After the peace of 1784, printing found its way into the Province of New Brunswick.
FOOTNOTES:
[90] We have seen that Governor Cornwallis, at the very commencement of the settlement, selected George's Island as the most eligible position for the fortification. Prisoners were sent here at a very early period.
[91] Lately removed.
[92] Mr. Tutty usually officiated on the parade in the open air until the church was sufficiently advanced to enable him to hold service in it.
[93] This organ has been lately removed to Trinity Chapel, in Jacob Street.
[94] Among the annual festivals of the old times, now lost sight of, was the celebration of St. Aspinquid's Day, known as the Indian Saint. St. Aspinquid appeared in the Nova Scotia almanacks from 1774 to 1786. The festival was celebrated on or immediately after the last quarter of the moon in the month of May. The tide being low at that time, many of the principal inhabitants of the town, on these occasions, assembled on the shore of the North West Arm and partook of a dish of clam soup, the clams being collected on the spot at low water. There is a tradition that during the American troubles when agents of the revolted colonies were active to gain over the good people of Halifax, in the year 1786, were celebrating St. Aspinquid, the wine having been circulated freely, the Union Jack was suddenly hauled down and replaced by the Stars and Stripes. This was soon reversed, but all those persons who held public offices immediately left the grounds, and St. Aspinquid was never after celebrated at Halifax.
[95] Whether there was a passage for carriages across the Parade does not appear; probably not, as it was used for a public parade ground in 1749.
[96] Probably employed at the Governor's gardens.
[97] See Thomas' History of Printing in America.