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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 18
The Construction and Occupation of the Barracks of the King's Bastion at Louisbourg
by Blaine Adams
Endnotes
Abstract
1 Paris, Archives Nationales, Archives des Colonies (hereafter cited
as AN), B, Vol. 96, fol. 312, Rouillé to Le Normant, 30 August 1752.
Introduction
1 AN, C11B, Vol. 38, fols. 38-41, Prévost to War Council,
26 July 1758.
2 See Appendix B: One of the interesting facts to emerge from
this research is that the term "Chateau St. Louis" was not a
contemporary term: it first appeared in McLennan's Louisbourg From
Its Foundation to Its Fall (1969) and was adopted by the
reconstruction project when work first began, but no historical evidence
has yet been found for the name. The building itself was occasionally
called "Château," and the chapel in it was the "Chapelle St. Louis": a
combination of these probably produced the name "Chateau St. Louis."
3 André Eugéne Navereau, Le Logement et les ustensiles des gens de
guerre de 1439 à 1789 (Poitiers: Société Française d'imprimerie,
1924), pp. 95-131.
4 Donald Fraser McQuat, "Military Policy and Organization in New
France," M.A. Thesis, McGill University, 1947, pp. 164-76; Gustave
Lanctot, "Les troupes de laNouvelle France," Canadian Historical
Association, Report of the Annual Meeting (May 1926), pp. 40-60.
5 AN, C11B, Vol. 5, fol. 83(v), Letters of Saint-Ovide and
de Mézy, 20 August 1720; ibid., Vol. 2, fols. 61-8, de Mézy to Minister,
4 December 1730; ibid., Vol. 30, fols. 203-5, Prévost to Minister, 29
July 1751.
6 An ordinance in 1719 had attempted to do this but encountered so
many difficulties that it was withdrawn in 1724: A. de La Chesnay des
Bois, Dictionnaire Militaire ou Recueil Alphabétique de tous les
termes propres à L'Art de la Guerre (Lausanne, 1743), p. 121.
7 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 278-82, "Marché du Sr. Isabeau,"
7 March 1719.
8 Ibid., Vol. 19, fols. 176-188(v), "Marché pour les fortifications
de la ville de Louisbourg," 10 May 1737.
9 Ibid., Vol. 4, fols. 66-8, Council letter of de Verville, 24
January 1719.
10 Ibid.
11 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 310-11(v), Vall ve, "Remarques sur les
Travaux," 27 Decembre 1723.
12 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 167, Ganet to Minister, 12 November 1726.
13 Ibid., Vol. 4, fols. 237-41, de Verville to Minister, 10 August
1719.
14 Ibid., Vol. 8, fols. 55-64(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 20
November 1726.
15 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 378-84, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 29 November
1721.
16 Ibid., Vol. 3, fols. 12-3, Council, (Letter of Soubras), 1 April
1718.
17 AN, B, Vol. 40(2), fols. 548, "Mémoire du Roy à Saint-Ovide," 18
July 1718.
18 AN, F3, fols. 193-226, "Devis et condition des ouvrages
que le Roy a ordonné de faire Executer au port de Louisbourg," 10 June
1718.
19 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 280(v), "Marché du Sr.
Isabeau," 7 March 1719; ibid., Vol. 4, fol. 13, Saint-Ovide and de Mézy
to Council, 1 December 1719.
20 AN, B, Vol. 40 (2), fols. 537-8(v), "Mémoire du Roy au Sujet des
fortifications de l'Isle Royale," 28 June 1718.
21 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 278-82, "Marché du Sr.
Isabeau," 7 March 1719.
22 Ibid., Vol. 4, fols. 66-8, Council, letter of de Verville, 24
January 1719.
23 Ibid., fols. 235-6, de Verville to Minister, 10 August 1719.
24 AN, B, Vol. 42 (2), fols. 468-468(v), "Mémoire du Conseil à Comte
d'Agrain," 4 February 1720.
25 AN, C11B, Vol. 5, fols. 60-60(v), Council, letter of de
Mézy, 13 August 1720.
26 Ibid., Vol. 7, fol. 349, Ganet to Minister, 18 December 1725.
27 Ibid., Vol. 6, fol. 192, "Etat des Ouvriers," May, June 1720.
28 Ibid., fols. 116-7(v), de Verville to Minister (at l'Isle d'Aix),
20 September 1722.
29 Ibid., fol. 235(v), de Mézy to Minister, 24 November 1723.
30 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 156-156(v), de Verville, "Etat des Ouvriers,"
September 1724.
Chronology of Construction
1 Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: Univ. of Toronto
Press, 1969), Vol. 2, s.v. "Jean-François do Verville."
2 AN, C11B, Vol. 2, fols. 119-119(v), de Verville to
Minister, 27 April 1718; Paris, Archives de la Guerre, Comité Technique
du Génie, (hereafter cited as CTG), Archives, Art. 14, carton no. 9, de
Verville, "Remarques sur l'arrivée," 1717.
3 AN, B, Vol. 40 (2), fols. 556-556(v), "Mémoire du Roi à Saint-Ovide
et de Mézy," 18 July 1718.
4 AN, C11B, Vol. 3, fols. 76-91, Saint-Ovide and Soubras
to Council, 9 January 1719.
5 Ibid., Vol. 4, fols. 150-62, Saint-Ovide to Council, 4 January
1719: ibid., fols. 39-45, Council, letter of Soubras, 1 April 1719.
6 Ibid., fols. 107-8(v), de Verville to Council, July 1719.
7 Ibid., fols. 120-3(v), Mémoire du Roi, 10 July 1719.
8 Among the papers found after his sister's death were 44 contracts
he had made with various individuals; AN, G2, Vol. 180, fols.
617-46, Planton Inventory; AN, C11B, Vol. 2, fols.
163-184(v), Saint-Ovide and Soubras to Council, 13 November 1717.
9 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 248-9, Isabeau to Council, 22
October 1719.
10 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 166-70, Saint-Ovide to Council, 22 June 1720;
ibid., Vol. 4, fol. 214, de Mézy to Council, 10 November 1719.
11 Ibid., fols. 211-213, Saint-Ovide to Council, 28 November
1719.
12 Ibid., fols. 237-41, de Verville to Council, 19 November 1719.
13 Ibid., fols. 244-244(v), de Verville to Council, 29 November
1719.
14 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 116-8, Council letters of Saint-Ovide and de
Verville, 20 April 1720.
15 CTG, Archives, Art. 14, Carton 1, no. 7, de Verville, "Remarques
sur les avantages," 1717.
16 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 120-3, "Mémoire du Roi," 10
July 1719.
17 Pers. com., Walker to Larrabee, March 24, 1965, and Photo G3398,
Fortress of Louisbourg collections.
18 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fol. 238, Verrier, "Toisé
Provisionel," 15 November 1727; A French pied equals 1.066 feet. There
are 12 pouces in a pied and six pieds in a
toise.
19 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 159-60, Saint-Ovide to Council, 20 June
1720.
20 Ibid., fol. 236, de Verville to Council, 19 June 1720.
21 Ibid., fols. 235-7, de Verville to Council, 19 June 1720.
22 Ibid., fols. 159-60, Saint-Ovide to Council, 20 June 1720.
23 Ibid., fols. 275-6, Isabeau to Council, 20 June 1720.
24 Ibid., fol. 236, de Verville to Council, 9 October 1720.
25 Ibid., fols. 235-7, de Verville to Council, 19 June 1720.
26 Ibid., fols. 275-6, Isabeau to Council, 20 June 1720.
27 Ibid., fols. 233-233(v), de Verville to Council, 19 June 1720.
28 Ibid., fol. 59, de Mézy to Council, 17 June 1720.
29 Ibid., fols. 166-7, Saint-Ovide to Council, 22 June 1720.
30 Ibid., Vol. 4, fols. 245-245(v), de Verville to Council, 1
December 1719; ibid., fol. 246, de Boze to Council, 23 April 1720.
