoda, with o\t deference, humbly requeft that your ExcelLncy will be pleafed to dircft that a tratfl or traS>i of vacant laud may be located for them in tJie proportion of //cv ibou/and iicres to cadi of them, with the ufual alloivante for waile ;and, and Lnd covtrfd with water. That the quantity of bnd prayed i^r may be afiijuud them in the Bay of St, Maiy, exrrn»iing on each fide the river Sifliboo into the back country, and towards a great lake lying between J*ort Rofeway and the faid Bay of St. Mary, until the quantity prayed ipr Ihail be complta ed, or iuch pi.rt ther^ioK a^ Ihall be founri ncai.t, fituated as abi-venieationcd ; an'i^ in cafe of a deficiency ot isod in the Buy of St. Ms^ry n:- : ! (.ve-qieiiitioned, thai ihcy ri.;y be fivouied with your E^^;clk:^:y*s orders to locate I'le rciidne in any pcher part of the pi imce where va- can- i.inds may be fcamd. Thar the tra£t o ijadls of land (b by them lcca:f;(;, maybe exonerated of qi.it-rcnis, (inveyed, di- vided, ant! granred to them, in Ifke manner as lands are granted to other hiir Majdly's loyal fiibjccis in the like circjmftances. Your Memoiiaiiils, intrcaan^; your Exceileniy^s f.vourablc re- gard to this earneft pttition, as in dur\ bound, fnall ever pray. Signed PHILIP j. LIVINGSTON. H^UJax, ^ugujl z%th, \ NATHANIEL CHANDLER. ' ■ 1783. •■• ^:■ fw '"v;; ' ':../..;■• ■' • On Friday the 29th, in the prcfence of Chjirles Morris, Efq, Surveyor- Genera!, and Richard Buckley, Elq, Secretary of the. Province, his Excellency Governor Parr fignified in writing, at the foot of the Petition, his approbiiioo of the fame, and d;- refted a wari;int of furvey purfuant thereto.— On Saturday the 30th, a warrant of furvey was delivered to the Surveyor General, and is in the words following ; JOHN PARR, Efquire, Captain-General and Governor In and over bis Majeih's Province of Nova-Scotia and its Dependen- cies, Vice-Admiral of the fame, &c. &c. &c. to Charles Mdiris, Eiq. Chief Surveyor of Land. VOU are forthwith, by yourfelf or your Deputy, to admeafure and lav out Anthony Stewart, Nathaniel Chandler, John Sayre, Philip J. Livingfton, &c. &c. Uc. £ic. each a plant;,tion containing five thoufand acres of land, upon St. Mary's Bay, fhe river SiiTiboO} and the land adjacent^ obferviag that they > m ■1: I ( 17 ) lio not interfere with any other perfons, and make a return^ with your doings thereon, in the Secretary's otiice, within iix months from the date hereof, with a plat or defcription there* unto atMiexcd; alfo to certify the nature and quality of faid land, contormable to his Majtilv's inltrucUons : and for fo doing this ihall be your warrant. Given under my hand at Halifax, this joth day of Augurt, 1783. Signed JOHN PARR* On INTonday, Septernber 1, the Surveyor-General iflued his warrant to his Deputy, John Biddle, EAj. conformable to the warrant received from his Excellency the Governor. Same day left Halifax, accornpanicd by John Biddle, as Surveyor of the land to be located. Being detained by rains on the road, did not reach Annapolis till Friday, about two o'clock P. M. being the 5th.— —Saturday 6th, went to the townfliip of Conway, about 18 miles from hence, in que it of Amos Botsford, £fq. with whom we were advifed bv the Surveyor-General to confer on the fubje£l of our intended location«^returned to Annapolis in the evening, where we were detained by high winds and rain until Friday the 12th, when we fet out far St. Mary's Bay acrofs the tovvn(hip of Conway. Lodged this evening at the Bafon, in Conway.— —-Saturday 13th, purfued our journey, and walked through an exceeding bad Indian path, and over a beach at the head of St. Mary's Bay, i8 miles, to Colonel Gilbert's. — -—Sunday 14th, drizzling bad weather, reached Silfiboo river, about hx miles diftant, at two o'clock P. M.— — Mond;iv 15th, went in a boat five miles to the Falls of Siffiboo river, landed and walked two miles beyond the Fall?, and exa- mined the country ; where we found the lands high, and a great proportion of pine and fpruce in the woods* fome beech and maple, and the water too (hallow to pafs a jmali boar. The land below the Fails appears of a good quality, particularly the high lands, and contains a great proportion of hard wood, fuch as beech and maiiit-, is well watered by fmall itreams, and is navigable for fmall vellels to the Falls.