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 X7 ESTERDAY Mr. Quarrell arrived in the Dover Tranfport j the other 
 * Tranfport arrived the 2ift Inftant, with all the Maroons in good 
 Health, and as I am informed very quiet and orderly. It is agreed that 
 thefe People remain on Board the Tranfports in this Harbour, until 
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 1BE0 Leave, with great Deference, to reprefent that this Afternoon an 
 Arrangement has been concerted with His Royal Highnefs Prince 
 Edward, to relieve the Maroons from their Confinement on Board Ship, 
 by employing them voluntarily, as Labourers on the Fortifications 
 eredting here, at Nine Pence per Diem; Provifions, Lodging, and 
 Cloathing being found them. The propofed Pay is adequate, and the 
 Whole will be comfortable to them, while a Saving will be made in 
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 the Harvells and other Civil Occupations, which are now much dif- 
 treircd for Want of Hands. 
 The grcatcft Care will be ttkcn to prelenre Peace and good Order 
 
 -among thcfe People ; who feem perfectly well difpofed, infonnuch that 
 there is not any Caufe to apprehend the Icaft Inconvenience, but on the 
 contrary, that very falutary Effefts will be derived from this Meafurc, which. 
 His Royal Highnefs being now much engaged, defircs me to reprefentj 
 and that he will particularly rrport to your Grace by the HufTar Frigate, 
 
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 13th Auguft 1796. 
 
 'HE Maroons arc now lodged about Two Miles from this Town, 
 with tolerable CoBvcRicnce to themfclves—fcparate from the Inha- 
 bitants, and well fupplied with Provifions and fuch Cloathing as is moft 
 immediately neceflary, and to be procured here. — This is done by my 
 Advice, and under my daily Infpe^ion, by William Dawes Quarrell, 
 and Alexander Ochterlony,Erquires, who came with them as Principal 
 and Deputy Commiflary appointed by Lord Balcarres, and fupplied with 
 a Credit of Twenty-iive Thoufand Pounds, Jamaica :Currency, by that 
 Government, for the Ufes of thefe Maroons; which is applied accord- 
 ingly as Occafion demands. Thefe Gentlemen are exaeedingly 
 interefted in Behalf of the Maroons; judicious, difcreet, prudent, 
 and attentive to every Thing that may promote their Welfare. By my 
 Advice and Information they purdiafed feveral Eftaf^s within Five 
 Milts of this Town, whereon there are Houfes and "Lands cleared for 
 Cultivation; which, with Eight or Ten tnofe which we can ercift imme- 
 diately, will commodioufly and wariTily lodge ^em~for the enfoing Win- 
 ter, and before any cold Weather can trouble them.— Thefe Trafts are 
 contiguous, and will comprize upward of Three Thoufand Acres, and 
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 fand Pounds Sterling. As it abounds with Wood, botii for Fuel and 
 Timber, a Saving will occur in thofe, and in Houfe Rent, of more than 
 Two Thoufand Pounds Sterling, before May next ; and an exorbitant 
 Advance in the Price of Fuel prevented in the Town, fhould their 
 Reftdence here require a Supply. To-morrow I have recommended to 
 begin removing feme Families on to their rcfpeftive Habitations, and 
 intend to have the Whole of them fettled by Michaelmas ; by which 
 Means they will be prepared to cultivate their Lands to effe^ the next 
 Year. This Edate bounds on One End upon a pleafanc fifhing Harbour, 
 where Fifti may be eafily caught every Day in the Year, of the bcft 
 Kinds, and of Seventeen different Sorts. 
 
 Thefe People exprefs great Delight in the Country, and the profpeft 
 of being fettled in it. They are perfc6tly quiet, orderly, and peaceable, 
 and I have not a Doubt but that they will be more happy than ever they 
 were in Jamaica { they declare to me daily, that they are fure all their 
 Sorrows and Misfortunes are at an End. 
 
 From long Experience in New England, where the Winter is morefevere 
 than in Nova Scotia, I am fatisfied there need not be any Apprehenlions 
 entertained of this Climate injuring them. If they are well fed, warmly 
 cloathed, and comfortably lodged, I have always found Negroes dire6lly 
 from the hotted Coalls of Africa, have grown (Irong and \u(ty in the 
 Winter, and that they did not fuffer by it. I have had many Inftances 
 of this Faft, enough to eftablifh it, and to leave me not a Fear of Suc- 
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 to the Duke of Portland} dated Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, 20th September 1796. 
 
