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John as their bishop. During the
Revolutionary War, the Americans and the French and their descendants supplied the
British Navy with masts, ships and equipment,
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which created the economic foundation on which the city was to grow. Gray, Leonard Tilley, and George King. The ice-free port provided
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year-round employment, allowing its merchants to monopolize the trade of the
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inhabitants of the western part of the province. Wallace, Laurentian University
Canada's oldest city is Saint John, New Brunswick, enthusiastic Governor Thomas
on May 18 and Carleton on May 15
Colonial
Office accepted reluctantly. The financial power of Saint John
reached its peak in the 1850s and 1860s when its builders,
bankers, insurance men, merchants, often the same people,
2 mingled with other people from London, Boston and New York.
During the first half of the 19th century, San Juan
quickly developed into an important commercial and shipbuilding center,
although it suffered from periodic economic crises. SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK (1800-1900)
C M. John was not chosen as the capital of the province, and they were not left with
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civil, military, and educational institutions,
,
of which went to little Fredericton.