— —Tuefday 16, crofled the river to view tht lands refcrved for a town-plat, which we traverfed in various dircftions, and found it every way fuitable for this purpofe, the bank not more, in general, than 20 feet in (leight} and in feveral places not mare than 10, and convenient for I 18 ) for bullditig wharfs ; the beach free from ftones, and with a perfeft good bottom, on which veflels may ground with fafefv. The tide rifes in this river, in common, about 20 feet j the channel is narrow; and oppofiie thi: town-plat, and for fomtj diltance beyond, is from 14 to 18 feet deep at low water. The harbour fecure againft all winds but thofe of the South-eall, and even againft them is well Iheltered by the adjoining hills and woods. Veflels thus circiimftanced will always find a fecure retreat on the oppofite fliore, at Sandy Cove. The breadth of the river at low-water mark is by computation 35 rods. This river has within ir, and in the bay before its mouth, cod, pol- luck, lobdcrs, br.fa, trout, falmon, flounders, fmelt, torn cod, and a filh called connor, rather fupcrior to the fea-bafs; with plenfy of wild f uvU in the feafon ; and at its mouth a ledge of flones, which forms a hafoh fufficient to admit a great number of filhing-cralt and fmall vefllls, in which they may lie with perfect fucurity durinsr the winter feafon. This ledge is ufed by the fifheriren to dry their cod on, and is faid to be very ex- cellent for that purpofe. From the mouth of the rivier to the grand palfaj^e is 18 miles, cfleemed excellent ground for cod- ifilh, and reforted to as fuch by the eaftern colonifts, as well as the fiihermcn of this bay and the bay of Fundy, The petit paifage, diftant nine miles, is alfo cfleemed a good fifliery, and, on account of its vicinity, is more frequented by the fettlers of" this bay. It muft alio be mentioned, that fogs, fo troublefome in the bay of Funuy» felJom infefl: this river, and are never known to continue a whole day. — -Wednefday 17th, went up the river Sillj'ooo to Indian Creek, aboiit two miles and an half from its mouih, ibetched acrofs the country to the A'cadiuji fettlements on the Bay of St. Mary, to examine the lands back of the town plat. In this journey of about four miles, we found the lands generally good j the timber chiefly beech, birch, and maj)le. Thurfday l8th, 'walked fix miles along the bay to the extent of the Acadian fcttleiiients j tlien flruck into the woods, back of the fettlements, between three aijd four miles; then walked parallel to the bay the fame diftance, and returned to the head of the fettlements. This traft, for the greater parr, confifts of two funken lands, feveral fmall lakes, the timber generally fpruce and hemlock : on the high grounds, the lands tolerable ; and the timber biich, beech, and maple. From the ( «9 ) • ■ Left information here received of il)c vac:uU lanJs on tlils bay beyoail U9, wc were fully convinced they do not merit our at- tention, the fliore being very jocky, and the lands back, in ge- neral, unfit for cultivation. Friday j(;rh, left the Acadian fetilements. and walked to Holman*s Point, along the beach, ii miles, where we lodged. Saturduy 20th, left HoIman'« point about ten o'clock, after a very harrafling walk of 18 miles, through the worll of roails. Sunday 2 ill, took paiTage for Annapolis, where wc arrived in the afternoon, and found Mr, Sayre, who had juft arrived from St. John's. September 24tb, this day refigned our at;ency, and gave the book of proceedings, power of attorney, and the balance in our hands, to the Rev, ^.