BLOCK 4

BY

TERRENCE D. MACLEAN

January 1974

(Fortress of Louisbourg
Report Number H D 24)

LOT A

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PART ONE:

(1) OWNERSHIP

The site of Lot A, given its final limits after the layout of the streets of Louisbourg in 1723, was included in two concessions awarded to Guillaume Delort in 1717 by De Costebelle and De Soubras:

Concession du S. de Lore sur le même alignment de 7 toises de frond sur 40 de profondeur bornée d'un costé par le terrain de Madame Duvivier, et de l'autre par celuy de l'Eglise des habitans apartenans au Roy, separée de la maison du S. de Lore par un chemin de 15 pieds de large ... Terrain du S. de Lore en magazin, retourant d'Equierre à sa maison, et paralelle a celle du Sr. Langevin separée l'une de l'autre par un chemin de 15 pieds de large. La concession est de 13 toises de long sur 3 toises 3 pieds de large bornée d'un costé par la maison du Sr. de Lore, et de l'autre par le magazin à M. de Pensens [NOTE 16].

These two contiguous concessions gave Delort a substantial parcel of land in the prime commercial area of the town.

The definitive layout of the streets of Louisbourg in 1722-1723 led to the modification of the boundaries of these two concessions: Lot A was aligned along Rue Royale to the south and Rue de l'Estang to the [PAGE 7:] west; to the north the Delort store was demolished and rebuilt at the intersection of the Quay and Rue de l'Estang [NOTE 17]. The lot became an irregular hexagon in shape, smaller than the two concessions of 1717 together. Guillaume Delort owned the land, but did not receive an official concession until 29 September 1729, at which time the precise boundaries of the lot were established, as reiterated in the official 1734 list of concessions:

Au Sr. Guillaume de L'Or, habitant marchand, un terrain de 4 toises de face sur le quay et de 19 pieds de face sur la piece du port d'une part et de 45 pieds de l'autre. Et 198 pieds sur la rue de l'Estang et de 75 pieds sur la rue Royalle, borné A l'est par le terrain de la dame veuve Duvivier, [au nord] partie par la place du port et par le quay, a ouest par la rue de l'Estang, au sud par la rue Royalle, par concession du 29 Sept. 1729 [NOTE 18:] (See Figure 2)

Lot A remained in the possession of Guillaume Delort from 1717 to the 1745 siege. During the first English occupation the Delort store was used as a victuals storehouse [NOTE 19]. The land was returned to the Delort family in 1749. (Guillaume Delort, however, had died in France between 1744 and 1749 and his son, Louis, assumed possession of Lot A [NOTE 20]. He lived on Block 4 until his death in December, 1752 [NOTE 21]. The late Louis Delort's wife, Barbe la Neuf De la Vallière, had been named executor of his estate and probably owned Lot A until the siege of 1758, although she did not live there after 1753 [NOTE 22].

In 1768 the store on Lot A belonged to an Irish merchant, Lawrence Kavanagh [NOTE 23]. The dimensions of the lot did not vary until 1768; after that date its history is lost in that of Block 4 in general [NOTE 24].

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(2) OCCUPANTS:

Michel Le Neuf De la Vallière, though he did not own the land, lived briefly on Lot A, Block 4. He was a member of the founding expedition that came to Louisbourg in 1713, and he lived subsequently in the house on Lot A built by the crown [NOTE 25]. La Vallière was born in Three Rivers, Quebec, in 1677, became an ensign in 1706 in Canada, moved to Plaisance in 1710 and became a lieutenant shortly before coming to Isle Royale. At Louisbourg he was promoted to aide- major in 1720, captain in 1723, and major in 1737. In June, 1730, he was awarded the Cross of St. Louis, a prestigious honor in the early 18th century when few were awarded [NOTE 26]. With his wife, Renée Bertrand, la Vallière lived on Lot A from 1713 to 1715, but like the other senior officers in the Louisbourg garrison in the early years of the colony he probably spent most of his time away from Louisbourg. The family sold, their modest dwelling on Lot A to Guillaume Delort in 1715, at which time the lieutenant was stationed at St. Pierre [NOTE 27].

