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93 ^ 1768— Apr. 2l'. J«is. Williams and foiir other?, lands at Shediac contiguous ta 

 94. J those ;,n-anted (ieorge Anthony Tonyn. (Later sold to "Wni. 



Ilanintflon). (Tonyn's Tract is 93, apparently granted Sept. 



30, 17(17.) 

 'X\ 1782— Sept, .30. George Burns, L',oi>Oa. on Kiver Cocagne. (Mentions lands 



granted here to John Allen, Lieut, of Marines.) 

 9li. 1777 -Mar. 4. :Mariot Arbuthnot, Capt- R. N., and two others, 5,400 a. on S. 



side of River Richibucto. 



5. The JUiramiehi District. 



97. 1765 — Oct. 24. William Davidson and John Cort. Part of an island on the 

 E. side of Miraraichi. (Archives 1894, 2G5). 



97. Oct. 3L AVillianiDavidsonand John Cort, 100,000 a. on the Miramichi, 



starting from Beaubear's Id. 



G. The Xepi^iguit District 



98. 1770— Nov. 2. Capt. John Allan, 2,000 a. at Xepisiguit. On west side of the 



harbour. On old plans Ferguson's Point is called Allan's 

 Point. 



99. 1784— Sept. 22. Arthur Goold, 2,000 a. in Nepisiguit Har., including Goolds' 



(Indian) Id. (Included site of Bathui-st, which on old plans 

 is called Goold' s Point.) 

 99a. Mar. 29. Francis Gionnest and thirty-three others, 14,150 a. at Caracat. 



7. T/ie Restigouche District. 



98a. 1776— Feb. 17. Lieut. David Coutts, 2,000 a. at Crokey (Jacquet) River. 

 98b. Jan. 10. Sir Andi-ew Hamond, 500 a. opposite Heron Id. 



100. May 6. John Shoolbred, 5,000 a. at Walker's Brook, including Smith's 



Island. 



v.— THE LOYALIST PEEIOD. 



Of all of the periods of our history there is none which, from any point 

 of view, can approach this in importance. Yet no one of our historians 

 has attempted to treat it as a unit for this province. It figures promin- 

 enti}' in local historical writingn, it is true, and Mr. Eaymond in 

 particular has given it much attention ; but there is no adequate history 

 of it 3-et in e.xistence. ^Ir. Ilannay has published in the St. John 

 Telegraph a "History of the Loyalists," but it is a history of the part 

 the}' took in the Revolution, and not of their part in the history of Xew 

 Brunswick. 



It is in this paper neces-sary to confine ourselves to the phases of it 

 which deal with locations, an<l of these there is but one of importance, 

 i.e., the location of the Loyalist settlements, i)articularly of the disbiuided 

 regiments and other associations. This particular phase of the subject is 



