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Quebec, Halifax, Boston, New York and the Kingdom of Ireland. A little later the association was commonly known as the Canada Company, probably on account of the fact that General Haldimand and others of its influential members lived in Quebec. James Simonds, William Hazen and Capt. Moses Hazen were members of the company, and in the end they derived considerable advantage from their connection with it, although this was not the experience of the majority. A very brief sketch of the fortunes of the company may not be uninteresting, and it involves the story of the old townships.

Capt. Beamsley P. Glazier, on Dec. 14, 1764, memorialized the Governor and Council at Halifax on behalf of himself, Capt. Thos. Falconer and their associates, for a large tract of land on the St. John river, the location of which was somewhat indefinitely described. Application was also made for a point or neck of land three quarters of a mile from Fort Frederick with sixty acres of land adjoining it, "for the making and curing of fish." The point referred to may have been Reed's Point, but more probably Sand Point or York Point, indeed it is possible that the intention was to secure the entire peninsula on which Parr town was afterwards built. The council ordered that the lands on the river should be reserved for the applicants, but that the sixty acres adjoining, or within three-quarters of a mile from Fort Frederick, should be a matter for future determination.

At this time the unfortunate government officials were almost overwhelmed by the pressure brought to bear on them by innumerable applicants desirous of obtaining their grants before the obnoxious Stamp Act should come into operation. Grants were hastily prepared and issued, so much so that in some cases it was found the same lands had been included in different