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The United Empire Loyalists of Remsheg; refugees from the American Revolution.
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Painting by Barbara Clark of the Loyalist refugee arrival at Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia,July 1783
1 of 135 		21st Century Wallace,Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, formerly called Remsheg
2 of 135 		Mi'kmaq village. Painting by Barbara Clark showing daily life at Remsheg before the Europeans.
3 of 135 		Map of Acadian homesites in Cumberland County previous to Expulsion 1755. Drawn by Captain Lewis
4 of 135 		Monument on site of Fort Lawrence. British Fort before the local French Fort became Fort Cumberland
5 of 135 		Rich Remsheg soil with still visable remnants of a 17OOs Acadian Dyke to help improve drainage
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Rich soil, worked by Acadians before 1755, provided great lands for farmers of the Remsheg Grant.
7 of 135 		The rich soil in the Bay area has created a great habitate for wild life
8 of 135 		Before the Revolution many of the future loyalists lived with and were friends with future Patriots
9 of 135 		A copy of a land map 1766 in the Horseneck, West New Jersey, area. Shows homes of several Loyalists
10 of 135 		The famous Boston Tea Party, an 1773 protest by colonists against new government imposed tax rules
11 of 135 		Loyalist Brigades in Battle
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Col. James Delancy commander of Delancy's Brigade, British supporting security force in Westchester
13 of 135 		Isaac Dotton's Ceremonial Sword. Loyalist Period. Member of Sam Drake's Dutchess County Militia.
14 of 135 		Hand grip and scabbard of Dotten Sword
15 of 135 		Painting of the signing of the Treaty of Paris show the animosity between the British and Americans
16 of 135 		Petition recorded in New York, July 1783 asking for additional support from the British Government
17 of 135 		Prime Minister of England, Lord Shelburne II, 1782, during the Loyalist settlement, after Lord North
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