ansactions that have taken place in the Country from its first
occupation to the present time, from such sources both written and
oral, as came within my researches; but have for the reasons before
stated relinquished that design.

The description of some of the Counties is not so full as I could wish,
but it may be observed this is but an outline of what I at first
designed; and that the information I had collected of some of the
Counties, was very scanty; but that I intended to extend it to
considerable length, as correct materials could be procured. Having
therefore abandoned my first design, I had to contract the description
of some of the Counties of which I had a fuller knowledge, to make the
Work more uniform; and not to appear partial to some parts of the
Province, or to have forgotten others.

Fractional accuracy cannot be expected in such a brief outline; neither
indeed is it of much consequence. I have, however, endeavoured to come
as near the reality as possible, and given as full a detail as the size
of the Work would allow.

THE AUTHOR.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

_Old Settlers on the River Saint John. New-Brunswick erected into a
Government, and settled by the Loyalists in 1783-4. Difficulties of the
first Settlers. List of successive Governors and Presidents._

The Province of New-Brunswick formerly formed a part of Nova-Scotia,
which was the first European settlement on the Continent of North
America.--The first grant of land in it was given by King JAMES the
FIRST to Sir WILLIAM ALEXANDER, in 1621--from whom it had the name of
Nova-Scotia or New Scotland. It was at that time regarded by the
English as a part of CABOT'S discovery of Terra-Nova. The first
settlers, however, were emigrants from France, who as early as the year
1604 came to the Country with DE MONT, a French adventurer, and gave it
the name of Acadia.

This country frequently changed masters; passing from the French to the
English, and back again, till it was finally ceded in full sovereignty
to the British at the peace of Utrecht in 1713.

In 1760, a number of persons from the County of Essex, in
Massachusetts, obtained a grant of a Township, twelve miles square, on
the River Saint John, from the British Government; and after several
delays in exploring and surveying, they commenced a settlement at
Maugerville.

During the American War of 1775, they were joined by a