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ADDITIONS TO MONOGEAPHS 



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Historic Sites. 



349. The location of the Indian College at Sussex as here given 

 is erroneous. Its true location is described in Allison's " Oliver 

 Arnold," 19. Also I have found in the Crown Land Office an old 

 map on which it is located, as shown upon the accompanying repro- 

 duction of a portion of it (Map No. 41), 



349. Of very much importance in the early history of this period 

 were the roads built between the principal centres of population. Much 

 information about their general history is given in the Settlements 

 Monograph. Their exa.c/t courses have largely been obscured by later 

 alterations, but the followino; are the courses of those first built. 



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Map No. 41. From an Old Plan; Original Size. 



When the " present road " is mentioned in these descriptions, it means 

 the present road though its general route, and through most, but not 

 all, its actual course; many alterations in detail were later made to 

 secure better grades etc. 



(1) The Westmorland Road. It started at St. John, followed the 

 present road along Marsh Creek, Coldbrook, Golden Grove, and Smith- 

 town to Hampton, where it crossed at Hampton Ferry, kept the north 

 side of the Kennebecasis to within three miles of Sussex, where it 

 crossed to the south bank, and followed the present road through 

 Sussex to Petitcodiac; it ran along the south side of that river part 

 way, and later entirely, to Pollet River (this part now abandoned), 

 then crossed to the north bank and followed the present main road 

 through Moncton Memramcook Village, Dorchester, and Four Cor- 

 ners to Fort Cumberland. 



It is shown on a fine large map (scale 2 miles to an inch) in the 

 British Museum (Catalogue of Additions,— 128, 238), " Sketch of the 

 Road from Fort Cumberland to Fredericton, from a Journey Per- 

 formed between the 13th and 23rd December 1799 by H. R. H. the 

 Duke of Kent, Commr. in Chief in British N. America." The Duke 