% John Sayre, to be by him deliveicd to Anthony Stewart, Ef(j, at Halifax. . tv- ■" •' : ■ ■ - . . ' Signed PHILIP J. LIVINGSTON. ' 2+.V- 1783,. NATHANIEL CHANDLER. MnapoUs, Sept. 23, 1783. GENTLEMEN, 17[^E had the pleafure to inform you, in curs of the 19th of Auguft laft, of our arrival here on the 17th of the fame month, and of pur entering immediately on the bufinefs of our agency. The journal copy inclofed will give youfuch a detail of our tranfaftions as can claim your attention. We have now to fug,- gell our difappointment in not finding as yet tratSls of land to locate c(|ual to your reafonahle cxpecUtlons. You will j)lca(e to obferve, that the bell lands in the province bordering on na- vigable waters have been granted many years ago, and that very few trafts, but fuch as are efcheataoU^ aie now to be obtained, which jnerit our notice. You will therefore conftder,whethcr,under thefe circumftances, your Agents are to apply for lands of this defcription, conceiving from their inllru6tions they cannot now attend to them. To aid you in this enquiry, we enclofe you aa ad of affembly of this province refpeding cfch'!ats *j which, ws think. / f5 i m * An A61 for encouraging the improvement of lands in the Penin- sula of Halifax, and further quieting Pofreflion. Whereas great inconveniences and prejudices havearifen on account pf not improving the lands on thePeninfula of Halifax j and wherea?. C " ) think, will flievv you in how loofe and vagae a mode thia bu(|- nefs is determined. Tliat no timet however, may be iojl^ we have to propofe that the townfltip of Chefler be explored, ly- iDgon the South fide ot the peninfula, about 35 miles Weft of the town of Halifax ; which, by information, is one of the heji tfcheatahle traSIs on the fea coaft, and rcfcrvti until we hear of your determination on this head. We beg to know, whether the tra£l on Sidiboo river is confidered as an object worth your regard. We flattered ourfelves that the vacant trade on Sr. Mary's bay would have been entirely acceptable. Wc prcferreii by the abfence of feveral of the grantees, and the pegle^ and death of others, many of the lots lie walle : in order, therefore, to encourage the improvement of the land within the laid Peiiinhiia, be it enabled by his Excellency the Governor, Council, and AfTKmbiy, and by the authority of the fame it is hereby €n;i6l>.d, that, in all citfes where the grantees of lands within the faid peninfula have been abroad from the province, or have lived thereon, for the fpace of feven years, and no improvements made theieon for that time, and iikf^wife, in Cuch cafes where any grantees have claimed faid land, it fiiail and may be lawful, upon an inqueft of office, on the oath of twelve men (worn for that purpofe, held before the commiilioner of efchcats and forf'titurus, ac- cording to the commiilion to him grantt;d, and duly returned in th^ cfiice of regifter of the court of chancery for the Guvernor and .Commander in Chief for the time being, with the confent and advice of his Majefty's Council, to make grants and conveyances of fuclj Jands fo returned, which grants and oonyeyances Ihali be good, valid, and eife^lual, to all intents and purj.ofes wli.utvcr, Provided that it fliall and msy be lawful for all perfons, intereftej or tniitied to fuch lands com^'iized in i'jid ofncCj to tiaverfe the fame within twelve months from 'he date ct l\-ch inqueft j and if the faid office not being traverfei within ti'.c ijid limt, the grant of fuch land^ by virtue of fuch inqujii, by tht; Governor or Commander in Chief, with advic as aforefanl. ftiall be abfo ute, accoiding to the form and etFeft of fuch grant. And whereas it may be doubtful, wnether the regiftry of lots of land, granted finiply as lots, without any formal conveyance under the feal of the Pi ovince, within the Penimula of Halifax, or elfewhere^ in this Province, import a conveyance in fee fimple to the perfon in whofe name the fame are regiilered ; for the quieting fuch perfons ift their pofleflions, be it enacted, by the authority aH>refaid, that all and every perfon having a right to claim by virtue of fuch regiftry, excepting the ptrfons abfent and negle^ing to improve as aforefaid^ ^all be entitled to a full and abfolute eitate in fee firaple in the lands fo regiilered, any want of form in the faid regiftry n'otwithftanding. / afitu^tioij fli fituation on this bay, on account of tbe perfect cafe and fafcty of the navigation, and its vicinity lo the fi(heri<:s ; am), had th(i back land from SilTihoo, as far as we txplorcd, been corrU' pofe, we prefer a location on the South fide of the peninfula, on account of its numerous