. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. ng one,is found in the diary of Benjamin Marston, a loyalist ofMarblehead, who visited the harbor in his vessel the Britannia in the autumn of 1781. An extract fromhis diary here follows : — Friday, Sept. 7 — iVbout 10 a. m. arrived safely intoSt. Johns river, went ashore and dined with Mr. Hazenwhom I find to be every way the man I have ever heardhim characterized. Saturday, Sept. 8 — Dined with Mr. Hazen. Soldhim and Mr. White some tobacco, wine and choclate. Monday, Sept. 10 — Waiting in hopes of a convoyan
. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. ng one,is found in the diary of Benjamin Marston, a loyalist ofMarblehead, who visited the harbor in his vessel the Britannia in the autumn of 1781. An extract fromhis diary here follows : — Friday, Sept. 7 — iVbout 10 a. m. arrived safely intoSt. Johns river, went ashore and dined with Mr. Hazenwhom I find to be every way the man I have ever heardhim characterized. Saturday, Sept. 8 — Dined with Mr. Hazen. Soldhim and Mr. White some tobacco, wine and choclate. Monday, Sept. 10 — Waiting in hopes of a convoyand have some prospect of carrying garrison stores toAnnapolis, in that case shall have a party sufficient to 494 THE RIYEPt keep off pirate boats. Spent the day rambling aboutthe country which hereabouts is very broken, barren andbut little cultivated, but abounding in vast quantities ofexcellent limestone. Fort Howe is built on a singlelimestone — tis a pretty large one. Wednesday, Sept. 12 — Waited till 12 oclock atnoon to sail with the men of war and the mast FORI HOWK IN 17S1, Wliile lying at anchor off Portland Point Benjamin;\Iaiston made the sketcli of Fort Howe here reproducedand which is believed to be tlie only representation ofFort Howe before the coming of the Loyalists now inexistence. Major Studholme continued quietly to main-tain his post at Fort Howe. In addition to a strongdetachment of his own corps, the Royal FencibleAmerican Regiment, lie had in the garrison a detacl)- ST. JOHN 495 ment of tlie 84tli regiment, or Royal Highland his subordinate officers were lieutenants SamuelDennj^ Street, Peter Clinch, Ambrose Shamian andConstant Connor. Lieut. Street was born and educated in England andadmitted an attorney at law in the court of came to America in 1774, and was gazetted a lieuten-ant in the Royal Fencible American Regiment. Heobtained for the British the pilots who accompaniedGeneral McLean on his successf
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