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THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE.

and, in addition, to cancel a balance of £1,400 alleged to be due from Mr. Simonds[1] on account of supplies furnished by Hazen and Jarvis. This offer was declined. We come now to the immediate cause of the quarrel between the partners.

On the 22d September, 1782, James Simonds made an arrangement with one David Fletcher, under which the latter agreed to make application to the governor of Nova Scotia for a grant of 2,000 acres, east of and adjoining the second grant made to Simonds in 1770, Fletcher being entitled to that quantity of land by the Royal proclamation of October 7, 1763, he having served his Majesty as a subaltern officer in the late

  1. ↑ It was afterward found that the balance was greatly over estimated.
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