harbours and filheries, and the comparative fafety of its navigation. We have to ob- ferve, that the difficulty and danger of the navigation within the Biy of Fundy continually incrcafes from Cape Blovvmindown, thro' the bafon of Menes, to Cobequid, at the head of one arm of the Bay, and through Chignedlo to Cumberland, at the head of the other arm of the Bay, with fcarce any good harbours. The tide in this extent tifes from forty to eighty feet, and with fuch rapidity as to form a column of water near the heads, four feet or more in height, called the Bom; which together with the quicklands often prove deftruftivc to vcflcla when grounded ; which often happens, as the tbb leaves th» fliores and channels entirely dry for fome miles below high-vya- ter. Add to this, thai all the valuable lands in that part of the province have already been granted, and that the few good tra£ts liable to efche t are owned by fier/ons 0/ iveahh and hijiu-* tuce ; and you Will eafily believe there is nothing in that qu:ir- ter iwr/^ our purfuir. If, however, thcioriginal intention of the Alfociation is adhered to, and no lands are to be fought for but fuch as are free from difputcd claims, we, in this cafe, (fuppofing the location on St. Mary's Bay not fuitable,) rrcom- jpend fuch trails as may be vacant on St. John's River, the claims of the I'rovincial Corps as promifed by Government being firft fatisficd ; which will carry us gibout 1 2^^ miles from the mouth of the river. Amidft this choice of difficulties, it is not eafy to feledl: the leaft : we therefore only prefume, Gen- tlemen, to ilate fafts with impartiality for your confideration j filid dill htipethat the more accurate and induUrious inv^fligatiou I ill' ( ii ) I t... 0f Meffr? . Stewart and Sayre will throw new light on the fubjcrt, and hold up to your view a trart of country eligible and convenient. As Mr. Sayre is jud arrived from St. John's Hiver, and js goin}{ to-morrow to Haliiax, where we hope he will find Mr. Stewart, we have rcfigncd 'o thmi the charge of exploring Cheftpr, and foch other places as thty n»ay think proper, for the ufeofthe Aflbciation, and requrft you will be pleafcil to nominate other Agents in our flcad, if more fliould be defined proper, as we are under a necelfify of refigning our appointment from this time, being well convinced thai MelTrs, Stewart and Say re will perfe£k the agency a? f»ir as poflible, and therefore, recommend that all letters frotn you in future be diredled to Mr. Stewart at Halifju'. We (hall immediately clofc pur cxpences from the fund, which unavoidably have beci^ very heavy, and remic'the balance in our hands to Mc Stewart, ^nd lodge with him all the public papers, which weihall tq- ^norrow deliver to Mr. Sayre for this purpofe« .' We have the honour to be, with much regard, Your iTioft obedient, and very humble fetvants, PHILIP J. LIVINGSTON. NAT. CHAND^-EH. Thomas Knox (tn^l IVifWam 'J ayJ!)rtE/qrs. Co}!7m''ttec of Correfpoudcnce for ^Jfo* : ' ' <■ elated Loyal yis, ' - V p. S. We have alfo endofcd a rough ^;etch of the lands a{ Siiriboo .10 formerly laid our. . .^ The Journal fpeaks its own meanipgj and th^ tnap, with its curious remark on the public lots lai4 out at Sifebeau in the town-plat, points out the honour and public fpirit of the Fifty-five ** moft refpcdlablq *' charaders," — viz. " The refer vations for the public vfts n-iy be divided into fmall lots for the benefit pf the ^Fifty -five, and the cluirch and fchool, the - • ' mill f in's Ihc of Ink 'be rpill and minlller, may take their lliares in the lack lands." Such condusfl was never thought of by Sir Guy CaiLton, who had taken fpecial care of the church and fchool in his letter to Governor Parr, y/hkh were pointed out by the whole body of JLoyalifts, and ^hich Governor Parr had duly noticed* On the arrival of Livingllon and Chandler at Ha- lifax, the 28th of Auguft, 1783, they modeflly applied to Governor Parr for five thoulund acres of land, to be located, furveyed, and granted to each of the Fifty-five aflbciates j on the 29th the Governor complied with their requeft, and on the 30th he granted his warrant to the Surveyor General to ad- nieafure and lay out 5000 acres to Stewart, and to each of the Fifty-five alTociates, although General Sir Guy Carleton had declared, in his anfwer to the Loyalills on the 20th of Auguft, *^ that he had rea- ^' fonto believe that no one perfon would obtain larger ^* grants of Lands in Nova Scotia than one thou- ^f fand acres.'