31 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 206-7, Saint-Ovide to Council, 11 November
1720.
32 Ibid., Vol. 4, fol. 245, Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Council, 1
December 1719; James H. Howard, "Report of Find of Medals, King's
Bastion." Manuscript on file, National Historic Parks and Sites Branch,
Parks Canada, Louisbourg, 1962.
33 An, C11B, Vol. 5, fols. 138(v)-139, Saint-Ovide and de
Mézy to Council, 10 November 1720.
34 Ibid., fols. 206-7, Saint-Ovide to Council, 11 November 1720.
35 Ibid., fol. 232, de Verville to Council, 11 November 1720.
36 Ibid., fols. 202-5, Saint-Ovide to Council, 11 November 1720.
37 Ibid., fols. 218-9, Saint-Ovide to Council, 20 November 1720.
38 AN, B, Vol. 42(1), fol. 196, Council to Pommarois, 2 July
1720.
39 AN, C11B, Vol. 5, fols. 177-9, "Mémoire du Roy au sujet
des Fortifications de L'Isle Royale," 9 July 1720.
40 Ibid., fols. 238-240(v), de Verville to Council, 9 October
1720.
41 Ibid., fols. 202-5, Saint-Ovide to Council, 11 November 1720.
42 Ibid., fols. 418-9, Isabeau to Council, 27 November 1720.
43 AN, B, Vol. 44(1), fol. 166, "Noms et Professions des ouvriers
engagés pendant 3 années pour travailler aux fortifications de L'Isle
Royale," 4 June 1721.
44 AN, C11B, Vol. 5, fols. 349-56, "Mémoire du Roy à
Saint-Ovide et de Mézy," 20 June 172l.
45 Ibid., fols. 374-7, Saint-Ovide to Council, 28 November 1721.
46 Ibid., fols. 378-84, Saint-Ovide to Council, 29 November 1721.
47 AN, B, Vol. 45(2), fols. 1130, Council to Saint-Ovide, 13 May
1722.
48 AN, F3, Vol. 51, fol. 208, "Devis et Conditions des
Ouvrages que le Roy a ordonné de faire exécuter au port de Louisbourg,
1718," 10 June 1718.
49 AN, C11B, Vol. 5, fol. 351(v), "Mémoire du Roi au Sr.
de Saint-Ovide," 20 June 1721.
50 Ibid., fol. 414(v), de Verville to Council, 5 October 1721.
51 Ibid.
52 Ibid., fols. 378-84, Saint-Ovide to Council, 29 November 1721.
53 AN, B, Vol. 45(2), fol. 1120, Council to de Verville, 13 May
1722.
54 Ibid., fol. 1123(v) and 1131(v), Council to de Mézy and to
Saint-Ovide, 13 May 1722.
55 AN, C11B, Vol. 6, fols. 114-5(v), de Verville to
Council, 1 August 1722.
56 Ibid., fols. 116-7(v), de Verville to Council, 20 September
1722.
57 Ibid., fol. 99, Bourville to Council, 5 December 1722.
58 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 374-7, Saint-Ovide to Council, 28 November
1721.
59 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 174-5(v), Saint-Ovide to Council, 10 December
1723.
60 Ibid., fols. 294-4(v), de Verville to Minister, 14 August
1723.
61 Ibid., fol. 322, Boucher to Minister, 1 November 1723.
62 Ibid., fols. 182-6, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 22 November 1723.
63 Ibid., fols. 199-204(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 26 November
1723.
64 Ibid., fols. 152-62(v), Saint-Ovide to de Mézy, 29 December
1723.
65 Ibid., fols. 310-310(v) & 327-8(v) [Vallée], "Remarques sur
les travaux de Louisbourg" [18 November 1723].
66 AN, B, Vol. 46, fols. 97, Minister to Gaudion, 18 April 1724.
67 Ibid., Vol. 47, fols. 1241-2, Minister to de Verville, 9 May
1724.
68 Dictionary of Canadian Biography, (Toronto: Univ. of
Toronto Press, 1969), Vol. 2, s.v. "Jean-François de Verville."
69 AN, B, Vol. 46, fol. 488, Minister to Beauharnois, 23 May
1724.
70 AN, C11B, Vol. 7, fol. 135, Verrier to Minister, 2
August 1724.
71 Ibid., fols. 136-7(v), Verrier to Minister, 17 November 1724.
72 Ibid., fols. 59-65(v), de Mézy to Minister, 22 November 1724.
73 Ibid., fols. 142-50, de Verville, "Mémoire des contestations qui
ont causé dans l'Exécution des ouvrages un retardement considérable,"
1724.
74 AN, B, Vol. 48(2), fol. 926, Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy,
1 May 1725.
75 AN, C11B, Vol. 6, fols. 185-185(v), Saint-Ovide, 22
November 1723.
76 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 197-197(v), Saint-Ovide, 17 December
1725.
77 Ibid., fols. 261-6(v), de Mézy to Minister, 3 December 1725.
78 AN, E, Vol. 9, fol. 9, Dossier d'Arrigrand, letter to Minister,
n.d.
79 AN, B, Vol. 48(2), fol. 927, Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy,
1 May 1725.
80 AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fols. 226-8(v), Ganet to Minister, 30
April 1725.
81 AN, B, Vol. 48(2), fol. 923, Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy,
1 May 1725.
82 Ibid., fols. 927-8, Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy, 1 May
1725.
83 AN, C11B, Vol. 7, fols. 342-7, Ganet to Minister, 10
November 1725.
84 Ibid., fols. 368-9(v), Arnold Isabeau, 1725.
85 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 180-91, Verrier, Toisé, 1 November 1727.
86 Ibid., Vol. 12, fols. 122-43 and 145-4, Verrier, Toisé General, 1
September 1731.
87 AN, B, Vol. 48, fol. 303, Minister to Beauharnois, 13 February
1725; France. Archives Maritimes, Port de Rochefort, 1E, liasse 354,
fol. 76, Beauharnois to Minister, 22 February 1725.
88 AN, C11B, Vol.7, fol. 326, Verrier to Minister, 13
November 1725.
89 Ibid., Vol. 27, fols. 315-8, "Mémoire concernant les ouvrages,
[1727].
90 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 342-7 and 371, 27 November 1725, Ganet to
Minister, 10 November 1725.
91 Ibid., fols. 370-2, Ganet to Minister, 27 November 1725.
92 Ibid., fols. 185, 190, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 14 November
1725.
93 Ibid., fols. 328-2, Verrier to Minister, 16 December 1725.
94 Ibid., fols. 264-264(v), de Mézy to Maurepas, 3 December 1725.
95 Ibid., fols. 348-348(v), Ganet to Minister, 18 December 1725.
96 Ibid., fols. 357-60, Ganet to Minister, 18 December 1725.
97 Ibid., fols. 194-7(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 17 December
1725.
98 AN, B, Vol. 49(2), fol. 697(v), Minister to Ganet, 28 May
1726.
99 Ibid., fols. 707-8(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy, 28 May
1726.
100 Ibid., fols. 708(v)-10, Minister to Verrier, 28 May 1726.
101 AN, C11 B, Vol. 8, fols. 115-21(v), Verrier to
Minister, 1 December 1726.
102 Ibid., fols. 71-5, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 28 November 1726.
103 AN, B, Vol. 49(2), fol. 701(v), Minister to Verrier, 28 May
1726.
104 AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fols. 111-3, Verrier to Minister, 10
November 1726.
105 Ibid., fol. 23, Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 1 December
1726.
106 Ibid., fols. 13(v)-14(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 28
November 1726.
107 Ibid., fols. 71-5, Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 1
December 1726.
