The Colony of Massachusetts Loyalists At Bristol, England
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Governor Oliver, Curwen, and Samuel Sewall were recipients of pensions from the royal treasury, although we learn that the Governor's pension was "lessened £ioo, out of £300," when the revision of allowances to loyalist refugees was effected early in 1783.^ Those who were without private resources found it very difficult to get along. A case in point was that of Robert Hallowell, of whom his brother Benjamin wrote to Edward Winslow, February 10, 1784: "Your worthy friend Bobby continues still a...t Bristol on account of the cheapness of living, and being amongst a number of friends who use every means in their power to be of service to him, the little money which he has been able with great industry to pick up added to the allowance of £120 a year Government, he is able to rub along." ^ The group of loyaUsts at Bristol held together for some years after the close of the American Revolution, and con- tinued to enjoy social intercourse among themselves in an unpre- tentious way. Among them were Mr.
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