Guillaume Delort, born in Auch, Province of Gascony, Southern France, married Françoise Ovide Carrerot at Plaisance in 1711; there a son, Louis, was born [NOTE 28]. Madame Delort died before Guillaume moved to Block 4 [NOTE 29]. Two years later the merchant married Charlotte Gautier in Louisbourg [NOTE 30]. He died in France sometime before 1749, probably after 1744; at any rate he did not return to Louisbourg after the 1745 siege [NOTE 31].

The transaction between Madame De La Vallière and Delort in 1715 marked the arrival on Lot A of what was to become one of the most prominent, and wealthy families in the history of Louisbourg.

Guillaume Delort was a bourgeois merchant in the classic sense. His stature in the business community opened the door to prominence in [PAGE 10:] legal and ecclesiastical circles in the colony; and he was an early member of Louisbourg's social elite. A succession of judicial appointments, as well as a spate of business transactions with the crown, attested to Delort's close and profitable relationship with the administration of the colony.

The principal instrument of civil administration at Isle Royale was the Superior Council, mainly a judicial body, but also charged with promulgating general ordinances pertaining to the welfare of the community. It operated under the authority of the governor and commissaire-ordonnateur who were members of the council; other members included the king's lieutenant a royal attorney, a clerk of the court and two other councillors [NOTE 32]. On December 1, 1722, Delort substituted on the council for St. Ovide De Brouillan, governor, who was absent [NOTE 33]. He was a permanent member of the council in 1735 and served until the temporary dissolution of the body during the siege of 1745 [NOTE 34]. Before his death Delort held the office of Garde des Sceaux on the council, in which capacity he sealed, dated and countersigned the decrees and judgments of that body [NOTE 35].

Minor civil suits and breaches of the peace at Louisbourg were tried in a lower court known as the Baillage, and customs violations were heard in the Siege de l'Amirauté or admiralty court. Here too, Delort held a prestigious appointment, for in April, 1724 he was acting "Procureur du Roy", the rough equivalent of a modern attorney-general, in the admiralty court replacing Marc Antoine De la Forest [NOTE 36]. The appointment was made official three months later, placing Delort - a merchant engaged in considerable trade in and out of Louisbourg - in a rather enviable position [NOTE 37].

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The Catholic Church was, of course, an integral part of life at Louisbourg, so status in the Church was a good yardstick of prominence in the community. The organization handling the day to day business of the parish, particularly financial affairs, was known as the fabrigue. As early as 1723 Delort was marguillier of the parish church, which automatically made him a member of the fabrigue for life [NOTE 38]. His participation in baptisms for sons and daughters of some of Louisbourg's leading families also indicated his position in Louisbourg society. In 1740 Guillaume and his daughter, Dame Marie Charlotte Delort, were the principals in the benediction of a bell belonging to the Recollets. The bell, probably placed in the Recollet chapel on Block 3, was christened Guillaume Charlotte [NOTE 39].

All these marks of position in the community emanated from Delort's success in commerce; he was first and foremost a merchant. His business in France seemed to centre on the ports of La Rochelle and Bayonne, and to a lesser extent St. Jean de Luz [NOTE 40]. Bayonne, in the Province of Gascony, was near Delort's birthplace, so he undoubtedly drew on connections he established in Southern France before coming to Plaisance. In 1732 he held the power of attorney in Louisbourg for a Bayonne merchant, Jean De Lasson, and in the same year appeared before the Superior Council as plaintiff in a case involving his own financial obligations to two Bayonne merchants [NOTE 41]. Like most of the merchants at Isle Royale, Delort did not confine his commercial interests to the French empire but tapped the resources of New England as well, particularly for foodstuffs, probably when the goods were not available in Canada [NOTE 42].