108 Ibid.
109 Ibid., fols. 115-21(v), Verrier to Minister, 1 December 1726.
110 AN, B, 50(2), fols. 577-8, Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy,
10 June 1727.
111 AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fol. 225, "Prix des ouvrages . . .,"
no date or signature.
112 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 180-249, Toisé signed by Verrier, 1 November
1727.
113 AN, B, Vol. 50(2), fols. 595-7, Minister to Verrier, 10 June
1727.
114 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fol. 142, Verrier to Minister, 17
November 1727; ibid., fol. 150, Verrier to Minister, 9 December
1727.
115 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 90-1, de Forant to Minister, 23 December
1729; ibid., Vol. 9, 141-7(v), Verrier to Minister, 17 November
1727.
116 Ibid., Vol. 9, fol. 32(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy, 26 November
1727.
117 Ibid., fols. 60-3(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 19 November
1727.
118 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 328-32, Verrier to Minister, 16 December
1725.
119 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 93-9, de Mézy to Minister, 24 November 1727;
see Fig. 8 drawn before the 25 dormers were eliminated.
120 AN, E, Vol. 9, fol. 11, Dossier d'Arrigrand, letter to Minister,
n.d.
121 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fols. 315-315(v), Saint-Ovide,
1727.
122 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 150-150(v), Verrier to Minister, 9 December
1727.
123 Ibid., fol. 152, Verrier to Minister, 17 November 1727.
124 AN, B, Vol. 52(2), fols. 568-9(v), Minister to Verrier, 24
February 1728.
125 Ibid., fol. 596(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and de Mézy, 23 June
1728.
126 AN, C11B, Vol. 10, fols. 53-53(v), Saint-Ovide and de
Mézy to Minister, 3 November 1728.
127 Ibid., fol. 110(v), de Mézy to Minister, 22 November 1728.
128 Ibid., fol. 224(v), Verrier to Minister, 30 April 1729.
129 Ibid., fol. 101(v), de Mézy to Minister, 14 November 1728; ibid.,
fol. 135, Verrier to Minister, 13 November 1728.
130 Ibid., fol. 222(v), Verrier to Minister, 30 April 1729.
131 Ibid., fol. 134(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 12 November
1728.
132 Ibid., fols. 89-94(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 12 November
1728.
133 Ibid., fols. 242-5, Verrier to Minister, 18 December 1729.
134 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fol. 630, de Becque to de Mézy, 15
July 1729.
135 Ibid., fols. 647-80, Planton Inventory, 3 January 1731.
136 AN, B, Vol. 53, fols. 588(v)-90(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and
de Mézy, 22 May 1729.
137 AN, C11B, Vol. 11, fols. 82-82(v), Verrier to
Minister, 26 March 1730.
138 AN, B, Vol. 54(2), fol. 502(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and de
Mézy, 20 June 1730.
139 AN, C11B, Vol. 11, fols. 90-1, Sabatier and Degoutin
to Minister, 22 June 1730.
140 Ibid., Vol. 10, fol. 77, Verrier to Minister, 2 December
1730.
141 AN, E, Vol. 9, fol. 11, Dossier d'Arrigrand, letter to Minister,
n.d.
142 AN, C11B, Vol. 12, fol. 102(v), Verrier to Minister,
23 May 1731.
143 Ibid., fol. 51(v), Le Normant to Minister, 21 May 1731.
144 Ibid., fol. 40(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 25 November 1731.
145 Ibid., fol. 105(v), Verrier to Minister, 29 November 1731.
146 Ibid., fols. 60-1(v), Le Becque, 28 November 1731.
147 Ibid., Vol. 14, fols. 43-50, Saint-Ovide and Le Normant to
Minister, 13 October 1733.
148 AN, B, Vol. 53, fol. 583(v), Minister to Le Normant, 1 May
1729.
149 Ibid., Vol. 59(2), fols. 532(v)-3, Minister to Saint-Ovide, 2
June 1733.
150 Ibid., Vol. 57(2), fol. 748, Minister to Saint-Ovide, 19 June
1732.
151 AN, C11B, Vol. 16, fol. 185(v), Verrier to Minister, 6
November 1734; AN, B, Vol. 63, fol. 537(v), Verrier to Saint-Ovide and
Le Nommant, 25 April 1735.
152 AN, C11B, Vol. 20, fols. 24-30(v), Saint-Ovide and Le
Normant to Minister, 15 November 1732.
153 Ibid., Vol. 13, fols. 64-6(v), Le Normant to Minister, 3 November
1732.
154 AN, B, Vol. 59(2), fol. 588, Minister to Verrier, 2 June
1733.
155 AN, C11B, Vol. 13, fols. 247-255(v), Desmarest, "Liste
des Batiments Anglais," 15 November 1732.
156 Ibid., Vol. 12, 265(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 15 November
1732.
157 Ibid., Vol. 14, fols. 300-1(v), Verrier to Minister, 23 October
1733.
158 Ibid., Vol. 13, fol. 200(v), Verrier to Minister, 16 November
1732.
159 Ibid., Vol. 15, fols. 117-8, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 2 January
1734.
160 Ibid., Vol. 14, fol. 220(v), Le Normant to Minister, 19 October
1733.
161 Ibid., Vol. 16, fol. 10, Sabatier to Minister, 28 December
1734.
162 AN, G1, Vol. 406, fol. 56, Parish Records, 31 March
1735.
163 AN, C11B, Vol. 18, fol. 44(v), Saint-Ovide to
Minister, 30 October 1736.
164 Ibid., fol. 292, Sabatier to Minister, 6 November 1736.
165 AN, F3, Vol. 50, fol. 223, Minister to Saint-Ovide and
de Mézy (extract), 29 April 1738.
166 AN, C11B, Vol. 18, fol. 276, Verrier to Minister, 10
November 1736.
167 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 277-8, "Mémoire pour les ouvrages fait et à
faire," [1739].
168 Ibid., Vol. 19, fol. 236-236(v), Verrier to Minister, 30 October
1737.
169 Ibid., Vol. 21, fol. 179(v), Sabatier to Minister, 12 November
1739.
170 Ibid., Vol. 20, fol. 222(v), Verrier to Minister, 2 January
1738.
171 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 103, "Etat de comparison des prix," 14
November 1736.
172 AN, E, Vol. 9, fol. 11(17), Dossier d'Arrigrand, letter to
Minister, n.d.
173 AN, C11B, Vol. 19, fol. 176, "Marché Muiron," 10 May
1737.
174 Ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 365-79(v), "Marchés sur la signature de
Verrier et Sabatier," 25 October 1736.
175 Ibid., fols. 129-30, "Etat de la serrurerie," 2 November 1736;
ibid., fols. 224-5, "Etat de la menuiserie," 2 November 1736.
176 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 290-1, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 4 April
1739.
177 Guy Fregault, François Bigot, administrateur français
(Montreal: L'Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique français, 1948), p.
106.
178 AN, C11B, Vol. 21, fol. 63, de Forant to Minister, 14
November 1739.
179 Ibid., fol. 268, Verrier to Minister, 19 December 1739.
180 Ibid., fol. 90, de Forant to Minister, 23 December 1739.
181 Ibid., Vol. 23, fols. 195-195(v), Verrier to Minister, 26 October
1741.
182 AN, B, Vol. 74, fol. 558(v), Minister to Dusquesnel and
Bigot.
183 AN, C11B, Vol. 22, fol. 61, Bourville and Bigot to
Minister, 25 October 1740; ibid., Vol. 24, fol. 175, "Etat des vivres,
11 October 1741.
184 Ibid., Vol. 23, fol. 89, Bigot to Minister, 15 October 1741;
ibid., Vol. 24, fol. 144, Dusquesnel and Bigot to Minister, 20 September
1742; ibid., Vol. 25, fols. 149-56, Bigot to Minister, 21 November 1743;
ibid., Vol. 26, fol. 118, Bigot to Minister, 13 November 1744.
