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"Rec'd from Gilfred Studholme £5. 18. 10 1-2 for surveying 142,660 feet lumber for use of the Loyalists settled on the River St. John. Amongst the documents at Halifax relating to the settlement of the Loyalists at St. John is the following receipt: River St. John, 30 September, 1783.
Unfortunately for the settlers at the mouth of the river a garrison was not left there for their protection by Francklin and Studholme, and as soon as the English ships departed Portland and Conway were as defenceless as ever. Privateers again appeared. The people were robbed and maltreated so that many were compelled to abandon their homes and seek refuge up the river.
"My Brother, Major Studholme is your friend and your advocate and desires that all your faults may be overlooked and buried, therefore they are all forgot and will be thought of no more. "My Brother, Present my best compliments to all the Captains, Councillors, and other Indians of the River St. John, and I do not forget their wives and children.
Major Studholme treated him with civility, and sent him up the river in his own barge. He found the church prospering. There was much interest in religion; a good many new members having been added to the roll in his absence, three or four of them upwards of fifty years of age. Two elders and two deacons were now appointed, and a formal call was extended to Mr.
Not only so, but the garrison brought quite an amount of business to the store of Simonds & White. In the old accounts of the year 1764 are to be found the names of Lieut. Gilfred Studholme of the 40th Regt., Lieut. John Marr and Commissary Henry Green. Captain Pierce Butler, of the 29th Regt., was in command at Fort Frederick the following year and his name also appears in the accounts.
Probably the name of no place in New Brunswick has appeared in so many varied forms as that of this Indian village. The list that follows does not pretend to be exhaustive, but will suffice for illustration: Armstrong's letter, 1735. Pote's Journal, 1745. T. Wood's, 1769. Gov. Franklin, 1777. Oak Park Letter of Sam'l Peabody, 1782, also report of Exploration Committee to Major Studholme, 1783.
Among the important services which Major Studholme was able to accomplish while at Fort Howe should be mentioned the establishment of excellent communication between Halifax and Quebec by way of the St. John river. In order to facilitate communication with Quebec, and at the same time to afford protection to the settlements on the St.
"Sir, Upon the Recommendation of Major Studholme & from what I know of your zeal to serve Government and from your knowledge & acquaintance with the Indians of the River St. John and its environs, I do hereby authorize and appoint you to act as my Deputy at and in the neighborhood of the said River St. John.
In their report to Major Studholme the committee describe the Acadians as "an inoffensive people." They had a considerable quantity of land under cultivation, but few, if any, of them had any title to their lands save that of simple possession. Those who claimed longest residence were Joseph Martin who came in 1758 and Joseph Doucet who came in 1763.
I cannot but think it will be very difficult for him to reconcile his styling himself the 'sincere friend' of a notorious rebel with his own situation as one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace. * "I am sir, etc., etc. In the examination that followed Lieut. Samuel Denny Street, a lawyer by profession and at this time a lieutenant of the garrison, appeared for Major Studholme, and Mr.
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