* Be this as it may, Governor Parr's readinefs to comply with the petition of the Fifty-five, 'i:: Fourth, — You are hereby direded, authorized, and im- powered, to receive from the faid John Sayre and Anthony Stewart the monies herein before mentioned to be in their hands, and which you are to apply in defraying the neceifary expences which may incur ; Co that no 4eiay may arife in compleating the bufiuefs of the agency hereby vefted in you, Fifih. — As, in all probability, the evacuation of New- York .will take place before the furvey can be compleated, and Mellrs. Knox and Taylor, heretofore appointed to correfpond with the Agents in Nova Scotia, will be removed ; we recommend thac you addrefs your letters to Thomas Knox, Efq. Head-Quarters, Halifax, and advife him of every circumftance that may occur relative to the completion of the objed of the application ; as, from bis Jituatiotit and the intcrcft he has in the general concern, he will afford you fuch aililiance as you may {land in need of, efpecially in obtaining letters patent and confir- mation for the faid lands. In vvitnefs whereof we hayc hereunto fet our hands and feals the i6th of Odober, 17 83, * \ Signed Abijah Wi^LARD, ^nd 37 more. f H 1. 1: After thefe inftrudtlons, the Fifty-five ufed every me- thod poflible to gain their point. Accordingly, one mem- ber of the Junto, whofe confequence and great wealth were brought to light fince the rebellion, fuffered him- fclf to be the imputed Author of the following Letter, . :u which 4 1; I ( 16 ) which Ihews the integrity and judice of a lyt^j Counfellor of MafTachufetts-bay. , No. VII. f^ SIR, New-nrk, QSloher 23, I785. pERMlT me to congratulate your Excelleocy on your fafe arri- ' val in Nova Sco(iarp-a circumftance highly pleafing to your friends, among whom I flatter myfelf I have the honour to be reckoned. It is in that province, among his Majefty% faithful fubjeds, I have to hope to pafs the remainder of jny days, in the enjoyment of loyalty, peace, and tranquillity. The unhappy termination of the war has induced many of us to ifeek an afylum in the province of Nova Scotia, and the very '.liberal alTiftance given by their Excellencies the Comn>anders in Chief of his Majelly's jForces, and the countenance they have been pleafed to afford on the occafion, has greatly contribuied to people a country where we have every reafon to hope loyalty and virtue will flourilh, to the honour of tjie parent flace, 9s wel) as the happinefs of the fettlers. Encouraged by Sir Guy Carleton, niyfelf and fifty-four other gentlemen addrefl'ed his Excellency, flating our iituatiop, an4 the little profpe^t we had of returning to our former places of refidence, and praying his recommendation to Governor Parr for a grant of a tra6l of land of five thoufand acres to us refpec- lively. His Excellency was pleafed to recommend the granting our reqiieft, and we appointed the Rev. Mr. Sayre, Anthony Stewart, Philip John Livingfton, and Nathaniel Chandler, Efqrs, our Agents to compleat the buftncfs in Nova- Scotia. Melfrs. Sayre, l^ivingdon, and Chandler, left this place in Augud laft | but the fettlement of his family prevented the former of thefe gentlemen from paying immediate attention to the fubjeft. The other gentlemen however proceeded to explore the country, and obtained a warrant of furvey for the quantity of lands prayM for, to be laid out on the Bay of St. Mary and River Sifiiboo ; and, afteir having done this, reiigned their agency to Meffrs^ Sayre and Stewart, before the lands were furveyed. On receiv- ing their refignation we in>mediately met, and, cgnfifl^ring the obje£t| !