Indeed, his special tie to our province was symbolized by the fact that his day of birth was June 18, the same day of the year on which, in 1784, at the Court of St. James, there was issued the proclamation which gave birth to the Province of New Brunswick.
Son lien particulier avec notre province tenait au fait qu'il était né le 18 juin, jour où, en 1784, à la cour de Saint- James, on a délivré la proclamation donnant naissance à la province du Nouveau-Brunswick.