Gilmour And Rankin-Transcription Of Document 20

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                  Remarks by
Allan Gilmour, Sen^r & Jun^r & William
    Ritchie on Tour from Saint John
 N. B. through the United States to
      Quebec in Canada in the
             Year       1828.Page 2-3

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5th June 1828.               Left Saint John N. B. in Steam Boat at
7 OClock & reached Eastport after a very good passage about a quarter
past 2 OClock being a distance of about 60 Miles_  On our arrival
at Eastport finding a Packet waiting a Wind for Boston, we
went on board & engaged our passage by her.  The Packet is called
the Sarah of Boston 133 Tons [...] Register or 180 Tons British.
 On our passage down to Eastport we had some conversation
with a M^r Smith of St. John who had Cured a quantity of Pork
there last Winter, he collected it from various quarters, but
he said the greatest part of it was bro[^t] from the head of the
Bay. it cost him 4 [...] lb & he paid for Spruce Barrels 4/- which
he said holds in Pickle as well as ash_ for Cutting & packing he paid
1/6 & other charges including Salt would amount to 4/6  more__
It was his opinion that curing Pork could be done to much better
 

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advantage at St. Andrews, where it is admitted by inland
Navigation from the United States duty free, - it sells there
at about 3 [...] lb.
            Friday_ Saturday & Sunday-  6^th. 7^th. & 8th June being
thick foggy weather & little or no Wind, we could not sail
& during this time we lodged at Eastport in the House of a M^r.
Pine who formerly belonged to the Province of New Brunswick
in whose house we found very good accommodation but char-
-ges are extravagantly high___
             9^th June  Monday Morning having cleared we
Sailed from Eastport at 8 OClock._  Eastport is at present
in appearance an extremely dull place & a Stranger would
at first view say that little or no business was done here, but
being situated so near the British boundary & from the Number

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Water       Land                                                       2114         153 Prescott to Ogdensburgh & back       3          do   .  Martins                                         22 Martins.  Cornwall                                            28 Cornwall to Coteau de Lac      Via St Regis                               41 Coteau de Lac to Cascades                              16 Cascades to La chine                       24 Lachine to Montreal                                          9 Montreal to La chine up Ottawa                          9 Lachine to Pt. Fortune                      Via Cascades             60 Pt Fortune to Grenville                                      12 Grenville to Bytown                           59 Bytown to Hawkesbury going   4 Miles up the [Rv] Nation                67 Hawkesbury to Pt Fortune                                 12 Pt Fortune to La chine via St Ann       45 La chine to Montreal                                          9 Montreal to Quebec                           180                      By Steam & Boats                        2593   :      270                         Land                        270                                                          2863 miles

The following addresses are those we are led to believe respectable E.S. Beach & Co                 Rochester T. S Wendell                       Detroit Jno. Palmer                                 do James Gordon                     Amherstburgh Lewis Gordon                               do Merwin Gidings & Co            Cleveland Saml Thompson & Co           Buffalo Major [Ia] Kirby                     Fort Erie R Thomson & Co                          do Grant & Kirby & Co               Queenston Geo. Keefer Thorald               near do Cross & Fisher                      Long Point Lake Erie Clarke & Street                      Fort George John Young                                 do [I.] Cawthra                           York H. Hamilton                                 do Col. Jarvis                                   do John Kirby                            Kingston John Strange                               do John McDonald Miller            Gananoque                                            below Kingston

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