FRANCIS PEABODY. 49 



waiter and searcher ot Miraniichi. 



1832. J. D. Lewin, appointed in place of Pinchin, dui'ing 

 absence." 



This I found to be fully verified by this book of s' ips entries, as 

 Pinchin signed as Coniptroller from July 21st, 1828, to the 17th 

 Sept., 1834, except an interval from 29th October, 1832, to 16th 

 August, 1834, when J. D. Lewin signed as acting in his stead. 

 This J. D. Lewin was afterwards President of the Bank of New 

 BriTnswick at St. John, N. B., and a Senator of Canada. I might 

 also here note that in this report from Fredericton I find also the 

 folio 'viijg : 



"1823, Nov. 8. Perry Damaresq, of St. Peter's, Northumber- 

 land Co., as a preventative officer. 



"1824. D-c. 28, Theophilus Desbrisay, Esq., Clerk to the Naval 

 or Navy Officer in the ports of Miramichi, Richibucto, Shediac and 

 the Bay Chnleurs, including four outba.vs, in room of B. P. 

 Walloj), deceased." 



This is all the infor?)iation I have thus far got on the subject, 

 but I find that there ^vas also a Deputy Treasurer appointed by 

 the local Government in every county where there were shipping 

 entries, to make his returns to the Provincial Treasurer, and the 

 Deputy Treasurer at Miramichi was Thomas Horsfield Peters, 

 who was ap])ointed Aj^ril 1st, 1813. and who seems to have held 

 the office until the appointment of J.T. Williston on Dec. 1st, 1854. 



Mr. Peters was appointed Clcn-k of the Peace for Northumber- 

 land, Feb. 22nd, 1812 ; Surrogate 21st June, 1822 ; Notary Public, 

 1815, and a member of the Legislative Council Dec. 30, 1843. He 

 went by the name of Judge Peters here, and built the house that 

 Judge Wilkinson now lives in and lived there. 



Francis Peabody was a tall and rather stylish looking gentle-, 

 man. He was about six feet or a little over, but slightly sooped ; 

 had a smart, sprightly, business-like air ; was always neatly 

 dressed in what we would call to-day a Prince Albert coat and 

 dark pants. He had mixed grey hair and was an inveterate 

 snuffer, and always had his snuffbox of tortoise shell with silver 

 cover aboxit the shape and size of a cake of toilet soap He has it 

 in his hand in his picture, which we give with this . He had two 

 places of business or stores, one on each side of the entrance to 

 his wharf. One (The World office) still stands ; the other was 



