An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 178 BRITISH SIK GUY CARLETON New England settled at Mangerville, about fifty miles up the In twenty years, their numbers had increased to eight hun-dred. At the close of the Revolutionary War, several thousand dis-banded British troops were placed at Frederickton. But having beenaccustomed to the comforts of civilized life, these new colonists suffered great h
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 178 BRITISH SIK GUY CARLETON New England settled at Mangerville, about fifty miles up the In twenty years, their numbers had increased to eight hun-dred. At the close of the Revolutionary War, several thousand dis-banded British troops were placed at Frederickton. But having beenaccustomed to the comforts of civilized life, these new colonists suffered great hardships, and a long season of privation, betore theycould place their families in comfortable situations. In 1785, Sir Guy Carleton was appointed governor, and madevigorous exertions for the improvement of the country, which gra- NEW BRUNSWICK. 179 lually, though slowly, advanced. On his return to England, (1803,^jotii 1817, the government was administered by presidents. In1809, the duty on Baltic timber was advanced to nearly ^63, whileihat of the colonies remained free. This laid -he foundation of thepresent flourishing condition of New Brunsw ok. The countrv liascontinued to increase gradually in prosperi y, under a su^.ession o
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