^; ( »7 ) jpbjeA, made choice of Mr. Samuel Gold£berry, a very worthy JLoyalift, and one of our affociated, lo proceed in compleating the object of the application. With proper powers and inftruc- tions on this head, he will fail with the firil fair wind for Port P-ofeway, where he will leiive his family, and proceed acrofs the country to Annapolis, in the hope of meeting with Mr. Biddle, to v;hom the execution of the wairant has been committed. I muft, however, take leave to mention lo your Excellency, that, after we had made our application to. Sir Guy Carleton, a pumber of perfons were induced, from the mifreprefentatious of . fome very turbulent people heie, to prtfeut a memorial in oppo- jGiion to our requeft. In this tnemorial they have mifreprefented fafts, arid from faile infinuations induced nunibers to fign their pemorial who would othervVile have declined it* I beg leave to aflure your Excellency, that the alfociaied Lo^alifts, interefted . jvith me in the jippHcatiotij are worthy of every attentioni from their fufferings in perfoft and property on account of their at- taphment to his Majefty's government; and, on the whole, I jran truly declare, that the AiTociation is compofed of gentle* pien loyal to ^ degree, and worthy the protedion of C^overn- inent. \ . ... .'", .,: v- In behalf, therefore, of thofe gentlemen, permit me to ibliclt your Excellency's kind attention and countenance in porfefling the furvcy, that letters patent may be obtained for thofe lands pointed out in our warrant, as many of the Aflbctation will be in Nova Scotia this fall and winter. Thofe gentlemen who go to England will be out in the fpring or fummer, and all wifli to have their lands marked out, fo that they may be enabled to fix themfelves as foon as the feafon will permit. Mr. Stewart, now at Halifax, will wait on your Excellency on the fubjeft : to hira I beg leave to refer for any other information you wilh on the head. With every fentiment of refpeft and regard, I have the honour to be, - . . ■ .- ■, Sir, ^:v" N Your Excellency's moft obedient and ,,, . ' Mod humble fervant, . -f r ' ' y Signed ABIJAH WILLARD. % i.t ( 28 ) m h\ this letter are two alTertions worthy of the fup* Jx>rcd author, viz. '* Afrer we had made our applica- *' tlon to Sir Guy Carleton, a humbef of perfons ** were induced, from the mifreprefentations of fome ** very turbulent people here, to prefent a memorial •* in oppofuion to our requeft — they haVe mifrepre- ** iented fai^h^" Sec. &c.— *' I afllire your Excellency^ ** that the aflbciated Loyalifts, intercfted with me in ** the application, are worthy of every attention, from " their fufTcrings. in perfon and property on account ** of their attachment to his Majefly*s government."—* The fads are, thofe '' very turbulent people,** as Mr, ' Willard terms Samuel Hake, and other agents for the whole body of I.oyalifts, remonftrated to Sir Guy C^irleton againfl: the ir.fidious Junto having 5000 , acres each, wherever they might pleafe to locate them; not chUdng to be tenants to fach fyndics, whofe ferviccs and lofl'es were hot extraordinary in confe- quence of their loyalry. Sir Guy Carleton's anfwer* No. IV. proves the fa^^s had not been miOeprefenred by Mr. Hake, &c. &:c. &c. for his Excellency fcnt* forward their memorial to the Governor of Nova Sco- tia, to prevent that fucccfs which the Fifty-fiVe unjud- ly expcdled ; and allured the Loyalifts in general, that he believed no one perfun would obtain more than icoo acres. Notwithftanding the anfwer of Sir Guy Carleton, Mr. Willard and his Afibciates refolved to deceive Go- vernor Parr, as they had done the Commander in Chief, if f i? ) Ctiief, and obtain their wifhes ; but, for want of aft lioneft man unconneAed with the fifty-five •' aflbciatcd ** Loyaliils worthy of every attention from their fufferings *' in perfon and property," the CommifTary of frelh Pro- vifions at New York was employed in the bufinefs of mifiriformation. Abijah, however, by ** afiuring Mr. Parr that the afToci^ted Loyalifts interefted with i&/w,'* &c. &c. convinced the ignorant Governor and his defign'wg Council that the fifty- five aflbciated Loyalifts were much indebted to their trumpeter, who exalted them above meafure, becaufe he was " in- ** terefted with*' them.' — ^Mr. Goldfberry, in procefs of time, with the help of other Agents, completed the furvey, and made a return thereof to the Surveyor General, with