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of the country, and their property sold for
the public hrneft. Although the feeling
United States for long time after the
war, yot it appears to have been content
with having them at distance. and the
American authorities displayed generous
conntryinen the legal proofs required by
the British Commission that property had
been sold under DEGREES Of confiscation.
Certificates to this effect signed by Gov
ernor-,. sherffs, city and town clerks, mem-
bers Of committees Of safety and others,
were forwarded TO strengthen the 10y
alist claims. In all probability pity was
not inming'ed with rcsentmeht in the
breasts Of the successful Americans when
they thought of the hard lot of their school
fellows and companions Of earlier days
who had chosen the side Of the King and
had lost everything but life in his behalf
The roll Of claimants includes names
9 Tans nsary rsd dGyss s old om S% %son ne
irving; it would he easy to select from
the others the voting list Of some town IN
Maine or. Massachusetts, where the old
stock still prsdom1inates, ana ,dwne the a1;n1
the ranks OF a Highland regiment, which,
indeed. had been the experience Of many
of them. "A poor old soldier" s the side
note by a commissioner to the testimony
the King on both sides Of the Atlantic.
"A good old soldier" il entered moro than
once in other instances.
The claimants had been, as a rule IN
comfortable and many OF them in nomrisa ,,nsnr
belonged to what might be called the sub
ssantial middle C Ass. and but for the anxiety
and stress which attended the great con-
Aict and which its triumphant result was
far from allaying, the loyalist exodus
might we'll have been accounted national
ca!ar,ity second only to the expulsion OF
the Hlguenots from France. -,.,--
One of the more pitiiui cases, & cas.'ne AZ IN
interesting sidelight on the manner manners o. tne
Rhode Island. Her husband Charles So
cum. had been killed by mob. presumably
because he was Loyalist. and she, the
widow. left with ten children. most OF them
was branded on the cheek and her ears
cropped on the charge of uttering forged
parer money. She said she found the
notes in the house after her husband aiNl = =
death, and paid them for rent. Isaac
I.awton testified that 'it was generally
understood she suffered principally on ac-
count of the attachment of the family to
Great Britain IT is not strange that an
ment. Ebenezer Slocum. the. eldest son,
Joined the British army. In his claim Tor
Losses in North Kingston Ebenezer in
cludess III hogs, 40 sheep and one negro
man ~.
claimant of different position. was
Sampson Salter Blowers. ESQ. OF Massa-
chusetts Bav" Mr.. Blowers, then pros.
porous attorney, had appeared as council
in the defence of Capt. Preston ana tne
soldiers who took part in the Boston mas mas
sacre. and this ma ade him so unpopule
that he found it unpleasant to stay in Boston
and departed thence in November, l1iA.
Thereafter he took open part part WIN ,i,,,1e the
court Ct, art at Rhode Island while they, held that
place, and solicitor General for New York
during the British occupation, and was
Attorney-General OF Halifax at the time OF
presenting his claim. His Pro Ppoiess91ha, sssr1n y
per annum. and he acknowledged that ne
was making as much as this besides his
official salary, at Halifax. He Iounueo ms
claim for compensation largely. on Lhe
to leave him considerable property Dy
will, but altered the will and gave the
property to Blowers sisters because OF the
certainty that it would be coaiisGa,ed aatt;as =
should it be left to Blowers. IN ;ni aaaNlon .n 10
annual allowance from the British Govern
ment, and was evidently one or those whom
King George and his Minister'S regarded
Another claimant Of the higher class was
John Wentworth. ESQ late Governor 90 s3
His Majesty's "Surveyor-General OF the
Woods in America ;IStra II was r'en amerca es.as
scribed TO the commission Of his home
at Wolfesboro a witness said there was
magnificent house, the best in the tour pro,
vinces" Wentworth stated that he had
lost all, .and being now nttainted cannot
number OF the claimants had served
in the British army before the Revolution,
and being discharged IN discSsrge or
taken up land. When the troubles broke
out they remained faithful to the King,
which, under the circumstances, Is TO their
credit In several instances the An. AMER, Il
cans conscious of their own weakness IN
, disciplined military officers. had onered
commands to these men. and the oilers
, had been rejected Their motives were
, probably respected, for they, 40 not appear
avowed and active sympathy with the
british made their presence in the States
dangerous TO the cause These ana other
:, features of the inquiry by Commissioners
native British soldier of the eighteenth
, century was not tlum, and obedient ser1,
hut had principle as we'll as courage.
Among curious incidents cropping out
, in the course of the evidence was the saIe
of a lot without buildings. on "Bowery
lane" New York, for twenty pounds thir-
teen shillings and fourpence, under de-
cree cree Of confiscation. Thomas White, who
had owned the lot, claimed It was & wort h
forty pounds crrIeney me ne p sas Wa nns sreat
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New York, which, he said. would have
sold before the war for LOO pounds cur
Tency. This was also confscated 1t ap..
pears. however, that Mrs. White succeeded
in recovering some property that stood in
/ her name.
Mention has been made OF the severity
Of certain structures noted by the com
missioners on the margins Of the folios,
and evidently never intended for any
eyes but their own. one e OF ,ohs the most tst
case of Alexander Simpson, native OF
Ireland and tadsf late OF sad G1nqb1ohaSy sbsa Ss
came to America in 1852, that he never
-.hs rs1e but n SSnnHsd ns Sbsn s9 sIaSs Ss
came TO Montreal. The rebel army" had
pqndeed him of goods S horSea yor tc 5e the
Cnmmssioner Dunclas. who heard the evil
denoe must have known something on ,ha an9qt rs;h
was formerly tried by Mr. Pemberon.
Was suttIer to the rebel army, rogue.
His losses were when suttler Both
Duncas and Pemberton were quick, to
zee through any attempt at imposition,