 Halifax, Nova Scotia« 20th September 1796. 
 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 WITH the utmoft Deference I beg Leave to acknowledge the Honour 
 of Your Grace's Letter N* 18, dated Whitehall, 15th July 1796* 
 fignifying to me His Majefty's moft gracious and beneficent Com- 
 mands, for the comfortable Settlement and Support of the Maroons ; 
 alfo inclofing Lord Balcarres's Correfpondence for my Information. 
 
 His Majefty's Pleafure for the Prefervation of thefe People, having 
 been aifb communicated in Your Grace's preceding Difpatches, and the 
 Seafon admitting of no Delay, we diligently purfued neceflfary Means, 
 which I had the Honour to repprt to Your Grace N" 28, (Duplicate 
 herewith) which I am happy to find exa6Uy fulfil your Grace's InflruC' 
 tions* I have therefore now to add, that thele People are all fettled 
 in comfortable good Houfes. On the i8th Inftant I perfonally in- 
 fpefted them, examined every Family with particular Attention, in- 
 quired into all their Wants, explained to them His Majefty's Commands 
 in their Favour, and the Obligations which refulted on their Part to be 
 faithful, loyal, peaceable, fober, and induftrious Subjedls: Which 
 they perfedlly underftand, and I am perfuaded they will honeftly 
 perfi>rm, with quite as few Deviations as we Ihould find in an equal 
 Number of more enlightened White People, from iny Part of Europe 
 or America, and far more eafily reformed. They are remarkably clean 
 in their Perfons, Houfes, Cloathing, and Utenfils, and very healthy. 
 Some few have died of Diforders and Debility contradled on Board 
 Ship i more have recovered, and ftill more been born. 
 
 Provifions are ferved to them weekly, of the beft Quality and ample 
 Quantity, with which they are unexceptionably fatisfied. Being expert 
 in cutting Wood, they are providing Winter's Fuel from their own 
 Lands; many Families have a fufficient Quantity brought to their Doors, 
 the reft will foon be equally prepared, which alfo facilitates their next 
 Year's Planting. Proper Cloathing is daily making and iffuing in fuch 
 Manner as to meet the Climate, until this Article can be fully completed 
 by the Arrival of thofe Neceflaries which the Commiflloner wrote for, on 
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 At the Meeting on the i8ih Indant fome Arrangements were dircd^cd 
 for their internal good Order and peaceable Dcraeanour— the dcclarcdf 
 well-undcrdooJ, and entirely acceptable Bafts of which is, Gratitude to 
 the King for Benefits and Proteftion extended to them, and Obedience 
 to the Lawst — modifying thefe Regulations fo as to lead them pradualljr 
 into the general Operation of the Laws of the Province. The Principles 
 of thefe Rules are, that all fmall Offences are to be openly cried before 
 Mr. Quarrell and Mr. Ochlerlony, in Prefence of at leaft Three Maroon 
 Captains) and if fully proved, the Offender to be delivered over to 
 them, informing them what would be the Sentence of the Ltw if the 
 Cafe arofe between White Men, explaining the Good that they might 
 expert from adopting the fame.-^As their former Habits led to fevere 
 Punifhmencs, I have directed that thofe of any cruel Proportion (hould 
 be fufpended, until the Cafe was reported to me by the Comniiflioners 
 and the Captains who were at the Trial. In my Intercourfe with them 
 on this Subjeft, they earneftly expreffed their Wifhes to be inftrufted 
 in our Religion, and to have their Children taught to read and write ; 
 from whence the happieft Coilfeqiicmies may be expefled. Mr. Quar- 
 rell and Mr. Ochterlony fully coincide with me j and I have appointed 
 the Reverend Benjamin Gcrrifh Gray, who is to be ordained next' Sunday 
 for a Country Parifh, which, at my Rcqueft to the Bifhop of Nova 
 Scotia, I prevail on him to exehange*. This Gentleman had a good 
 Education in England, is amiable ind conciliating in his Manners, dif- 
 creet, patient, and ingenious, and peculiarly accomplifhed for this very 
 laborious and difHculr Duty. The Shell of a large Houfe nearly cen- 
 tral in the Settlement, is ordered to be made convenient for a Chapel ; 
 and the Second Sunday in OAober I (hall open the Church by attending 
 Divine Service therein. , . ,< •* v i- l > i }■■ 
 
 In the Corrcfpondence irtclofed to me, I find fome few Marboris re- 
 marked for lefs favourable Confideration. — This might have been expe- 
 dient had they remained in Jamaica, but Would not be advifeable here. 
 I have converfed with thefe, and others the beft informed and mofl fenfiblc 
 among them, and cannot difcern any Malice or Revenge in their Senti- 
 ments i that they in Faft regretted the War, and thought themfelves pur- 
 fuing Sclf-prefcrvation only. In thefe Communications, they mention 
 the Spanilh Dogs as Objefts of Terror, from the wonderful Reprcfenta- 
 tions of them ; but that they had never fufFered by or even fcen them. 
 Indeed,, I rather think they are now afhamed at having been frightened by 
 them, and that they would now be efleemed a ridiculous Scarecrow, 
 