185 AN, DFC, ordonnance 203, "Etat de la dépense ...," 30 October
1744.
186 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fol. 118(v), Bigot to Minister, 13
November 1744.
187 Nova Scotia A28, 29 January 1747, pp. 2, 5, 6, William
Pepperrell, Colonial Office Records.
188 Ibid., Hopson, A34, 12 July 1749, pp. 158-9.
189 John Fortier, "Supplementary Report on the Chateau." Manuscript
on file, National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada,
Louisbourg, 1964.
190 AN, C11B, Vol. 28, fol. 300(v), Boucher to Minister,
24 July 1749.
191 Ibid., fols. 316-8, "Estimation des réparations ...," 30 August
1749.
192 Ibid., fols. 339-41(v), "Etat des réparations ...," 31 December
1749.
193 AN, B, Vol. 97, fol. 294(2), Minister to Raymond and Prévost 13
April 1753; AN, C11B, Vol. 33, fol. 43, Franquet and Prévost
to Minister, 2 October 1753.
194 Ibid., Vol. 29, fols. 276-82, "Etat des réparations ...," 31
December 1750.
195 Ibid., Vol. 33, fol. 242, Prévost to Minister, 13 December
1752.
196 Ibid., Vol. 31, fols. 118-9, Boucher to Minister, 20 November
1751.
197 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service historique de l'armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, fol. 45, Raymond to Minister, 18 June 1752.
198 AN, C11B, Vol. 33, fol. 228(v), Franquet, "Etat
Général des Pavillions," 9 October 1753.
199 Ibid., Vol. 35, fol. 271(v), Franquet to Minister, 8 June
1755.
200 Ibid., Vol. 38, fol. 86, Drucour to Minister, 22 July 1758.
201 Colonial Office 5, 13 August 1758, Vol. 53, fol. 152.
202 Fauché de Saint-Maurice, "Souvenirs du Cap Breton," Revue des
deux Frances, Vol. 1 (October 1897), pp. 14-20.
203 Wayne Foster, "Post-Occupational History of the Old French Town
of Louisbourg, 1760-1930." Manuscript on file, National Historic Parks
and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Louisbourg, 1965, p. 77.
204 Ibid., p. 97
205 Ibid., p. 99.
Life in the Barracks
1 AN, D2C, Vol. 47, fol. 328, "Extrait des sept
compagnies," 22 November 1719.
2 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fols. 278-82, Notary, "Marché
d'Isabeau," 7 March 1719.
3 Ibid., Vol. 5, fol. 233, de Verville to Council, 19 June 1720.
4 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 59-65(v), de Mézy to Council, 22 November
1722.
5 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 72(v)-3, Council to de Mézy and Saint-Ovide,
13 August 1720.
6 AN, B, Vol. 45(2), fol. 1125, Council to de Mézy, 13 May 1722.
7 AN, C11B, Vol. 6, fols. 239(v)-40(v), de Mézy to
Council, 24 November 1723.
8 Ibid., fol. 196(v), Saint-Ovide to Council, 24 November 1723.
9 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 7(v)-8(v), "Mémoire du Roi," 9 May 1724.
10 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 14(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 28
November 1726.
11 Ibid., Vol. 7, fol. 62(v), de Mézy to Minister, 22 November
1724.
12 Ibid., Vol. 9, fol. 142(v), Verrier to Minister, 17 November
1727.
13 Ibid., Vol. 12, fol. 40(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 25 November
1731.
14 Ibid., Vol. 13, fols. 28(v)-9, de Mézy to Minister, 4 June
1732.
15 AN, B, Vol 57(2), fol. 746(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide, 19 June
1732.
16 AN, C11 B, Vol. 13, fol. 200(v), Verrier to Minister,
16 November 1732.
17 AN, B, Vol. 59(2), fols. 530-530(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and
Le Normant, 26 May 1733.
18 AN, C11B, Vol. 14, fol. 145, Le Normant to Minister, 10
October 1733.
19 Ibid., fol. 300, Verrier to Minister, 23 October 1733.
20 Ibid., Vol. 16, fol. 186(v), Verrier to Minister, 6 November
1734.
21 AN, B, Vol. 63, fol. 537(v), Minister to Saint-Ovide and Le
Normant, 25 March 1735.
22 AN, C11B, Vol. 17, fols. 255(v)-6, Verrier to Minister,
28 October 1735.
23 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 44(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 30 October
1736.
24 Ibid., Vol. 20, fol. 143, Le Normant to Minister, 4 November
1738.
25 Ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 129-30, "Etat de la sérrurerie," 2 November
1736; ibid., fols. 224-5, and Fig. 10.
26 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 99-100(v), Bourville to Council, 5 December
1722.
27 AN, D2C, Vol. 47, "Etat des troupes," 1 August
1722.
28 AN, B, Vol. 45(2), fol. 1131(v), Council to Saint-Ovide, 13 May
1722.
29 AN, C11B, Vol. 6, fols. 174(v)-5, Saint-Ovide to
Council, 12 October 1723.
30 Ibid., Vol. 7, fol. 76(v), Beaucours to Minister, 1 August
1724.
31 Ibid., fol. 196, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 17 December 1725.
32 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 14(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 28
November 1726.
33 Ibid., Vol. 27, fol. 315(v), Saint-Ovide, "Mémoire concernant les
ouvrages faits pour le Roy jusqu'à ce jour," [1727].
34 Ibid., Vol. 10, fol. 134(v), Verrier to Minister, 13 November
1728.
35 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 99-100(v), Bourville to Council, 5 December
1722.
36 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 14(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister, 28
November 1726.
37 Ibid., Vol. 33, fols. 221-34(v), "Etat des personnes," 9 October
1753.
38 Ibid., Vol. 5, fols. 139, Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Council, 10
November 1720.
39 Ibid., Vol. 7, fol. 208(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 21 December
1725.
40 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 60(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 20 November
1726.
41 Ibid., Vol. 7, fols. 120-1, "Extrait des Etats de la Recette et
Dépense," 25 November 1724.
42 Ibid., Vol. 9, fol. 162(v), "Toisé des ouvrages ...," 4 May
1727.
43 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 182(v), "Etat de la dépense," 1 May 1736.
44 AN, B, Vol. 50(2), fol. 596(v), Minister to Verrier, 10 June
1727.
45 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fol. 144, Sabatier to Minister, 17
November 1727.
46 Ibid., Vol. 10, fol. 110(v), de Mézy to Minister, 22 November
1728.
47 Ibid., fol. 224, Sabatier to Minister, 30 April 1729.
48 Ibid., Vol. 13, fol. 201(v), Verrier to Minister, 16 November
1732.
49 Ibid., Vol. 17, fol. 19(v), Saint-Ovide and Le Normant to
Minister, 28 October 1735.
50 Ibid., Vol. 6, fol. 175, Saint-Ovide to Minister, 12 October
1723.
51 Ibid., fol. 240(v), de Mézy to Minister, 24 November 1723.
52 Pierre de Briquet, Code Militaire, un compilation des
ordonnances des roys de France concernant les gens de guerre (Paris:
1728) (hereafter cited as Code Militaire), Vol. 1, p. 71.
53 AN, C11A, Vol. 126, fol. 34, "Plan des Cazernes a faire
au Port Toulouse." Louisbourg Map Collection, Map No. 733-10a.
54 AN, Dépot des Fortifications des Colonies, ordre 200, "Toisé
Provisionel de L'Isle de l'Entrée," 30 October 1744.
55 Louisbourg Map Collection, Maps Nos. 1739-4, ND 34 and 752-3.
56 AN, C11B, Vol. 33, fols. 224-40, "Etats des personnes,"
9 October 1753.
57 Ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 372-3, "Marché pour l'entretien de la
menuiserie," 25 October 1736.