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In addition to a thriving external commerce Delort was involved in lucrative business ventures within the colony, dealing mainly with the fishery. Although he provided supplies for fishing expeditions and bought many cargoes for resale at home and abroad it appears that Delort was not involved directly with the catch. The census returns for 1724, 1726 and 1734, which include a column listing the number of boats owned and their use, consistently demonstrate that Delort did not own fishing boats or employ fishermen [NOTE 43]. In 1721 he formed a partnership with Jean Dolabarats "touchant un terrain de pêche qu'ils exploitent en société"; Delort owned the land while Dolabarats provided the ships for the catch [NOTE 44]. The boats owned by Delort were used to ship goods, likely to export cod and import manufactured goods [NOTE 45]. He did outfit the vessels of local fishermen from supplies he likely held in his storehouse on Block 4, however, and sometimes financed the construction of fishing schooners [NOTE 46].

A series of transactions involving the schooner La Margot graphically illustrates Delort's method of doing business. In 1731 he agreed to supply the building materials and provision the labourers needed by Miqueton Boudrot for the construction of La Margot at Port Toulouse. Boudrot died before he could settle his debt, which had risen to about 2,800 livres, leaving his widow with the responsibility of paying Delort. Unable to pay the debt, she acknowledged the merchant's claim to the schooner and ceded it to him in a judicial sale on May 18, 1733 [NOTE 47]. Three experts summoned by the court estimated the value of La Margot at 2,500 livres but Delort sold it two weeks later to Cassagnolles and Bernard Detcheverry, fellow residents of Block 4, for 2,800 livres [NOTE 48]. Thus, in curt fashion, Delort had full payment for his services to Boudrot, avoiding [PAGE 13:] the usual inordinate delays that accompanied succession disputes at Louisbourg. Another boat sale furnished further proof of Delort's shrewd business tactics. On October 19, 1729, he bought a boat, Le Joly Bachelier, from Abraham Moisan for 6,000 livres. Less than two weeks later he sold it to Jean Pierre Cassin for 6,400 livres [NOTE 49].

Another reason for Delort's success was his close connection with the administration at Louisbourg. As well as occupying positions of influence in the legal administration of the colony, he sold goods and services to the crown throughout his career. In the bordereaux des paiements drawn up by the crown, Delort's name appeared regularly [NOTE 50]. With a thriving business on three fronts, external trade, supplying the fishery, and supplying the crown, the Block 4 merchant must have been a wealthy man indeed. (See Table 1)

TABLE 1:

LIST OF COMMODITIES MARKETED IN LOUISBOURG BY GUILLAUME DELORT [Compiled from references in C11B, G2, G3 and ACM]

(i) QUANTITY: 4 pieces; COMMODITY: facture des toiles; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(ii) QUANTITY: 20 aunes; COMMODITY: ruban rouge [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(iii) QUANTITY: 97 1/4; COMMODITY: aunes toille; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(iv) QUANTITY: 10 aunes; COMMODITY: Carisé; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(v) QUANTITY: 3 3/4 aunes; COMMODITY: Mazamet; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(vi) QUANTITY: 1 3/4 aunes; COMMODITY: Dourgue; TYPE: Clothing Supplies;

(vii) QUANTITY: 1344 aunes; COMMODITY: Rondelette; TYPE: Clothing Supplies;

(viii)QUANTITY: 48; COMMODITY: Couvertes de Bordeaux; TYPE: Clothing Supplies

(vix) QUANTITY: 14 paires; COMMODITY: bottes; TYPE: Clothing

(x) QUANTITY: 10 paires; COMMODITY: bas de potiers - enfants; TYPE: Clothing;

(xi) QUANTITY: 4 douzaines; COMMODITY: bonnets [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Clothing

(xii) QUANTITY: 38 livres; COMMODITY: savon; TYPE: Clothing;

