. The New England magazine . -plements as theirsituation demand- ed. Although poor in theworlds goods, the Loyalistswho came to St. John wererich in intellect and in ex-perience. They lost no timein lamenting over their for-lorn condition, but addressedthemselves immediately to thework of making a proper pro-vision for their families. Thecity of St. John was laid out,and the different lots compos-ing it were distributed amongthe arriving Loyalists. Manywho remained at St. John dur-ng that winter were after-wards drafted to other partsof the province, where theyreceived lots for farms. ,
. The New England magazine . -plements as theirsituation demand- ed. Although poor in theworlds goods, the Loyalistswho came to St. John wererich in intellect and in ex-perience. They lost no timein lamenting over their for-lorn condition, but addressedthemselves immediately to thework of making a proper pro-vision for their families. Thecity of St. John was laid out,and the different lots compos-ing it were distributed amongthe arriving Loyalists. Manywho remained at St. John dur-ng that winter were after-wards drafted to other partsof the province, where theyreceived lots for farms. , in fact, for a year or two was a sortof distributing point for the Loyalists;and while its population was large duringthe period of immigration, it soon fell toa low point as the immigrants scatteredthemselves all over the country for thepurpose of making a living. SmallerLoyalist settlements were formed andfounded at Annapolis, Shelbourne, andother districts in Nova Scotia; but theSt. John settlement, in consequence of the. ^ snedict Arnolds Sofa. OWNED MR. W. C. DRURV, 300 THE LOYALISTS. great fertility of the land on the banksof that river and the abundance of scopefor immigrants, was always the most im-portant, and early assumed a no doubt was the reason why anagitation about this time commenced forthe division of the province of NovaScotia into two parts; in 1786 this waseffected by the creation of the province Among the most striking of the memorialswhich have been erected to the Loyalistsin that place of the dead is the Putnamtomb, which the inscription tells us issacred to the memory of the Hon. JamesPutnam, who was appointed a member ofhis majestys council and a judge of thesupreme court in the organization of thegovernment of New Brunswick at its
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