58 CTG, Bibliothèque, Mss. reliés 124, pp. 1-10, "Atlas de Mont
Dauphin," 1789.
59 AN, C11B, Vol. 18, fol. 129, "Etat de la serurrerie," 2
November 1736.
60 AN, F2, Vol. 51, fols. 193-226, "Devis et Conditions,"
10 June 1718.
61 AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fols. 14-14(v), Saint-Ovide and de
Mézy to Minister, 28 November 1726.
62 Séminaire de Québec. Archives, Surlaville Papers, fol. 50, "Devis
et Conditions," 19 April 1753.
63 AN, G2, Vol. 189, fol. 129(v), "Procès contre
Chauffour," 7 June 1752; ibid., Vol. 201, dossier 223, pièce 25, p. 7
"Procès contre Paquet," 26 March 1751.
64 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fols. 178(v)-9, Bordereaux, 6
November 1744; ibid., Vol. 23, fol. 172, Bordereaux, 18 October
1741.
65 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 227-8, de Mézy to Minister, [December]
1723.
66 Ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 229-229(v), "Etat des habillements," 1
October 1736.
67 AN, G2, Vol. 212, fol. 559, Adjudication, September
1749.
68 Ibid., Vol. 183 fol. 92. "Procès contre Saureux" [Laurent], 20
June 1734.
69 AN, C11B, Vol. 30, fol. 225(v), Prévost to Minister, 15
October 1751.
70 Ibid., Vol. 12, fol. 146, "Toisé des ouvrages," 1 September
1731.
71 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 181(v), "Etat de la dépense," 1 May 1736.
72 AN, Dépot des Fortifications des Colonies, No. 141, fol. 4(v),
"Mémoire au sujet de L'Isle Royale," n.d.
73 CTG, Archives, Article 14, Carton No. 49, "Instructions pour le
Sr. Franquet ...," 1753.
74 AN, C11B, Vol. 34, fols. 223-30, Franquet to Minister,
9 December 1754.
75 Gustave Lanctot, "Les troupes de la Nouvelle-France," The
Canadian Historical Association, Report of the Annual Meeting (May
1926), pp. 40-60.
76 AN, G2, Vol. 179, fols. 244, 246, "Procès contre
Leonnard (St. Pierre) of Aulier," May 1726.
77 AN, G2, Vol. 183. fols. 78-91, "Procès contre Manoié,"
19 July 1734.
78 Pierre de Briquet, Code Militaire, Vol. 1, p. 458.
79 CTG, Archives, Article 14, Carton 1, No. 43, Franquet, "Remarques
faites à Louisbourg," 1751
80 AN, G2, Vol. 184, fols. 376-8, "Procès verbal," 25 July
1737.
81 AN, B, Vol. 91, fol. 352, Minister to Desherbiers, 14 June
1750.
82 Jean-Baptiste Torchet de Boismêlé, Histoire Générale de la
Marine, contenant son origine chez tous les peuples du monde, ses
progrès, son état actuel, & les expéditions Maritimes, anciennes
& modernes (Paris: P. Prault, A. Boudet, 1758) (hereafter cited
as Histoire Générale de la Marine). Vol. 3 contains the 1689
Ordinance "Code des Armées Navale," p. 216.
83 AN, E, 306, Dossier Mathieu dit la Ruine, July 1754; in one
account, three soldiers fortified with wine, had a Sunday rendezvous
with a woman in a field behind the barachois; in this particular
incident a fight resulted between these men and two sailors who came
along.
84 AN, B, Vol. 91, fol. 352, Minister to Desherbiers, 14 June
1750.
85 Histoire Générale de la Marine, Vol. 3, p. 346.
86 AN, B, Vol. 91, fol. 352, Minister to Desherbiers, 14 June
1750.
87 See Appendix A.
88 AN, C11B, Vol. 16, fol. 11, Sabatier to Minister, 28
December 1734; ibid., Vol. 15, fols. 58-9, Saint-Ovide and Le Normant to
Minister, 23 January 1734.
89 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 111-111(v), Bigot to Minister, 4 November
1739; ibid., Vol. 20, fol. 217, "Mémoire Troupe," 1738.
90 Ibid., Vol. 15, fols. 26-50, "Etat des terrains concédés," 24
October 1734.
91 AN, B, Vol. 40(2), fols. 528-9, Council to de Mézy, 19 June 1718.
It is not possible to give exact equivalences for French weights which
varied from region to region. However, the French livre
approximates the English pound.
92 AN, C11B, Vol. 15, fols. 194-260, "Etat des Vivres," 31
October 1734.
93 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 97-1 00(v), Bigot to Minister, 3 October
1737; ibid., Vol. 22, fols. 144-6, Bigot to Minister, 20 August
1740.
94 Ibid., Vol. 28, fols. 42-42(v), Bigot to Minister, 20 August
1749.
95 Ibid., Vol. 24, fols. 87-9(v), Bigot to Minister, 18 June 1742;
ibid., Vol. 37, fols. 215-20, Prévost to Minister, 10 December 1757.
96 Ibid., Vol. 20, fols. 31 8(v)-9, "Mémoire Troupe," 1738.
97 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fol. 184, "Procès contre Geoffroy
(Beaupré)," 11 August 1729; AN, G2, Vol. 183, fols. 78-91,
"Procès contre Manoie," 19 July 1734; AN, E, Vol. 306, No. 3, "Dossier
Mathieu dit la Ruine," July 1754.
98 AN, G2, Vol. 185, fols. 379-424, "Procès contre Larue,"
March 1739.
99 CTG, Archives, Article 14, Carton 24, Franquet, "Mémoire sur Isle
Royale," 1750.
100 AN, G2, Vol. 189, fol. 53, "Procès contre Chauffour,"
4 March 1751.
101 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fol. 138, Sabatier to Minister, 10
October 1727.
102 AN, G2, Vol. 179, fols. 148 and 195, "Procès contre
Leonnard, Dubois et Autlier," May 1726.
103 AN, C11B, Vol. 20, fols. 318-318(v), "Mémoire Troupe,"
1738.
104 AN, G2B, Vol. 201, No. 240, "Procès contre Richard," 4
January 1752.
105 AN, C11B, Vol. 17, fol. 212, "Etat de la recette et
consommation des vivres ...," 1 October 1736.
106 Archaeological Photograph G3896, Louisbourg Collection, and Plan
0.35.
107 AN, C11B, Vol. 24, fol. 174, "Etat des vivres,
habillements et munitions nécessaires," 11 October 1741.
108 AN, G2, Vol. 201, No. 223(9), "Procès contre Paquet,"
26 March 1751; AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fol. 23, Saint-Ovide and de
Mézy to Minister, 1 December 1726.
109 Ibid., Vol. 6, fols. 217-8(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 12
December 1723.
110 AN, B, Vol. 27, fol. 1272, Minister to Saint-Ovide, 26 June
1724.
111 AN, C11B, Vol. 8, fol. 64, Saint-Ovide to Minister 20
November 1726; AN, B, Vol. 50(2), fol. 585, Minister to Saint-Ovide, 10
Juno 1727.
112 AN, C11 B, Vol. 21, fols. 17-8, de Forant and Bigot to
Minister, 4 November 1739.
113 AN, B, Vol. 40(2), fol. 528(v), Minister to de Mézy, 19 June
1718.
114 AN, C11B, Vol. 2, fol. 229, Saint-Ovide to Council, 8
November 1717.
115 Pierre de Briquet, Code Militaire, Vol. 6, p. 65.
116 AN, C11B, Vol. 36, fols. 52-4(v), Minister to
Machault, 10 May 1756.