(xiii) QUANTITY: 443 qtz 49 livres; COMMODITY: Biscuit; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xiv) QUANTITY: 10 qts; COMMODITY: vinaigre [purchased by by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xv) QUANTITY: 15 qtx 159 qts; COMMODITY: molues; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xvi) QUANTITY: 20 barils molues verts; TYPE: Foodstuffs QUANTITY: 25 barils harengs; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xvii) QUANTITY: 30 barile; COMMODITY: d'anguilles; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xviii) QUANTITY: 40 barils; COMMODITY: huile de poisson; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xix) QUANTITY: 14 barriques; COMMODITY: de sel; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xx) QUANTITY: 48 [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: pain; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxi) QUANTITY: 6 barriques 16 qts 292 qtx; COMMODITY: farine; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxii) QUANTITY: 335 livres; COMMODITY: beurre [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxiii) QUANTITY: 2 barils; COMMODITY: fromage; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxiv) QUANTITY: 2 qtx; COMMODITY: poids de Canada (de New York) [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxv) QUANTITY: 2 barriques; COMMODITY: vin; TYPE: Foodstuffs QUANTITY: 14 barriques; COMMODITY: de sel; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxvi) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: molasses [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxvii) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: tabac [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Foodstuffs

(xxviii) QUANTITY: 8 barils; COMMODITY: suif ; TYPE: Lighting Supplies

(xxix) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: CHANDELLES [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: LIGHTING SUPPLIES

(xxx) QUANTITY: 200 livres; COMMODITY: coton file [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Lighting Supplies

(xxxi) QUANTITY: 58 1/2 barriques; COMMODITY: charbon [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Lighting Supplies

(xxxii) QUANTITY: 29 1/2 livre; COMMODITY: huile [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Lighting Supplies

(xxxiii) QUANTITY: 200 dz; COMMODITY: ain (hameçon); TYPE: Fishing Supplies

(xxxiv) QUANTITY: 30; COMMODITY: lignes [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Fishing Supplies

(xxxv) QUANTITY: 8 garnitures; COMMODITY: de circle pour mât de bateaux; TYPE: Fishing Supplies

(xxxvi) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: ligne de peche [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Fishing Supplies

(xxxvii) QUANTITY: 6000 pieds; COMMODITY: planches; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xxxviii) QUANTITY: 700 pieds; COMMODITY: cordage; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xxxix) QUANTITY: 250 pieds ; COMMODITY: plus petits bordage; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xl) QUANTITY: 2 barils; COMMODITY: cloux essentes 24 meulles; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xli) QUANTITY: 2 barils; COMMODITY: bray ; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xlii) QUANTITY: 20 barils; COMMODITY: goldron; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xliii) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: carreaux de verres [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xliv) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: cloux; TYPE: Building Supplies

(xlv) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: utensils pour tonnelier; TYPE: Durables;

(xlvi) QUANTITY: 6; COMMODITY: bureaux; TYPE: Durables;

(xlvii) QUANTITY: 2; COMMODITY: bufets; TYPE: Durables;

(xlviii) QUANTITY: 3; COMMODITY: grilles; TYPE: Durables;

(xlvix) QUANTITY: 1; COMMODITY: plaque de fer [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Durables;

(li) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: harder et effete pr. soldats [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Military Supplies;

(lii) QUANTITY: 1; COMMODITY: canot avec avirons [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Military Supplies;

(liii) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: Plomb engrain [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Military Supplies

(liv) QUANTITY: [quantity not specified]; COMMODITY: munitions [purchased by Colonial Administration]; TYPE: Military Supplies;

Delort extended this calculating approach to his personal life as well. In his marriage contract with Charlotte Gauthier, the Paris Customs, by which each party would have been responsible for the other's debts and property, was expressly denounced: "Declarent le dit futur époux et ladite Demoiselle future Epouse Renoncer aux Coutomes de Paris ... [NOTE 51]. Instead Delort wrote his own terms, which did not include the joint ownership of property. Later, in his will, Guillaume stipulated that if his wife remarried after his death control over the financial care of his children - and the goods from his estate - would be transferred to Delort's friend, Michel Dacarette [NOTE 52]. Obviously Guillaume wanted to ensure that his wealth stayed in the Delort family. He made specific mention of his son, Louis, in the will and subsequently brought him into his lucrative business interests, and when Louis married, Guillaume paid his son's business debts in full [NOTE 53].

