Names and Former Places of Residence of these Gentlemen, who by the unhappy termination of the War, are obliged to leave their homes and seek an asylym in His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia, to obtain which, they, by letter of the 22nd July 1782, addressed His Excellency Sir Guy Carleton, KB, General and Commander-in-Chief, &c., &c. Requesting a Recommendation to His Excellency, the Governor of Nova Scotia, for a Grant of Lands in that Province.1.
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Former Residence
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Addison, Reverend Henry
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Prince George, Maryland
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Anderson, James
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Bannister, Thomas
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Barrell, Colburn
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Bell, Andrew
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Somerset, New Jersey
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Billopp, Christopher
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Richmond, New York
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Blane, Thomas
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Westmorland, Virginia
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Bowden, Reverend John
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New York
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Camp, Abiather
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New Haven, Connecticut
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Campbell, Colin
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Burlington, New Jersey
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Campbell, William
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Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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Chaloner, Walter
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Chandler, Nathaniel
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Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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Chandler, Rufus
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Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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Chipman, Ward
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Clarke, James
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Coffin, Nathaniel
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Cortelyou, Aaron
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Richmond, New York
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Crannell, Bartholomew
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Dutchess, New York
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Davis, Benjamin
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Donaldson, Samuel
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Suffolk Town, Virginia
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Fairlie, James
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Chesterfield, Virginia
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Goldsbury, Samuel
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Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
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Henderson, Hugh
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Horsfield, Thomas
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Kings, New York
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Inglis, Reverend Charles, D.D.
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New York
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Knox, Thomas
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New York
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Livingston, Philip John
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Dutchess, New York
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Longworth, Isaac
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Essex, New Jersey
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Lutwyche, Edward Gelston
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Mawdsley, John
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Moore, John
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New York
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Panton, Reverend George
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Trenton, New Jersey
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Peters, Harry
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New York
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Peters, James
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Orange, New York
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Potts, John
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Pott's Grove, Pensylvania
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Roome, John LeChevalier
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New York
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Sayre, Reverend James
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Dutchess, New York
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Sayre, Reverend John
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Fairfield, Connecticut
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Seabury, David
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New York
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Seaman, Benjamin
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Richmond, New York
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Seaman, Richard
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Richmond, New York
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Skinner, Stephen
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Middlesex, New Jersey
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Smyth, John
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Middlesex, New Jersey
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Stewart, Anthony
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Annapolis, Maryland
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Taylor, George
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Monmouth, New Jersey
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Taylor, Joseph
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Taylor, Joseph
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Trenton, New Jersey
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Taylor, William
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Boston, Massachusetts Bay
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Taylor, William
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Monmouth, New Jersey
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Wanton, William
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Watson, John
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New Port, Rhode Island
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Wilkins, Isaac
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West Chester, New York
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Willard, Abel
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Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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Willard, Abijah
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Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
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1. This paragraph was written by Sir Guy Carleton, Commander-in-Chief, and sent to Nova Scotia's Governor Parr with the names of the 55 petitioners appended. The 55 distinguished gentlemen had sought grants of 5,000 acre tracts in Nova Scotia for each of them, stating, "that the Settling such a Number of Loyalists, of the most respectable Characters, who have Constantly had great Influence in His Majesty's Dominions will be highly Advantageous in diffusing and supporting a Spirit of Attachment to the British Constitution as well as to His Majesty's Royal Person and Family."