Extracts of Matters of Historical Interest from "The Huissier, News For and About the Fortress of Louisbourg Heritage Presentation Staff"

by
The Fortress of Louisbourg Heritage Presentation Staff

THE HUISSIER

Only 18th-Century Contemporary Accounts
or Louisbourg Researched Memos were Extracted

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• Ahhhh...Chocolate (June 23, 2004), by Ruby Powell, Collections Technician

• An Acadian Servant's Story (April 30, 2004),by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff Historian

• Angelica (July 27, 2003/August 10, 2005)

• Artillerymen and Drummers (July 28, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Bread (July 5, 2002) [La Nouvelle Maison Rustique ou Economie, 1755]

• Business was Business in the Eighteenth Century as It Is Now (June 14, 2003), [by John Johnston, Historian]

• Cannon Sizes at Louisbourg (September 15, 2004), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Cape Breton After 1758: A Brief Synopsis (June 23, 2005), by Ken Donovan, Staff Historian 

• The Capture of le Cantabre (July 7, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Chapelle St. Louis (June 23, 2003) by A Louisbourg Historian

• Chocolate and the Les compagnies franches de la Marine (July 2, 2006), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff Historian

• Chocolate as Medicine (July 23, 2006), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff  Historian and Ruby Powell

• Christmas in Eighteenth Century Louisbourg (June 21, 2006), by Kenneth Donovan, Staff Historian

• Crosses (September 22, 2003), by Bill O'Shea

• Diamond headed nails (September 7, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff Historian

• The Dugas Story (June 23, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• The Wines of Duquesnel (August 2, 2006), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff Historian, and Susan Lane, July, 2006

• Fête de Saint-Louis (August 23, 2002), by Greg Joyce, Heritage Presentation Specialist/Military

• Germans in Louisbourg, 1713-1758, (September 13, 2006), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Glass in the 18th Century (June 30, 2003) by A Louisbourg Historian

• Île Royale, 1713-1758 (August 3, 2005), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Imposing Discipline (July 13, 2007), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Imposing Discipline (July 21, 2007), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Imposing Discipline (August 4, 2007), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Imposing Discipline (August 22, 2007), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Jeanne Mius d'Entremont (July 21, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Joseph Broussard (also Brossard) dit Beausoliel (April 30, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Karrer Uniforms (August 4, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• King Louis IX of France - King, Crusader, and Saint (August 24, 2005), Media Release

• Life at the Missions (September 15, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• The lot of an Acadian wife (July 7, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Madame Beauséjour, Marguerite Dugas (June 30, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Makeup in Louisbourg 1744, (July 15, 2006), by Anne Marie Jonah, Historian

• Marie Marguerite Rose, 1717-1757 (July 13, 2005), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Marriage Contracts (July 16, 2009), by Anne Marie Lane Johah, Historian

• Mi’kmaw Hieroglyphs (August 10, 2005), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Mi’kmaw Man's Costume (July 15, 2006), by Elizabeth Tait

• Mortars in Louisbourg (July 9, 2009), by Sandy Balcolm, Historian

• The Mystery Queen (August 4, 2003), by Ann Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• New Addition to the Chapel (September 8, 2003), by Ruby Powell, Collections Technician

• New Reproduction Playing Cards (July 13, 2005), by Ruby Powell, Furnishings

• Number of Clerical Staff ~ How many Sisters of Notre Dame, Brothers of Charity, and Recollets were here in 1744? (August 10, 2005), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• The Order of Saint Louis at Louisbourg (September 29, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Notes on the Karrer Detachement at Louisbourg (July 7, 2004), by B.A. Balcom, Historian, August 2001

• Panes of Glass (August 25, 2003), by Susann Myers, Restoration Architect

• Passage to New France How much did it cost (August 10, 2005), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah

• The Potato (July 19, 2002/September 14, 2005), by Blaine Aitkens), [by Pierre Jean Baptiste Le Grand d'Aussy, Histoire de la vie privée des françois, 1:143-45, 1782)]

• Prisoners on Parole (July 15, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• The Privateer, Jean Fougère (July 28, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Rum: a Nice Light Drink (June 15, 2005), by Anne Marie Lane-Jonah, Historian

• The 1744 campaign of Captain Michel de Gannes de Falaise (July 14, 2004), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• Saw Mills and Beams (September 15, 2004), by A Louisbourg Historian

• The Size & Weight of Cod in the 18th Century (September 15, 2003), by Jim Candow, Historian

• Slavery In Louisbourg (July 9, 2009), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Slavery in Canada (July 6, 2005), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Slaves In Île Royale, 1713-1758 (Summer/Fall, 2008), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Soil (July 12, 2002), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Sources of News & Information in the 18th Century (September 8, 2003), by Eric Krause, Historian, September 19, 1991

• Spiking guns at the Royal Battery, 1745 (July 20, 2005), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

•  The Story of John Low (June 14, 2006), by Ken Donovan, Historian

• Trade Patterns of Louisbourg (August 18, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Understanding Military Terminology: Company, Regiment, Battalion (August 3, 2005), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Uniforms and the companies franches de la Marine (July 21, 2003), by Sandy Balcom, Historian

• Was there homosexuality in the barracks at Louisbourg? (September 14, 2005), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Staff Historian, April 9, 2005

• What caused the 1744 mutiny? How long did it last? How many soldiers were identified and tried as ringleaders? (August 31, 2005), by Anne Marie Lane Jonah, Historian

• What does the Latin inscription on the plaque mounted on the landward side of the Frederic Gate mean? (July 26, 2002)

• White Ensign (June 23, 2003) by A Louisbourg Historian

• Wrought iron railing (June 30, 2003) by A Louisbourg Historian

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