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Louis Delort assumed control of the family business and became proprietor of Lot A after his father's death. In 1739 he married Barbe Le Neuf De La Vallière, daughter of Michel Le Neuf De La Vallière, the original occupant of Lot A [NOTE 54]. Not long after the wedding Michel Le Neuf De La Vallière sold his land and charpente storehouse on Block 14 to Louis Delort his son-in-law [NOTE 55]. This gave the Delort family land on three consecutive blocks along Rue de l'Estang: Isle du Quay, Block 4 and Block 14. With the gains of this astute marriage added to his wealth as heir of Guillaume Delort, Louis was placed in a most lucrative position after the first English occupation. He succeeded his father on the Superior Council and moved into the Delort mansion on Rue Royale [NOTE 56].

Three years later, however, Louis Delort was on his deathbed. On the evening of December 1, 1752, he signed his will "dans un lit malade en une chambre de maison scize Rue Royalle [NOTE 57]. He died one week later [NOTE 58]. As principal heir and guardian of the three Delort children, Barbe Le Neuf De La Vallière succeeded her husband as proprietor of Lot A and was living in the Delort house on Rue Royale in 1753 when the inventory of the Louis Delort estate was taken in December [NOTE 59]. The estate was valued at more than 80.000 livres. Before the end of the month she married Gabriel Rousseau De Villejouin, "chevallier de l'ordre Militaire de St. Louis" [NOTE 60]. It is unlikely that any of the Delorts lived on Block 4 after 1754, since by that time Rousseau De Villejouin was commandant at Ile St. Jean and the two sons of Guillaume Delort, Guillaume junior and Michel, acting on De Villejouin's behalf rented the Rue Royale house to a Sr. Gombert [NOTE 61]. In 1753 Guillaume Delort junior had replaced his brother Louis on the Superior Council, and presumably carried on the Delort involvement in the administration of the colony until the 1758 siege [NOTE 62].

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BUILDINGS:

A previous historical report has described the buildings constructed on lot A between 1713 and 1768, but an additional conclusion can be made on the basis of further research. [Christian Pouyez, Lot A. Block 4, translated by Christopher Moore, pages 8 to 21: See Reproduced below]. The building on the east boundary of Lot A, about 27 pieds back from the old Delort house on Rue du Quay, was a bakery, according to a document concerning a land dispute between Guillaume Delort and François Dupont Duvivier in 1737 [NOTE 63]. Since there was no subsequent mention of the structure, and since it did not appear on the plans after 1734, it probably was destroyed during the first siege. An alternative assumption is that Delort destroyed the bakery in 1743 when he ceded 1 pied of land along the eastern boundary of Lot A to Duvivier [NOTE 64]. On a 1767 plan a building appeared in the same area, 70 feet from Rue Royale, but it was probably a British building and not the bakery [NOTE 65].

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PART TWO

(APPENDIX I):

CHRISTIAN POUYEZ. LOT A. BLOCK 4, TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER MOORE, PAGES 8 - 21:

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(3) BUILDINGS ON LOT A (Figure 3):

(A) THE OLD DELORT HOUSE: [NOTE 18:]

Built in 1713, partly with royal funds, it first belonged to Michel Le Neuf de la Vallière who sold it on November 14, 1715 to Guillaume Delort, a merchant living in Louisbourg [NOTE 19].

In 1713 the house was 36 pieds long by 20 pieds wide, A lean-to, as wide as the house and six pieds long, was attached to the west side of the house. The house was constructed of pickets, with a three sided roof, hipped at the west side; the roofing, was made of bark and the house had only one chimney. The floor was of planks and the partitions made of split pickets [NOTE 20].