 The Government of Jamaica having granted a liberal Sum for the 
 Removal, and to commence the Settlement of the Maroons, and ap- 
 pointed Mr. Quarrell, Commiffary, and Mr. Ochlerlony AfTiftant Com- 
 iiulTarVj to fupcrintend th«fe benevolent Intentions, it appeared to me 
 
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 expedient chat the Expenditure (bould be cranfa^ed by them, and the 
 Monici rcquifitc alfo drawn for by them on the Agent of the Ifland, 
 whereto thty were authorized, and a proper Credit, as I underftand, 
 lodged with Meflrs. Millegan and Mitchell in London. — This Mode 
 appears to embrace the Objects of your Grace's IndrudUon on that 
 Point ^ and therefore will be continued until your Grace may be pleated 
 to direct vnc otherwife, or thefe Funds are expended. In fuch Nccenity, 
 due Care (hall be had in drawing conformable to thofe Direflions. Pro- 
 bably thi« may not foon happen, as I believe the Government of Ja- 
 maica are fully and gcneroufly difpofed to render the Maroons happy 
 in any other Country. Among other Reafons for this Opinion, is the 
 judicious Choice of Mr. Quarrell and Mr. Ochterlony, to accompany 
 and fuperintend ih« Intereds of thefe poor People. I cannot do ade- 
 quate Judice to the aflfedlionate Zeal, unwearied Afliduity, great Judg- 
 ment, and perfe6l Difintercftednefs, which thefe Gentlemen invariably 
 cxcn, under my immediate and hourly Obfervation« to cfSeA the excellent 
 Intentions of their Conftituents } inibmuch that I have not a Doubt the 
 truly humane Wifhes of His Majeftj^'s Government herein will be 
 fully accumplifhed ; and that whatever Caufes may have removed them 
 into thi.s Province, their increafed Happinefs will furely be the Effedk. 
 They daily become more fenfible of it, and exprefs to me no other Anxiety 
 than their Fears to be removed. Nothing would create fuch Diftrefs as to 
 carry them to Sierra Leone } nor could they be prevailed on, by any 
 Perfuafions, to return to Jamaica. 
 
 I humbly confide in your Grace's great Goodnefs to excufe fo long a 
 Detail, which arifes from a dutiful Solicitude to fulfil the Royal Com- 
 mands, in a Cafe entirely new, and comprehending all the Interefts of 
 fuch a numerous Body of People { which will be beft promoted by in- 
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 TH E Maroons are much attached— are imprefled with Hatred to the 
 French.— Although they may hence be fafcly trufted, yet their 
 "Wives and Children, to whom ihey are extremely attached, bein^ 
 Pledges for their Fidelity, they will be advantageoufly employed more 
 immediately under my own Infpe£tion, and with a Company of Rifle- 
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 TH E Maroons arc daily progreffing in Preparations for the Winter. 
 Their Conduft ftill continues to be much better than could be cx- 
 pefted; with very little Exception, it is quite meritorious. They will 
 be decidedly good Menagainft any Enemy. I am perfuaded they are 
 attached to mej and that they are fully convinced, not only their Com- 
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 Halifax, Nova Scotia, 29th Oftober 1796. 
 My Lord Duke, 
 
 *T BiG Leave moft refpeiflfully to acknowledge the Honour of your 
 -*■ Grace's Letter, N" 1 9, which will be partly obeyed in my Letters 
 N" 28, 29, 30, and 31. . 
 
 It is incumbent on me to obferve, that I am ftill fully perfuaded that 
 the Climate of this Country will be found healthy and comfortable to 
 the Maroons, if they are well fed, comfortably lodged and cloathed, and 
 proper Attention exercifed toward their gradual Inftruftion in the Ha- 
 bits of I nduftry, and prudent Ufe of their Benefits} of all which they 
 are perfedly capable. 
 
 The Cafe of the Negroes removed to Nova Scotia in the Year 1783 
 was entirely different from that of the Maroons : Neverthelefs, upon 
 Examination it will be found, that the Refult incontrovertibly juftifles 
 my Expedations with refpeft to the Climate upon the Maroons. 
 
