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unnecessary for those friends, in whose society I have 

 spent the greater and most agreeable part of my life. 



*' With most sincere wishes for your health and happi- 

 ness, colle6lively and individually, I beg leave to subscribe 

 myself, &c. 



Dorothy Thomas. 

 Obituary notices were sometimes very full, especially 

 if the deceased was a man of importance in the com- 

 munity. The following from the account of the funeral 

 of Lieut. -Col. J. T. Van Well, who died on the loth of 

 February, 1825, will perhaps be interesting : — 



" We have been given to understand that the vener- 

 able deceased first came to this colony about the year 

 1794, as Captain in a detachment of Dutch Troops in 

 the service of the then Stadtholder. He was however 

 found by the British, when they came and took the colony 

 under their protection in 1796, with the rank of Major, 

 and in the Command of the Gairison — he having in the 

 meantime bv his loyalty and firmness, saved the colony 

 from Revolution, and heroically maintained Orange 

 boven. On, as we said before, the British taking the 

 colony under their prote6tion, we are further informed 

 the Dutch troops were nevertheless still in service, under 

 the appellation of the " Loyal Orange Battalion," and as 

 Major-Commandant of which Van Well continued, till 

 1 802, when it was finally disbanded. Subsequently, for 

 a short time, he a6>ed as Adjutant-General of the Militia, 

 and was afterwards placed on our late Governor, Major- 

 General Mukray's Colonial Staff as Aide-de-Camp- 

 wiih tlie rank ot Lieutenant-Colonel. He was likewise 

 lor a time, lnspe6lor-General of Georgetown — and when 

 his advanced age di6lateH an honourable retreat from 



