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State, .gave Machiche as their place of residence in March, 1788, 

 and so also did James Glasford, of Tryon County, New York. 1 

 However, Gugy's seigniory on Lake St. Peter may properly be accounted 

 as having served as a refuge for Loyalists during a period of six years, 

 that is, from September, 1778, to September, 1784. The erection of 

 the settlement there had cost the government £1,350, including the 

 services of the Seignior as superintendent. During the interval of 

 its existence it had furnished oversight, lodgings, food, and clothing 

 to hundreds of exiles from the States, most of these being helpless 

 women and children; and it had provided instruction for the young. 

 If many of those who received these benefits were dissatisfied and 

 restless, this must be attributed to their unfortunate condition, rather 

 than to any lack of attention on the part of Governor Haldimand 

 and Seignior Gugy. It may be added that the Seignior died, April 

 10, 1786. His remains were interred in the burying ground, now 

 transformed into a park, at the corner of Dorchester and St. Urbain 

 Streets, Montreal. 2 



Second Report, Bureau cf Archives, Ont., Pt. I, 487; Pt. II, 1079. 

 Mcllwraith, Sir Frederick Haldimand, 345. 