the expences attending it. Mr. Morris, the Surveyor General, certified the charge to be rea- fonable, and the Governor ordered it to be paid. — The agents then applied to Governor Parr for 275,000 acres to be granted to the fifty-five aflfociated Loyaliftg, ^vhich would be 5000 acres to each perfon. Go- vernor Parr refufed to make them the grant, till he Ihould know where the fifty^five petitioners were. The agents wrote to the Governor, that fome were in England, fome in Nova Scotia, and fome in the United States of America, endeavouring to recover their property. The Governor, not fatisfied with this an. fwer, called on the Agents to return the names of each perfon, and where each perfon refided. The Agents £ made it\\ m i* III ( 30 ) m liinijr a return nccorciing to the Govcrnnr-s requifitioi^. The luiiubpi" ui Nova Scotia appcaruig to be very difiMopoitionute to the whole Fifty-five, occafioned the (iDViinor to anfwcr the Agents after this manner : '* I uiu nor auihorizecl to give (o huge a quantity of lanil aV^ooo ucrcs to one man, and therefore could n»»i julUly mylelf in lo doing ; but I am able and ready to graiU looo acres to each perfun, belonging tv> I lie company of Fifty- five, adually refident m Kova Scotia, and no more/* The Agents, by the in- |hv)CVu>ns. coxild not accept of Id's than 30CO acres to each pciton ; ti\ey therefore refuted the fingle 1000 »cvc$, and wiote to their AlU>ciates in England that all ho^K* of doirg any thinoj with Governor Parr were at an end \ a: the fame tiax* requetHrg, in the warmefl ^ tvtuui^thac their cafe mi^ht be laid before theMinirtry, a> U vv;usi ar v>bje<:\ v\oi:h purfuing, and as the lands »i;c the uio;l fvTtilc aad eligible cf any in the £-0- I'tt^f uuVttnv.v:> laterally aii£rg ircin ihis puin miutivc 0£ tacb arc, Ijyr Ccc ^ijcJe-* aud cuinccl^rrxfiv aci:rg tcr i jrax-. i. Th^v 4C'i;^t^.l Sir Guv Car?e'r?Q b' :^lr 701-:- tl> rf»h^-^ ( 31 ) tioq. 1 ' thereby obtained his recommendation to Governor Parr, to the great prejudice of other Loyalifts, whofe fcrvices, lofles, and loyalty, greatly exceeded thofe of the Fifty-fivej and who never claimed more than to be on a level with their fufferiiig countrymen. 3. The Fifty-five, by endeavouring to fdpplant their brethren in affliction, as did the Dutch Pataroons at New York in 1664, have raifed a jealoufy^ and form- ed a divifion among the Refugees in Nova Scotia, de- trimental to the colony, and dangerous to themfelvcs. 4. Governor Parr has adted with candour and wifdom in refufing to grant 5000 acres to orie per- fon ; as 600 acres are abundantly fiiiEcient in any new country for one family during thirty years. Large patents would depopulate Nova Scotia, as they have done Carolina^ the Ifland of St. John, and Ca- nada. ' -'- ■'■-■'"- ' "'•-'•■■:^'^ ■ ■ 5. Governor Parr has ilot injured the Fifty-five by withholding a grant of 5000 acres, on a fuppofition that his Excellency had power to comply ; bccaufe 1000 acres were offered to each of them that actually rcfided in the province, which is ample fatisfaftion for the trouble and expence the company has been at in exploring the country. 6. Governor Parr granted a warrant to the Sur- veyor General to lay out 5000 acres in a plantation to each of the Fifty-five petitioners, upon Sir Guy Carletdn's recommendation, and, after the furvey and B,z retyrnj^ m ( 3» ) returns were made, could not grant but looo acres to each man — This very extraordinary condud in the King's Governor, to fpeak in the language of the Fifty-five, is accounted f.^r in Sir Guy Carleton's an- fv\'cr, No. IV. — viz. *' His Excellency, wiihin thefe *' few days, has had reafon to believe that no one " perfon will have more than looo acres." This declaration was publilhed in New York Aug. 15, 1783, and the Fifty-five knew of it, as appears by Mr, Willard's letter, No. VII. Neverthekfs, the Fifty-five purfued their cbje(5t of 5000 acres each, vainly hoping Governor Parr would attend to his warrant of furvey for 5000 acres, although forbid by his Majefty to grant more than looo acres to any one perfon — and it appears that the prohibiiion arrived after the war-f rant for furvey was granted, and before the return wa? made of the furvey. 