 The Negroes brought toward Autumn into this Province from New 
 York, and other more Southern Climates, were Slaves fuddenly emanci- 
 pated from Mafters, whofe effential Intereft it was to fupprefs and extin- 
 guilh every Idea of providing for themfeives, or having any Property. 
 With thefe Habits they joined the Army in it's feveral Departments, 
 where Obedience and provided Subfiftence were ftill united — here they 
 gathered more Diffoiutenefs than oeconomical Difcretion. At the general 
 Removal of Britifti Subjedls in 1783 to Nova Scotia, the Juftice of the 
 Britifh Government refufing-to leave thefe poor People to the refentful 
 and probable fevere Treatment of thofeinto whofe unlimited Power they 
 would revert if they remained in the United States, they were conveyed 
 hither. At the fame Time an Influx of many Thoufands of His Ma- 
 jerty's loyal Subjedls alfo arrived ; all were to be located, and Provifion 
 made for their Settlement. The approaching Winter excited Appre- 
 henfions, and univerfal Competition to provide Places and Lodgments. 
 The Government h e not having had much Experience in fettling In- 
 habitants in a new Country, which requires that Sort of local Knowledge 
 deriveable from Experience only, were embarraflcd in the Midft of their 
 
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 Endeavours and Exertions to accommodate the People ; Gfcourfethc 
 Black People, unequal to folicit and manage as the White People did, 
 and habitually lefs confidered, they had not as much Attention as othcr- 
 •wifc they might have had, and which was more ncccdary for them for 
 the Caufes before liiggelled ; it therefore refulted, that they were late 
 located, and without proper Method. The ample Provifions, and fonie 
 Cloathingand NecirlTiries which were afforded to them by the Juftice 
 and Benevolence of Great Britain, became the Inftrumenrs of their Idle- 
 nels and Diflipation, inftead of the Bafis and Means of their Indullry 
 and Comfort. Thus circumftanced, they progreflTed flowly in focial 
 .(Economy ; yet during the Effervcfccnce and Circulation of Money 
 caufed by fo great an AccefHon of People, all poflefling fome, and many 
 confiderable Property, the Negroes found Employment and Support. 
 ;But this State of Things fubfiding fooner than was forefeen, and no 
 Arrangement taken to lead into Employment, both White and Black 
 People felt the Incoii/enience ; many of the former quitted the Province, 
 which the Black People could not do, and they became much im- 
 poverifhed. 
 
 In this Situation the fublimcft Charity difcovcred their Diftrefs, fym- 
 pathized in their Sorrows, and, from undoubted and excellent Motives 
 of Humanity, extended a generous and liberal Relief to their Suf- 
 ferings. 
 
 Unfortunately, however, their Diftrefles were imputed to the only 
 .>Caufe which had really been friendly to them, viz. the Climate ; in 
 which they were ftill healthy, although poor, and almoft naked. The 
 Zeal and AfFe6tion which their calamitous Cafe had excited, overlooked 
 this pofitive Feature, and they were moft of them removed, with every 
 poffible Care and Comfort, to Sierra Leone, where, I believe, the greateft 
 Kindnefs has been continued to them. Yet many more of thofe have 
 died, in Proportion to their Numbers, than of thofe who remained here. 
 Thefe have almoft ftruggled through their Difficulties, Employments 
 having been encouraged for all Orders of People: The Black People 
 have partaken of its Ufes, and daily growing into Habits of managing 
 and providing for themlelves, they are now }uft as happy and com- 
 fortable as any other People of the fame Occupations in the Province — 
 they are as robuft and healthy, and have as many and as fine Children as 
 the other Inhabitants ; and, with the Exhibition of fome moderate occa- 
 fional Aid, where Circumftances may arife to require Relief (poflibly to 
 the Amount of Five or Six Hundred Pounds per Annum for Three 
 Years to come) I verily believe more real Benefits would be derived to 
 die Caufc of Humanity, than from all the Expence that has been in- 
 curred for the Settlement of thofe fcnt to Sierra Leone. 
 
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 Since my Appointment to this Government, I have taken Care that 
 they are equally protcfted and encouraged as other His Majefty's Sub- 
 jects ; and Slavery being almoft exterminated here, Diftinfiions naturally 
 painful to thef: People are gradually dying away. In the Royal Nova 
 Scotia Regiment under my Command, there arc many who adt as Pio- 
 neers, and are good Men. A Company of thofe refident in and near 
 the Town are attached to the Firft Battalion of Halifax Militia, an able, 
 daring, and faithful Body of Men. »■ 
 