117 AN, C11B, Vol. 4, fol. 118, "Demandes à faire pour les
Munitions de 1719," 10 January 1719; ibid., Vol. 10, fol. 120, "Etat des
vivres, habillements et munitions nécessaires," 29 November 1729; ibid.,
Vol. 14, fols. 222(v)-3, "Etat des vivres, habillement et munitions
nécessaires," 19 October 1733; ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 227-9(v), "Etat des
vivres, habillement et munitions nécessaires," 1 October 1736.
118 AN, G2, Vol. 179, fol. 418, "Procès contre Leonnard
(St. Pierre) et Autlier (St. Louis)," May 1726.
119 AN, G2, Vol. 185, fols. 379-424, "Procès contre
Larue," March 1739.
120 AN, G1, Parish Records, 1722-39.
121 AN, B, Vol. 88(2), fols. 338, Minister to M. de Letanduère, 21
October 1748.
122 AN, C11B, Vol. 29, fols. 39-44, Desherbiers to
Minister, 14 October 1750.
123 Ibid., Vol. 31, fols. 60-1, de Raymond to Minister, 10 September
1751.
124 Ibid., Vol. 36, fols. 60-2(v), Drucour to Minister, 27 June
1756.
125 Ibid., Vol. 35, fol. 206, Franquet to Minister, 11 November
1755.
126 AN, B, Vol. 68, fols. 380-380(v), Minister to de Forant, 8 July
1739.
127 AN, C11B, Vol. 21, fols. 95-6(v), Bigot to Minister,
14 September 1739.
128 Ibid., fols. 51-4, de Forant to Minister, 22 September 1739.
129 Ibid., fol. 16, de Forant to Minister, 4 November 1739.
130 AN, B, Vol. 70, fols. 389-389(v), Minister to de Forant, 7 May
1740.
131 Ibid., fols. 396-396(v), Minister to de Forant and Bigot, 7 May
1740.
132 AN, C11B, Vol. 22, fols. 93-6, Duquesnel to Minister,
1 December 1740.
133 Ibid., Vol. 25, fols. 27, Duquesnel and Bigot to Minister, 28
October 1743.
134 Ibid., Vol. 23, fols. 78-9(v), Duquesnel to Minister, 23 November
1741.
135 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols, 27-100(v), Bigot to Minister, 3 October
1739.
136 Ibid., Vol. 24, fols. 87-9(v), Bigot to Minister, 18 June
1742.
137 AN, E, Dossier 157, Dossier Abraham Du Pasquier, 2 December
1745.
138 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fol. 231, Duchambon and Bigot to
Minister, 31 December 1744; AN, E, Dossier, 157, Dossier Abraham Du
Pasquier, 2 December 1745.
139 Collection de documents relatifs l'histoire de la Nouvelle
France, Vol. 3, p. 267, "Ordonnance Royalle sur la revolte a
Louisbourg," 1 November 1745.
140 AN, B, Vol. 82(2), fol. 657, Minister to M. de Barraith, 20
December 1745.
141 AN, E, Dossier 233, Dossier Christophe Jout, 2 December 1745.
142 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fols. 212-4, 217-21, "Toisé des
ouvrages," 4 May 1727; ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 181, "Etat de la dépense," 1
May 1736.
143 Ibid., Vol. 12, fol. 145, Verrier to Minister, 1 August 1731.
144 Ibid., Vol. 17, fols. 106-7, Le Normant to Minister, 10 February
1735.
145 Ibid., Vol. 12, fols. 175-8, Sabatier to Minister, 12 December
1739.
146 Ibid., Vol. 24, fol. 175, "Etat des vivres," 11 October 1741.
147 Ibid., Vol. 22, fol. 61, Bourville and Bigot to Minister, 25
October 1740.
148 Ibid., Vol. 23, fol. 195, Verrier to Minister, 26 October 1741;
ibid., Vol. 25, fol. 193, "Compte provisionel," 22 November 1743.
149 Ibid., Vol. 19, fols. 29-29(v), Saint-Ovide and Le Normant to
Minister, 25 October 1737.
150 Ibid., Vol. 26, fols. 236-8, "Ordonnance du Roy," [7 November
1743].
151 Ibid., Vol. 21, fols. 49-49(v), de Forant to Minister, 20 Juno
1739; ibid., Vol. 22, fols. 43-6, Bourville and Bigot to Minister, 20
October 1741.
152 AN, F3, Vol. 50(2), fols. 496-8(v), "Ecoles de
Mathématiques et D'Artillerie," 8 January 1753.
153 AN, C11B, Vol. 23, fol. 71, "Détail de la garde," [19
October 1741].
154 Pierre de Briquet, Code Militaire, Vols. 2, 5, pp. 284,
287-8, 294.
155 AN, G2, Vol. 189, fol. 31, "Procès contre Chauffour,"
June 1752.
156 AN, C11 B, Vol. 24, fols. 173-6, "Etat des Vivres," 11
October 1741.
157 Ibid., Vol. 26, fols. 173-181(v), Bordereau, 6 November 1755;
ibid., Vol. 32, fols. 183-8(v), "Etat des Vivres," 25 October 1752.
158 Charles S. Lindsay, "Louisbourg Guardhouses," Canadian
Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History, No. 12
(1975), pp. 47-100.
159 AN, F3, Vol. 50(2), fol. 528, "Réglement pour les
honneurs à rendre dans la colonie de Isle Royale," 10 November 1755.
160 Charles S. Lindsay, op. cit.
161 AN, C11 B, Vol. 17, fols. 106-7, Le Normant to
Minister, 10 February 1735.
162 Ibid., Vol. 12, fol. 265(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 15 November
1732; ibid., Vol. 14, fol. 301(v), Verrier to Minister, 23 October
1733.
163 Ibid., Vol. 33, fols. 225-225(v), "Etat de Personnes," 9 October
1753.
164 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 112, Verrier to Minister, 10 October
1726.
165 AN, G3, Vol. 2058, no, 36, "Acte de réquisition," 18
October 1726.
166 AN, G1, Vol. 407, Record I, Parish Records, 11 May
1740.
167 AN, G1, Vol. 406, Record 4, Parish Records, 19
September, 17 November, 2 December, 17 December 1735.
168 AN, C11B, Vol. 20, fol. 54, Bourville and Le Normant
to Minister, 21 October 1 738; Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service
historique de l'armée, Al, Vol. 3393, fol. 38, Raymond, Mémoire
concernant les missionnaires, January 1752.
169 AN, G2, Vol. 197, file 129, no. 13, "Etat des frais de
justice a l'occasion de la succession de feu M. Decouagne," 1740.
170 AN, C11B, Vol. 13, fols. 11-3, de Mézy to Minister, 3
February 1732.
171 PAC, MG1 8, Fl 2, Pichon Papers, "Tableau de l'etat actuel des
missions, 1753," No. 40 (the document is said to be in Pichon's
hands).
172 AN, G2, Vol. 184, fols. 430-50, "Procès contre Le
Large," April
1737; ibid., Vol. 189, fol. 175(v), "Procès contre Le Bon," January
1753.
173 Ibid., Vol. 192, fol. 27, "Ordonnance du Roy," 5 May 1735.
174 Joseph O. Vogel, "Archaeological Report on the King's Chapel,
Château St. Louis." Manuscript on file, National Historic Parks and
Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Louisbourg, 1965, pp. 24, 27.
175 AN, G2, Vol. 184, fols. 430-50, "Procès contre Le
Large," April 1737; AN, G1, Vol. 406, Record 4, Parish
Records, 8 July 1737.
176 AN, G2, Vol. 189, fols. 148-269, "Procès contre Le
Bon," 1753-54; AN, G2, Vol. 193, Record 2, fol. 45, 28
October 1754.
177 AN, C11B, Vol. 33, fol. 224-40, "Etat des personnes,"
9 October 1753; AN, G1, Vol. 406, fol. 14, "Baptêmes," 23 July 1725.
178 AN, G1, Vol. 409, Record 1, 180, Parish Records, 21
June 1754.
