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to New Jerusalem on the 22d of June, 1778. On this oceasion his 
house was robbed of almost every valuable article in it by a party of 
“Armed Ruffians, who took and carried away by force a number of 
articles, Sword, Pistol, Firelocks, Powder, Ball, Shot and Flints, Draw- 
ing Box and Writing Stand, with their contents, superfine scarlet and 
Blew Cloaths, Books, Silver Spoons, Silver Buckles, Plain, set and 
Carved, Gold lace, Diamond Rings with a number of other articles.” In 
a subsequent memorial (See Appendix XI.) McNutt says “the Villians 
not only Robed me of my Property, but upon my resistance Insulted 
me with blows.” His brother, who was with him in the house, shared 
in the violence and in the loss. The Colonel estimated his loss at 
upwards of £300 sterling, exclusive of books, papers and other articles 
which could not be replaced for money. He adds that “he would be 
Extremely Sorry to see the Glory of the American Arms tarnished or 
their Lustre Sullyed by the conduct of such unworthy persons, who 
are only a disgrace to the name of Soldier.” 
The Colonel—never more at home than when dealing with large 
figures—states in his memorial that he had already suffered a loss of 
£40,000 sterling in his property, in the course of the Revolutionary 
contest, by the waste of his timber (for lumber and staves), coal mines, 
salmon fishery, ete. During the next two years he spent a good deal 
of time in Massachusetts seeking the recovery of his property, or some 
compensation. On one occasion he was arrested at Salem as “a doubt- 
ful character.” This led him to observe, with that grim humor that 
often crops out in his memorials, ‘“ How I can be justly considered in 
a double capacity and treated as both Whig and tory seems a Parradox 
to me.” 
There can be no doubt, however, that the Colonel was in sympathy 
with the revolutionary party. This is shown by such expressions in 
his memorials as the following:—‘“TI challenge even enmity itself to 
produce one single Instance in which I have deviated from the Resolves 
of Congress since 1774.” And again; “ Your Memorialist has suffered 
more in his property than all in that Colony [of Nova Scotia] put to- 
gether, including the damage sustained from the British and the Dregs 
trom these States, known by the appellation of Most Loyal Subjects 
and Refugees, and who are a curse to that Colony and have made it 
only a Cage for Unclean Birds; it is to be hoped the measure of their 
Iniquity is nigh compleat and that a time of purging will shortly take 
place.” 
Colonel McNutt states that application had been made for his 
lands in Nova Scotia, by Dr. Prince and others, on the ground that he 
was disaffected to Government. He claims in this connection “that 
there cannot be two contradictory Rights equally true at one and the 
