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Charles HarC;, E.X., of this city, who was one of the officers 

 of the ill-fated vessel. 

 Dec. 30.— Eev. Dr. Raymond read a paper on the " St. John River," — 

 the " Coming of the White Man." 

 1903. 

 'Jan. 27. — S. D. Scott read a paper on " Cobbit's Life in New Bruns- 

 wick," with many interesting particulars of his life while 

 stationed with his regiment at Fort Howe, St. John, N.B. 

 'Feb. 24. — Mr. Scott read the conclusion of his paper on " Cobbit's Life 



in New Brunswick." 

 Mar. 31. — Clarence Ward read a paper on the " First Common Council 

 of St. John, N.B., with extracts from the account book of 

 Ceorge Leonard, the first Chamberlain of the city. 

 For a considerable period the Rev. W. 0. Raymond has been engaged 

 on behalf of the Society in arranging and editing a large amount of cor- 

 respondence of the Hon. Edward Winslow, who was Muster-Master- 

 General of the Loyalist forces during the Revolutionary War. These 

 letters commencing in 1776 in New York and terminating in New 

 Brunswick in 1820, contain an immense amount of valuable and inter- 

 esting information, concerning the emigration and settlement of the 

 great number of Loyalists who came to New Brunswick and Nova 

 Scotia on the termination of the war. 



The industrjf, learning and research given to the work by Mr. Ray- 

 mond is beyond all praise. 



The whole correspondence has now been published by the Society in 

 a volume of 800 pages, and is a most valuable contribution to the history 

 of the time. 



The Society was aided in the publication of these letters by a grant 

 from the Legislature of New Brunswick, and a contribution from the 

 Winslow family. 



XVII. — From the Ontario Historical Society, through 

 David Boyle. 



The last annual meeting of the Ontario Historical Society was 

 held in the towns of Peterboro and Lindsay on the 4th and 5th of 

 June, 1902, and was well attended by representatives from various parts 

 of the Province and from Manitoba. Valuable papers were read during 

 the sessions by Mrs. Fessenden " On the Monument that Failed " 

 (Montgomery Monument at Quebec), by Judge Dean of Lindsay on 

 " Local Scenery and Historical Associations," by Miss Farmer on the 

 " Fall of Acadia," by Mrs. Holden on the subject entitled " In the 

 Heart of the Battle," by Mr. Hampden Burnham on " The Feud of 