179 Le R.P. Hugolin Lemay, "Table nominale des Récollects de
Bretagne, missionaires et aumôniers dans l'Isle Royale (1713-1759),"
Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, 3rd. ser.,
Vol. 25, Sect. 1 (May 1931), pp. 81-100; AN, B, Vol. 88(2), fol. 362,
Minister to M. de Givry, 9 December 1748; ibid., Vol. 86(2), fols. 331,
337, Minister to Caulet, 8 May and 7 June 1747.
180 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service historique de l'armée, Al,
Vol. 3397, fol. 38, de Raymond, "Mémoire concernant les Missionaires,"
January 1752.
181 PAC, MG18, Fq2, Pichon Papers, de Vire Collection 1753, "Tableau
de l'état actuel des missions."
182 AN, C11B, Vol. 6, fol. 240(v), de Mézy to Minister, 23
November 1723.
183 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fol. 653, Planton Inventory, 3
January 1731.
184 AN, C11B, Vol. 7, fol. 63(v), de Mézy to Minister, 22
November 1724.
185 Ibid., fol. 329, Verrier to Minister, 16 December 1725.
186 Ibid., Vol. 8, fol. 13(v), Saint-Ovide and de Mézy to Minister,
28 November 1726.
187 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 183, "Etat de la Dépense," 11 May 1736.
188 Ibid., fols. 160-1, "Bordereau des payments," 27 December 1736;
AN, G1, Vol. 466, fol. 69, "Recensement" 1734.
189 AN, C11B, Vol. 35, fols. 244-8(v), Prévost to
Machault, 13 December 1755.
190 Ibid., Vol. 29, fol. 57, Desherbiers to Minister, 5 November
1750; ibid., Vol. 9, fol. 224(v), "Toisé des ouvrages," 4 May 1727.
191 Ibid., Vol. 22, fols. 184-9(v), Bigot to Minister, 30 October
1740.
192 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 183, "Etat de la Depense," 11 May 1736.
193 AN, G1, Vol. 406, no. 76, "Dénombrement général des
families," 1749-50.
194 AN, C11 B, Vol. 34, fols. 9-10, d'Ailleboust and
Prévost to Minister, 19 December 1753; ibid., Vol. 33, fols. 225(v)-6,
"Etat des Personnes," 9 October 1753.
195 Ibid., Vol. 35, fols. 291-5, "Etat de la dépense," 17 December
1755.
196 Ibid., fols. 90-3, Drucour to Machault, 8 September 1755; 200
livres to the captain, 150 to the lieutenants and 100 to the
ensigns.
197 Ibid., Vol. 8, fols. 55-64(v), Saint-Ovide to Minister, 20
November 1726.
198 James Johnstone, Memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone,
Trans. Charles Winchester (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1870), Vol. 2,
p. 179.
199 Bernard Forest de Belidor, La Science des Ingenieurs dans la
conduite des travaux de fortification rt d'architecture civile
(Paris: C. Jombert, 1729), Vol. 4, p. 75.
200 CTG, Bibliothèque, Mss. 131d, A.C. de Lery, Mémoire ou Traité
de Fortifications, pp. 332-4.
201 M. de Guignard, L'Ecole de Mars ou Memoires Instructifs sur
toutes les parties qui composent le Corps Militaire en France, avec
leurs origines, et les differentes maneures ausquelles elles sont
employees (Paris: 1725), p. 351.
202 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, fol. 69, Raymond to Minister, 11 June 1753.
203 CTG, Bibliothèque, Mss. 205b, Franquet to de Rougement, 13
October 1750.
204 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fol. 195, Duquesnel and Bigot to
Minister, 23 October 1742; AN, B, Vol. 107, fol. 356, Mores to Prévost,
11 February 1758.
205 AN, C11B, Vol. 23, fols. 109-109(v), Bigot to
Minister, 20 October 1741.
206 John Fortier, "King's Bastion Report VIII. A Survey of the
Citadel Area Prepared for the Purposes of Archaeological Excavation."
Manuscript on file, National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks
Canada, Louisbourg, 1965, p. 49.
207 AN, C11B, Vol. 13, fols. 92-3, Le Normant to Minister,
23 December 1732.
208 ibid., Vol. 15, fol. 45, "Etat des terrains," 24 October
1734.
209 Maps in Louisbourg collection.
210 See Appendix C.
211 AN, B, Vol. 71, fol. 137, Minister to de La Tuillerie, 8
September 1740; AN, C11B, Vol. 22, fols. 91-2, Duquesnel to
Minister, 7 November 1740; AN, B, Vol. 78, fols. 396-396(v), Minister to
Duquesnel, 21 April 1744.
212 AN, C11 B, Vol. 28, fol. 67, Desherbiers to Minister,
5 April 1749; AN, B, Vol. 91, fol. 318, Minister to Desherbiers, 7
February 1759.
213 AN, C11B, Vol. 31, fol. 15, de Raymond to Minister, 12
June 1751; ibid., Vol. 33, fol. 236, La Borde, "Etat des Payments," 9
October 1753; ibid., Vol. 32, fol. 173, Mouret to Minister, 20 August
1751; ibid., Vol. 35, fols. 306-60, de Raymond to Minister, 13 April
1755.
214 AN, B, Vol. 100, fol. 71(v), Minister to de Bouliogne, 24 March
1755.
215 Paris. Archives do la Guerre, Service Historique do l'Armee, A,
Vol. 3393, fol. 73, Raymond to Minister, 15 June 1753.
216 AN, C11 B, Vol. 32, fol. 17, Prévost to Minister, 20
November 1752.
217 AN, G1, Vol. 466, fol. 51, "Recensement ...," 14
January 1715.
218 ibid., Vol. 406, Record 4, fol. 104, Parish Records, 5 April
1729.
219 ibid., Vol. 466, No. 76, "Dénombrement général des families,"
1749-50.
220 AN, B, Vol. 94, fol. 269, "Liste de personnes," 4 June 1751.
221 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, La
Série Mémoires et Reconaissances, Art. 1105, No. 21, "Journal de la
Navigation du Vaisseau L'Aigle de 50 canons commandé par Mr. Daubigny
capitaine de Vaisseau allant de Brest a Louisbourg, Année 1754."
222 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fols. 78-9, "Mémoire de Sr.
Sabatier," 20 May 1729; AN, B, Vol. 59(2), fols. 550-550(v), Minister to
de Pensens, 24 June 1773.
223 AN, C11B, Vol. 9, fols. 214(v)-15, 222(v), 225(v),
"Toisé des ouvrages," 4 May 1727; ibid., Vol. 18, fols. 185-6, "Etat de
la dépense," 11 May 1736.
224 Ibid., Vol. 18, fol. 130, "Etat de la Serrurerie à faire en
réparation," 2 November 1736.
225 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 180-255(v), Verrier to Minister, 1 November
1727.
226 Ibid., fols. 260-260(v), "Mémoire au sujet du conseil supérieur
de Louisbourg," [December 1727].
227 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fols. 78-9, "Mméoire de Sr.
Sabatier," 20 May 1729.
228 AN, C11B, Vol. 18, fols. 186-90, "Etat de la dépense,"
11 May 1736.
229 AN, C11C, Vol. 12, fol. 107(v), Bordereaux, 25 August
1744; ibid., Vol. 11, fol. 1190, Bordereaux, 31 October 1737.
230 AN, G2, Vol. 180, fols. 78(v)-9, "Mémoire de Sr.
Sabatier," 20 May 1729; ibid., Vol. 191, Record 2, a hearing of 20
August 1739.
231 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, fol. 45, de Raymond to Minister, 18 June 1752.
232 AN, C11B, Vol. 18, fol. 130, "Etat de la Serrurerie à
faire en reparation," 2 November 1736.
