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- GLC#
- GLC03902.030-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 14, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
- Title
- to Joshua Mauger
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Indicates that there is still no mail from England. Reports (falsely) that the Congress has dissolved and the American people desire to reunite with England but, without word from England, his commander can do nothing to take advantage of this development. Discusses his business prospects and notes that he will embark for Nova Scotia in spring. The first ships carrying Loyalists to Nova Scotia will leave next month. He believes these people of property will form a barrier to protect the English constitution and will become the envy of their neighbors. Watson was a member of Parliament. Mauger was a loyalist merchant with business interests in British Nova Scotia.
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