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[33] REPORT Of a select committee, to whom were referred the pe- tition of Samuel Thompson and John Dailey. January Read, and Ordered 14, to lie 1817 upon the Table. The committee tions of to whom were referred the peti-* Samuel Thompson and John Dailey, Canadian refugees, respectfully REPORT.... said petitions under and report the following statement consideration, That it appears from the documents acof facts. companying the petitions, that the petitioners, were, both men of extensive property, in and contiguous to the village of New-Ark, in Upper Ca- That they have had the nada, that after the taking possession of that place, by the United States army, under the command of general Dearborn, that the petitioners were active and zealous, in their endeavours to promote the success of our arms; and were solicitous to add, all in their power, to the comfort and conve- nience of our troops ; that they gave up their houses, for quarters for officers and soldiers; and on all occasions, manifested so strong: an attachment to the American cause, that their disloyalty to the British government, was so apparent and notorious, that they deemed it unsafe for them to