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ists at St. John, then Parr-town, on the 18th of May, 1783. The subject 

 dealt with in the paper for the current year was entitled ''The Siege of 

 Penobscot." The material used was largely drawn from the diary 

 of Dr. John Calef. A copy of the original edition of this work, be- 

 lieved to be the only one in existence, will be found in the library of 

 Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



The 18th of May, 1913, falling upon a Sunday, the annual service 

 was held as usual in Trinity Church, St. John, the Chaplain of our Society, 

 Ven. Archdeacon Raymond, preaching the sermon, and Rev. James 

 White, Millidge, another valued member of our Societ}'', reading the 

 lessons for the day. 



On the following day, Monday, May 19th, the school children of all 

 grades, in the city of St. John enjoyed a public holiday. A Royal 

 Salute was fired at noon by a battery of the 3rd Regiment Royal Can- 

 adian Artillery, and much bunting was displayed throughout the city. 



In the evening of the same day a great gathering of the members of 

 the New Brunswick Loyalists' Society, The Canadian Club, The Women's 

 Canadian Club, and the Loyalist Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire, 

 was held in the Keith Assembly rooms. The combined membership 

 of these organizations comprises more than 1,200 individuals. 



Upon this occasion patriotic addresses were delivered. A note- 

 worthy feature of the function was the joresence in the chair of W. D. J. 

 Seely, a son of a Loyalist, and president of our Society. Mr. Seely is 

 the last individual in our community enjoying this unique distinction. 



Mr. Clarence Ward, grandson of Col. John Ward, long known as 

 the "Father of the City," was also present, and by invitation occupied 

 a seat upon the platform. Mr. Ward is a past president of the New 

 Brunswick Historical Society, and for 25 years continuously its efficient 

 and honoured secretary. 



The Loyalists' Society is unfortunately without any publication 

 fund, but efforts will be made during the present year to provide such 

 a fund. 



Since the first of December last our Secretary and Historian, at the 

 request of the Society, and while in England, made a careful examination 

 of the work of copying the Loyalists' Records, now in the Audit Office, 

 London, for deposit in the Archives Department at Ottawa. The work 

 is apparently progressing well under the efficient supervision of Mr. 

 E. P. Biggar. This gentleman kindly aided by every means at his 

 command in the desired examination by our representative. 



An amusing incident of this visit was the action of one of the chief 

 officers in charge of the Loyalists' Archives, who declined to admit our 

 representative to the privileges desired, upon learning that he was a 

 Canadian, although the regulations expressly state that the privileges 



