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Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
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Report 98-87
(RUE DE REMPART)
AND SELECTED ADJACENT FEATURES
AT LOUISBOURG, ISLE ROYALE, 1713-1768
This report arose out of the need to meet the requirements of archaeology which desired the following:
A "Historical report containing the historical development of Louisbourg's Rue du Petit Etang - to include all buildings in or adjacent to the street and all activities such as gardens etc.. The area included in the research is highlighted on the attached plan."
As such, the report describes only those constructions, alterations, repairs, the effects of the sieges of 1745 and 1758, and any human activity which may have impacted upon the identified archaeological footprint (Rue du Petit Etang and selected adjacent features). Of interest, although Joseph Lartigue was a major player within this area of study, this report, like his official biography, is only suggestive of the wealth of detail available to the researcher.(1)
Volume One interprets the
footprint. The two sections
Interpretation of Built History Events:
Construction Details (1713 - 1768) and
Interpretation of the Chronology Of Built History Events
(1713 - 1768) must be read together.
Volume Two, Chronology Of Built History Events (1713 - 1768), chronicles the history of the footprint, and brings together in one place the evidence for the interpretations of Volume One. Here then one must turn for final authentication.
The manuscript references of Volume Two are either transcriptions reformatted to facilitate reading and interpretation, or else issued as a précis of the original document. Although these reproductions are more or less accurate (depending upon one's standard), the originals, as held, for example, in the Archives of the Fortress of Louisbourg in micro or photo form, remain the final word.
The Fortress of Louisbourg, at its discretion and cost, will issue Volume Three, Reproduced Maps and Plans, in support of Volume One. To assist this decision, Volume Two chronicles the more important of these maps and plans.
Finally the endnotes of Volume One refer directly to documentation transcribed or précised in Volume Two.
ENDNOTES
1. Dictionary of Canadian Biography 1741 - 1770, Volume 03 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974), pp. 356-357. The same is the situation For Fautoux: Dictionary of Canadian Biography 1741 - 1770, Volume 03 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974), p. 216.