233 Ibid., fols. 185-6, "Etat de la dépense," 11 May 1736.
234 Ibid., Vol. 9, fols. 222-5(v), "Toisé des ouvrages, " 4 May
1727.
235 ibid., Vol. 13, fols. 247(v)-54, "Liste des Bâtiments Anglais,"
15 November 1732.
236 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Aréee, Al,
Vol. 3404, fol. 57(5), "De Par le Roy," 1755.
237 AN, E, Vol. 93, fols. 23-23(v), Dossier Costebelle, 1717.
238 AN, C11B, Vol. 2, fol. 230, Minister to Council, 9
November 1717.
239 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, fol. 69, Raymond to Minister, 11 June 1753.
240 Paris, Archives de la Marine, C7, Vol. 89, fol. 30,
Dossier Drucour, "Mémoire de Madame Drucour," September 1769.
241 AN, C11B, Vol. 11, fols. 21-2, Bourville and de Mézy
to Minister, 3 December 1730; ibid., fol. 26, Bourville to Minister, 30
November 1730.
242 Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, No. 44, Anonymous "Mémoire," which McLennan ascribes to de
Raymond himself, [16 June 1752].
243 CTG, Bibliothèque, Mss. Reliés, Record 66, "Mémoire des enenemens
...," 1758.
244 Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: Univ. of
Toronto Press, 1966), Vol. 2, pp. 224-6.
245 AN, C11B, Vol. 21, fol. 63, de Forant to Minister, 14
November 1739.
246 Ibid., fol. 90, de Forant to Minister, 23 November 1739.
247 Ibid., Vol. 22, fols. 149-50(v), Bigot to Minister, 29 May
1740.
248 J.E. Anderson, "The Human Skeletons in the King's Chapel."
Manuscript on file, National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks
Canada, Louisbourg 1964, p. 19.
249 AN, G3, Vol. 2046, de Forant's will, 10 May 1740.
250 AN, C11B, Vol. 25, fols. 80-80(v), Duquesnel to
Minister, 15 November 1743. The officers' daughters in 1743 were de
Couagne, de l'Espérance, Benoit, Thierry, Loppinot and Le Fresilliere (2
vacancies); ibid., fols. 58-58(v), Duquesnel to Minister, 27 October
1743.
251 Guy Fregault, François Bigot, administrateur français
(Montreal: L'Institut d'histoire de l'Amerique française, 1948), pp.
109-10; Paris. Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, 38 suite, Raymond, éMmoire, January 1752.
252 AN, G2, Vol. 185, fols. 119-119(v), inventory
fragment.
253 AN, B, Vol. 70, fols. 418-418(v), Minister to Bigot, 2 September
1740.
254 AN, C11B, Vol. 25, fols. 76-7, Duquesnel to Minister,
7 November 1743; Paris, Archives de la Marine, C7, Vol. 181,
fol. 10, Dossier Duquesnel.
255 George M. Wrong, ed., Louisbourg in 1745: The anonymous
"Lettre d'un Habitant de Louisbourg (Cape Breton), " containing a
narrative by an eye-witness of the siege in 1745 (Toronto: Warwick
Bros. & Rutter, 1897), pp. 15-6.
256 J.E. Anderson, op. cit., p. 4.
257 Paris. Archives de la Marine, C7, Vol. 181, fol. 8,
Dossier Duquesnel, 28 September 1740.
258 AN, C11B, Vol. 22, fols. 91-2, Duquesnel to Minister,
7 November 1740.
259 AN, Archives maritimes, Port de Rochefort, 1E, Vol. 133, fol.
391, Minister to Rochefort, 26 May 1741; ibid., Vol. 137, fol. 455,
Minister to Rochefort, 16 July 1743.
260 AN, C11B, Vol. 23, fols. 195-195(v), Verrier to
Minister, 26 October 1741
261 AN, B, Vol. 77, fol. 558(v), Minister to Duquesnel and Bigot, 6
June 1742.
262 AN, C11B, Vol. 26, fol. 77. Duchambon to Minister, 10
November 1744.
263 Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,
par une société de gens de lettres. Mis en ordre & publié par m.
Diderot... & quant à la partie mathématique, par m. d'Alembert
(Paris: Briasson, 1755), Vol. 5, p. 511.
264 AN, B, Vol. 82(1), fol. 171, Minister to Madame Duquesnel, 22
July 1745.
265 AN, G2, Vol. 206, No. 469, file 250, "Plumitif
d'Audience," 17 October 1757
266 Guy Frègault, op. cit., p. 113.
English Occupation: 1745-49
1 Louis Effingham de Forest, Louisbourg Journals 1745 (New
York: Society of Colonial Wars, 1932), p. 50.
2 Dudley Bradstreet, "Dudley Bradstreet's Diary," Massachusetts
Historical Society, Proceedings, Second Series, Vol. 11
(1896-97).
3 Scottish Record Office, Cunninghame or Thornton Muniments, No. 485,
fol. 226, 26 July 1746.
4 John Fortier, op. cit.
French Occupation: 1749-58
1 AN, C11B, Vol. 28, fols. 102-3, "M. Desherbiers rend
compte de reprise de possession (lettre du 29 juillet 1749)," February
1750.
2 Ibid., fols. 16-21, Desherbiers and Prévost to Minister, 10
September 1749.
3 AN, C11C, Vol.9, fol. 134 and Vol. 13, fol. 67.
4 AN, C11B, Vol. 28, fols. 317-317(v), "Estimation des
reparations," 30 August 1749.
5 Ibid., fol. 340, "Etat des reparations," 31 December 1749.
6 Joseph Bernard Chabert de Cogolin, Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roy
en 1750 et 1751, Dans L'Amerique Septentrionale... (Paris:
Imprimerie royale, 1753), p. 91.
7 Paris, Archives de la Guerre, Service Historique de l'Armée, Al,
Vol. 3393, fol. 45, de Raymond to Minister, 18 June 1752.
8 AN, B, Vol. 95, fol. 295, Minister to de Raymond, 24 June 1752; AN,
C11B, Vol. 30, fol. 225(v), Prévost to Minister, 15 October
1751; ibid., fol. 304(v), Prévost to Minister, 3 December 1751.
9 ibid., Vol. 33, fols. 222-222(v), "Etat des personnes," 16
September 1753; ibid., fols. 224(v)-8, "Etat des personnes," 9 October
1753.
10 ibid., fols. 172-4, Prévost to Minister, 19 May 1753.
11 ibid., Vol. 35, fol. 273, "Etat des troupes," 8 June 1755; ibid.,
fol. 155, "Logement général des troupes," 7 June 1755.
12 ibid., fols. 279-80, Franquet to Minister, 28 June 1755.
13 AN, B, Vol. 101, fols. 216(v)-17, Minister to Prévost, 17 March
1755; AN, C11B, Vol. 35, fols. 275-6, Franquet to Minister,
20 June 1755.
14 ibid., Vol. 36, fols. 86-92, Prévost to Minister, 10 April
1756.
15 AN, F3, Vol. 50(3), fols. 588-9, "Extrait de mon
Journal," 1758.
16 Pierre Mayrand, "La Perte de Louisbourg," Revue Historique de
L'Armée, No. 1 (1970), quoted from de Bonaventure, Lieutenant du Roy
and de Grésigny, captain in the Regiment Artois.
Appendix A
1 AN, C1 1C, Vol. 12, fols. 132-6; ibid., fol. 71,
engineers' salaries from 1741.
Appendix B
1 AN, C11B, Vol.7, fols. 313(v)-4(v), 1 October 1725.
2 AN, C11B, Vol. 28, fols. 202-65, 31 December 1750.
Appendix C
1 AN, G2, Vol. 199, doss. 189, 22 October 1744.
Appendix D
1 Pierre de Briquet, ed., Code Militaire, Vol. 1, pp.
279-94.
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