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 ^ At Digby, on the Bafon of Annapolis, in my official Progrcfs laft 
 Autumn to examine the local Circumftances of the Inhabitants and 
 Country, 1 was received by the Regiment of Militia, and on my De- 
 .parture attended by a Company of Black Men, well armed, of decent 
 and orderly Deportment, and of as good able Stature and Countenance 
 -as any other Men. Some few of them were badly cloathed, owing to 
 tjnavoidable Misfortunes, which might have been relieved at Eighty 
 -Guineas Expence, and every Family made quite happy. In every Part 
 t)f the Province where they are fcattered, I have feen them, and never 
 fail to enquire minutely into their Circumftances. They often lament 
 the Want of Cloathing, or the Want of a Cow, or fome other particular 
 Comfort i but I never, in any One Inftance^ have heard them complain of 
 the Ciiraate, ' ~? ' 
 
 The Care of the Maroons is far different, and more dellreable than 
 thofe People have experienced. Thefe are liberally provided with every 
 Neceflary to render the Climate particularly falutary to them. They 
 have zealous and kindly difpofed CommifTaries refiding with them, 
 wholly devoted to fupply their Wants, to remedy and relieve all the 
 Difficulties that muft be expeded to occur in removing to a new 
 Country; in changing the Manners of War and Huntingfor thofe of 
 Peace and patient Induftry j and in fubmitting to be confidered without 
 Terror, or the Self-importance derived from it. Means of Inftrudlion 
 and moral and religious Improvement are provided and perfeveringly 
 applied to thefe, while thofe were long negledted in this ireiportant Ad- 
 miiiiftration, which is.moilof all others to be relied upon for their Civi- 
 lization, and focial as ^eil as religious Interefts. I cannot but forefee 
 that fome Difficulties and Inconveniencies may frequently arife; and 
 -that Pat;ence, Vigilance, Perfeverance, and Difcretion, muft be exer- 
 cifed in the Progrefs of their Settlement, and that it will continue to be 
 a Source of increafed Care and Attention to me j but as it is anObjeft 
 highly intcrcfting to fo important a Part of His Majefty's Dominions as 
 the liland of Jamaica, and more efpecially and above all other Confi- 
 derations, it; being His Majefty's moft gracioiis Commands to pay every 
 Care and Attention to the Comfort and Prefervation of thefe People, 
 J. Ihall continue .moft dutifully to exert every poflibk Diligence and 
 
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 Ability to cLcct the Royal Commands, which your Grace has been 
 plcafed to fignify to mej and I have not a Doubt but with as much 
 Succcfs and Happincfs to the People as thofe moft interefted for their 
 Welfare will reafonably expeft can ever be communicated to that 
 Number and Defcription. 
 
 All which is moft humbly fubmittcd, with the utmoft Deference, 
 hoping for your Grace's favourable Confidcration, and Reprcfcntation 
 for HisMajcfty'scondefccnding gracious Approbation. 
 
 I have, &c. 
 
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 ' ' '" ' John Wbntworth, Baronet, to His Grace the Duke 
 of Portland; dated Halifax, Nova Scptia, aift 
 December 1796. 
 
 nrMB Maroon* continue to be in good Health, only One old Man, 
 * upwards of Eighty Years old, is fick. Their Apprehenfions of the 
 "Winter's Severity is entirely done away, by Experience, good Health, and 
 comfortable Cloathing and Subfiftencc, which is amply furnifhcd by the 
 Arrival of the Stores from London. Every poffible Attention is exer- 
 cifed towards their Comfort, which will be greatly increafed hy removing 
 them in Families into feparate Houfes and Farms annexed, as foon as 
 the enfuing Scafon admits. At prclent there are more in each Houfe 
 than would be expedient, owing to the Want of Materials and Artificers 
 to build more before the Winter commenced. Every Sunday public 
 Worfliip is performed in the Church by the Reverend Mr. Gray, which 
 is attended with great Decency and Defire of Inftruftion — fever^l are 
 baptized, and fome married under Engagements to avoid Polygamy. 
 The School is alfo daily attended by the Children, under Inftrudion of 
 Mr. Chamberlain, a Man of Education and excellent Principles, pecu- 
 liarly qualified, having formerly been a Teacher to the Indians in the 
 Wildernefs of America, but being a Loyaliil, removed to this Place. 
 Thefe Gentlemen, with their Families, have, at my Requeft, removed 
 into the Maroon Settlement, that, by their daily Advice to ihe Families., 
 they may be comforted j all Cafuakies explained, and Modes applicable 
 learned to them, which they are made to comprehend without Difficulty, 
 as all of them underftand the Englilh Language, and many of them fpeak 
 it fluently. From a faithful and judicious Perfeverance in thefe impor- 
 tant Inftitutions, I anticipate the greateft Benefits to thefe People j and 
 I am fully jufcified in fuch Escpedlarions from the Progrefs already 
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