Records, 1765-1769.

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Records, 1765-1769.

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A small collection of records of the St. John's River Society, an organization founded to establish a settlement on the lands near the St. John River in New Brunswick. The records include correspondence, lists and items related to the shipment of supplies to the new settlement, accounts, and other financial papers. Many of the letters are addressed to Nathaniel Rogers, a Boston merchant and member of the Society. Correspondents include Beamsley Glasier, Thomas Falconer, John Ogilvie, James Simonds, Richard Barlow, and James Porteous.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Rogers, Nathaniel.

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Glasier, Beamsley Perkins, 1739-1784.

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Barlow, Richard Bawden

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Porteous, James A. A. (James Archibald Asbury)

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St. John's River Society

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The land company which became known as the St. John's River Society (known also in Nova Scotia as the Canada Company, or the Quebec Company) was formed early in 1764 by a group of military officers stationed in Montreal. It later comprised 68 members, military officers, colonial officials, and merchants, in Montreal, Quebec, New York, Massachusetts, and Ireland, who obtained patents to five townships on the lower part of the St. John River. From the description of Articles of the St....

Ogilvie, John, 1724-1774

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Anglican clergyman, who was probably born in New York City. He graduated from Yale in 1748. After ordination in London, 1749, Ogilvie returned to America with an appointment at Saint Peter's Church in Albany, New York as missionary to the Mohawk Indians. He also served as military chaplin, 1756-1760, primarily for British troops, under the command of General Sir William Johnson during the French and Indian War. In 1764, he was appointed assistant minister of Trinity Church in New York City, wher...

Simonds, James.

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Falconer, Thomas.

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