7. As the Fifty-five folicited for the 5000 acres, not as a compenfation for lofles, but for loyalty, the whole body of Loyalifts in Nova Scotia agree with Governor Parr and his Council, that 1000 acres of wildernefs land in Nova Scotia is equal at lead to the Loyalty of any of thofe inclined to transfer* their allegiance from the King to Congrefs at a iefs valuable price. 8. Suppofing Governor Parr could have granted jooo acres to each of the Fifty -five, i.t would hayc * Vide the Farewel Sermon preached ^t New-York by the Rev. ^t'harics Inglis, D.D, ^ ( 33 ) injured the real Loyalifts who adtually refide in Noy^ Scotia ; whereas one fifth of the Fifty-five are refidents in the United States, in whofe fervice many of them have been employed, and from whofe pajl £ondu£i it is fair to conclude they will not be very ufcful *' in diffufing and fupportin^ a fpirit of '■' attachment to the Britifli Conftitution, and to hi^ " Majefty's Royal Perfon and Family;" (vide No. II.) which affertion being true, has made many people doubt the authenticity of the words in the letter figncd A. Willard, viz. " I can truly declare^ that the Aflb- '* ciation is compofed of gentlemen loyal to a degree, .^' and worthy of the protedtion of Government.'* 9, The Fifty-five (in No. II.) fpeak of a contraU between their former and prefent occupations, as rendering them unable perfonally to obtain a decent fupport, unjefs they may have 5000 acres each to cul- tivate with vafi'als from Africa, Ireland, or America. -T-What thofe moft refpe£iable charaSlers mean by the words contraft and occupations muft be this or nothing ; That we were farmers, clergymen, lawyers, or trades- men, but fince the war, have been rrxerchants, com- rpiflaries, clerks^ chaplains, and novy fome are I^ecome rich gentlemen, and therefore cannot perfonally in future fupport ourfelves by induftry ; but if Govern- ment will enable us to inllave our fufFering brethren, \ye are humbly of opinion, that fuch a number of \Qy2X fubjeds as the Fifty-five yi\\\ amply pay the • coft. I 1 ;;i! ::iil m ( 34 ) coftw They then modeilly rcquefted 275,000 ^crcl^ to be exonerated of quit-rents, in order to enable Fifty-live to " fiipport his Majcfty's Royal Perfon •* and Family, and to difiufe Loyalty through Nova •* Scotia." 10. The Fifty-five dpcjare " they have had great ^^ influence in America j** which may be true, if their influence is confined to the Britifli commanders, who have fo well paid them for their influence, that nearly half of the Fifty-five have been gainers, and not lofers, by the rebellionp Upon this ground, or becaufe fome of them were rebel committee-men, they modtilly requefled Sir Guy Carleton to put them on the fame footing with Field Officers in refpedl to the number cf acres, and to furvey and convey the land at the ex- pence of Government. — Whatever influence thofe gentlemen of the Fifty-flve ever hac^ in the novy United States of America, it appears they have now none in Nova Scotia with the real Loyalifts, with Governor Parr, and his Council ; and it is prefunied the Miniflry will confider them in the fame manner, Ihould tbey be humbly of opinion to folicit Govern- ment for 275,000 acres of land in Nova Scotia, to be divided between the faid aflbciated Loyalifts^ Government may, without much hazard, refufe giving lands in Nova Scotia to thofe moft refpeftable cha- raders, and reft the whole matter with Governor Parr, who has done all in his power to have the lands ef- cheatcd, and to give indifputable titles to iixduftrious 1 ^ I ( 35 ) people, whofe perfonal fervicc \% ufeful to them. tlvc5g and whofc Loyalty and Fidelity cannot be TRANS- FERRED to Congrefs or the United States for the value of twice 275,000 acres in New England or Virgii^ia. II, Hence this conclufion — This Junto of Fifty- five, and their invijible Aflbciares, are fecking to ad- vance themfelves, at the expence of Governor Parr, his Council, and the whole body of Loyalifts in Nova Scotia ; and from them originate all complaints made or publilhed againft Mr. Parr, whofc humanity and ji^ftice are as cqnfpicuous as his nanie and candour. II; 1 N t S, % m i' !