The Very Talented Mr. Azariah Pritchard - A Gentleman and a Spy
Azariah Pritchard was one of the richest and most interesting men to have lived on the Gaspe Coast.
He was a well-positioned militia officer, colonizer, entrepreneur, seigneury owner, and he was also a spy, accused of being a double agent.
Pritchard was ambitious, cunning, and a man of many talents, who was able to accumulate large parcels of land in both the United States and Canada. And he was amongst the thousands of United Empire Loyalists who found their way to Canada around 1784 after losing everything that they had owned.
He settled in New Richmond and it has been said that he took many of his secrets to his grave.
This is his story...
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