Appendix. 671 



On the loth of October, 1783, Carlton wrote to 

 Colonel Thompson, who was then on the Continent: 

 " The resolution of Parliament to give half-pay and 

 permanent rank in America affords me great satisfac- 

 tion. Your zeal and assiduity on this occasion appear 

 to have been such as your friends might have ex- 

 pected." 



On the roth of October the King's American Dra- 

 goons were disbanded on the lands appropriated for 

 them many miles up the river St. John. 



"America and West Indies. No. 146. 



" To His Excellency Sir Guy Carlton, K. B., General and Com- 



mander-in-Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in North America, 



within the Colonies lying in the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia 



to West Florida, inclusive, &ca., &ca., &ca. 



"The Memorial of BENJAMIN THOMPSON, Eso^, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Commandant of the King's American Dragoons, for 

 himself, and in behalf of the Officers and men under his Com- 

 mand. 



"Humbly sheweth, 



" That the Officers of the King's American Dragoons are 

 chiefly Young men of the first families and connections in 

 North America, who, at a very early period of the War, 

 entered into the King's service. 



44 That, except the Adjutant, who is from the ry 1 . 11 Regiment 

 of Light Dragoons, they are all Americans, and have suffered 

 very considerably by the Rebellion. 



"That in the Event of Peace and the Independency of the 

 American Provinces, all their hopes of returning to their former 

 situations will be at an end, and they will be reduced to the 

 greatest distress. Their friends, involved in the common ruin, 

 will be unable to assist them, and having no Profession but the 



