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A number of the New England people also established themselves at 

 Maugerville, and other j^laces on the St. John Eiver. The peopled district 

 on the St. John Eiver became subsequently known as Sunbury county 

 and obtained representation in the Nova Scotia legislature. The township 

 of Sackville was settled chiefly from Rhode Island, and had also a mem- 

 ber in the same assembly. 



No better class probably could have been selected to settle Nova 

 Scotia than the American immigrants. The majority were descendants 

 of the Puritans who settled in New England and some were actually 

 descended from men and women who landed from the Mayflower in 1620. 

 The county of Yarmouth has always illustrated the thrift and enterprise 

 which were the natural heritage of the founders of New England. 

 Governor Lawrence recognized the necessity of having a sturdy class of 

 settlers, accustomed to climatic conditions and to agricultural labour 

 in America, and it was through his strenuous efforts that these immigrants 

 were brought into the province.' They had, indeed, the choice of the 

 best land of the province and everything was made as pleasant as pot-sible 

 for them by a paternal government, only anxious to establish British 

 authority on a sound basis of industrial development. 



In 1*767, according to an official return in the archives of Nova 

 Scotia,' the total population of what are now the provinces of Nova Scotia, 

 New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island reached thirteen thousand 

 three hundred and seventy-four souls, of whom six thousand nine hun- 

 dred and thirteen are given as Americans, nine hundred and twelve as 

 English, two thousand one hundred and sixty-five as Irish, one thousand 

 nine hundred and forty-six as Germans and one thousand two hundred 

 and sixty-five as Acadian French, the latter being probably a low esti- 

 mate. Many of the persons called Irish in this return came really 

 from the north of Ireland, and were Scotch Presbyterians. They were 



" Memorial of the 121st and 122nd Anniversary of the Settlement of Truro by the 

 British, etc., Truro, N.S., 1894." It contains an interesting address by Sir Adams G. 

 Archibald, then lieutenant-governor, a descendant of one of the first settlers of the 

 district. Another important address is that by Mr. Israel Longworth, which is 

 replete with valuable historical details. 



" A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. By the Rev. J. R. Camp- 

 bell, St. John, N.B., 1876." It contains (pp. Ill ct seq.) a list of the first settlers from 

 New England. 



"Yarmouth, N.S. A sequel to Campbell's History. By George S. Brown, 

 Boston, 1888." It contains very full data of the social, material and religious 

 progress of this interesting and prosperous section of Nova Scotia. 



1 See Appendix E for Governor Lawrence's proclamation, setting forth the terms 

 on which people from New England could settle the province— aptly called " the 

 charter of Nova Scotia" by the historian Haliburton, vol. I., p. 220. 



- See Appendix F for an extract from " A General Return of the several town- 

 ships in the province of Nova Scotia for the first day of January, 1767. Dr. Allison 

 of the University at Sackville, N. B., has a valuable commentary on this return in 

 he papers of the Nova Scotia Historical Society for 1888, vol. VII. 



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