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accompanying map, 'No. 46, the approximate locatioi^ of the principal 

 regiments is shown, together with hirger grants to different groups of 

 individuals. The locations are often only approximate, for there is 

 no map in existence which shows them, and I have not been able to 

 disentangle the confused thread of grants and regrants and change of 

 boundaries, but the map shows the general locations, and in a general 

 way shows accurately where the Loyalists settled in New Brunswick. 



What has so far been said as to Loyalist locations applies almost 

 solely to the Passamaquoddy and St. John districts. At the head of the 

 Bay of Fundy, in Sackville and Westmorland (foj-mcrly Cuniberland) 

 Townships, there was little Loyalist immigration, but in Dorchester and 

 on the Petitcodiac there was some, though it was insignificant as com 

 pared with that of the St. John. As to the North Shore, it may be said 

 that the Loyalist period hardly existed there, but that the English merged 

 directly into the Post-Loyalist peiiod. It is true that some Loyalist 

 families were induced to settle on the Miramichi, and scattered settlers 

 located themselves at other jjoints, but these were mostly the result of 

 expansion of the more ambitious or restless from the St. John. Tj-uo 

 Loyalist giants on the North Shore can, therefore, bo said to be wanting. 



Since the early grants are so closely connected with this important 

 pei-iod of our history'', and no list of them exists, I have given in the 

 following libt all of the Loyalist grants that I have been able to lind 

 made in the present Province of New Brunswick by the Nova Scotia 

 Government. Biit after the first grant issued by the New Brunswick 

 Government on March 2, 1785, I have given only those to the greater 

 associations, made fi-om 1*785 to 1787. An accurate map and complete 

 list of these Loyalist grants would bo of very great service to our history. 

 They are mostly shown in outline in the fine 1786 map in the Public 

 Record oflSco, and on one of about 1784 in the Crown Land office. 



1. The Passamaquoddy District. 



The grants in this district and their history are fully treated in the 

 Courier series. They are shown approximately on the accompanying 

 map No. 46. The spelling of place names is usually that of the original 

 grants. 



1. 1784— Feb. 20. Peter Clinch, 700 a. on ]Musquaquadavick. 



2. :Mar. 29. Lieuts. Thomas Fitzsimmons and Colin 3IcXab, 1,000 a. Dig- 



deguash. (Esch. ) 



3. Mar. 29. Colin Campbell, 2,000 a. at Digdeguash on Passamaquoddy. 



4. :Mar. 29. Capt. Philip Bailey and 58 others, Royal Fencible Amer- 



icans, 10,150 a. on Magaguadavic. 

 5- ^lar. 29. Doctor William Paine and 19 others, 5,500 a. on INIagaguada- 



vic River, Harbours Letite and Letang. 

 6. Mar. 29. John Curry and 42 others, 15,250 a. on the Digdeguash. 



