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taken under oath at the time, throw a great deal of light upon many incidents of the Revolution and of the abandonment of property at Falmouth and Penobscot, and of the early settlement of St. Andrews, with which Mr. Pagan was prominently connected.

For the benefit of students who might wish to examine this or similar claims, it might be mentioned that the copies of the claims of the Loyalists for compensation from the British Government, in consequence of losses incurred through the American Revolution, form a very extensive and voluminous collection, consisting of about sixty large manuscript volumes in the New York Library. They are entitled " American Loyalists; Transcript of the Manuscript Books and Papers of the Commission of Enquiry into the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists held under Acts of Parliament of 23, 25, 26, 28 and 29 of George III., preserved amongst the Audit Office Records in the Public Record Office of England, 1783–1790."

The first reference to Robert Pagan will be found on pages 269–283 of Volume 14, which volume is entitled "Examinations in Nova Scotia, etc., Memorials, Schedules of Losses, and Evidence of Massachusetts (continued) and New Hampshire Claimants." A further reference will be found upon page 295 of Volume 28, entitled "Determinations on Claims in Nova Scotia, etc., Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey."

From the various memoranda, we gather that at the time of the breaking out of the war, Robert Pagan was a member of the firm of Lee, Tucker & Co., of Greenock, Scotland, of which the remaining partners were Joseph Tucker, Robert Lee and Ewen Meetts, all residents of Greenock, and who resided there all through the war. Under the terms of the partnership, Robert Pagan had an interest to the extent of one-eighth of the property on this side of the water. The firm name under which business was transacted in America was Robert Pagan & Co.