An Event Chronology Based on Louisbourg Accounts Not Available in the Archives of the Fortress of Louisbourg, By Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions, 2004 - Present

1781

• May 7, 1781

May 7, 1781

Petitpas presented the following petition to the Senate and House of Representatives at Massachustts:

The petition of Lewis Benjamin Petitpas of ChesirCook harbour in the Province of Nova Scotia - merchant - Humbly shews
That he was originally an inhabitant of Louisbourg formerly within the jurisdiction of the King of France but since the Conquest of the Country has lived at the English Settlements in Canada but lately in Nova Scotia where his Father's family removed; All persons of this description in that Country and Commonly called French Neutrals are Considered Enemies to the British Government and oppressed with the most intollerable taxes. -
Your petitioner unwilling to submit to the Oppression and desirious of becoming a Subject of a Nation in Alliance with his own, prays that this Honourable Court would grant him a permit to withdraw his property from Nova Scotia into this Commonwealth and a passport to proceed on his business with Security from Capture by American Cruisers... And as in Dutybound will ever pray - Louis Benjamin Petitpas.

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