The design of the interior is not well known: the house's act of sale in 1715, described it as "consisting of a main room, cabinets, kitchen, storeroom and garden ... " [NOTE 21], without giving more details. The house and the lean-to were estimated to be worth 600 livres in 1713, half for the roofing, the chimney and the planks, half for the pickets, boards, iron fittings, glass, nails and labour [NOTE 22]. Two years later, the house, lean-to and garden were sold for 400 livres.

The dimensions of the house, as shown in plans made after 1717, varied considerably.

(A) PLAN NUMBER: 1718-2 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 42x23 (2) Shed: 6x23

(B) PLAN NUMBER: 1720-4 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 30x24 (2) Shed: in 1720 it was shown without precise measurements.

(C) PLAN NUMBER: 1722-1 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 36X15 (2) Shed: after 1722, the shed was not shown on the plans.

(D) PLAN NUMBER: 1723-1 AND 1723-2 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 36x24 (2) Shed: After 1722, the shed was not shown on the plans.

(E) PLAN NUMBER: 1723-3 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 36x20 (2) Shed: After 1722, the shed was not shown on the plans.

(F) PLAN NUMBER: 1723-4 Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 32x20 (2) Shed: After 1722, the shed was not shown on the plans.

(G) PLAN NUMBER: AVERAGE Dimensions - in pieds: (1) House: 35.3x21; (2) Shed: n\a: After 1722, the shed was not shown on the plans.

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It is almost certain that these variations are due to imprecisions in the plans, rather than to actual changes in the building.

Between 1723 and 1726 the Delort store was enlarged (first addition to Delort store, Figure 3, NO. 3); to build the new section of the store, the house had to be partly demolished. After the modification, the house appeared in the shape of a trapezoid of which the long side, to the south, was 28 pieds and the short side to the north, 21 pieds. The unaltered east side still measured 20 pieds, and the west side, measuring 22 pieds all together, adjoined the store for a length of 14 pieds [NOTE 23].

The old Delort house disappeared in the plan of 1730 [NOTE 24]; but this was certainly an error in the plan; the house reappeared on a 1731 plan as well as on the excellent plan of 1734. 25 Besides, it is known that on December 14, 1733, a summons to appear before the Conseil Superieur was served upon Guillaume Delort, resident on the Rue du Quay [NOTE 26]. One may therefore assume that the old Delort house existed at least until 1734. It was subsequently demolished, between 1734 and 1745, for it does not appear on the plans of 1745 or following years [NOTE 27]. However, it is possible that the west side of the house which occupied the area into which the enlarged store extended was not demolished, but simply was incorporated in the store at the time of enlargement. That is the impression given by two plans of 1746, but given the current state of research, it is impossible to judge the credibility of these documents [NOTE 28].

(B) THE DELORT STOREHOUSE:

The building which became the Delort storehouse served first, for a year or two, as a lodging for troops. In 1715 or 1716 it was ceded to Guillaume Delort "in payment for materials which he supplied to the garrison in 1715" [NOTE 29].

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In 1713 the building was 80 pieds long and 20 pieds wide. Made of pickets, it was covered with bark and had two chimneys [NOTE 30]. It was estimated as a whole "for the pickets, flooring, roofing, bark, chimneys, boards, windows, iron fittings, labour and nails", to be worth 800 livres, entirely paid by the king [NOTE 31].

As with the old Delort house, measurements of the store vary from one plan to another, from 54 pieds by 24 pieds in 1717 to 90 pieds by 24 pieds in 1722 [NOTE 32], bit once again that can be explained by the imprecision of the plans. It appears that the building was not modified in structure before 1723.

In 1723 the store, which encroached upon both the Quay and the projected route of Rue de 'Estang, was demolished, and reconstructed within the new boundaries of Lot A, of which it occupied the north-west corner [NOTE 33]. Judging by plans 1723-1 and 1723-2, its new dimensions were 42 pieds long by 24 pieds wide. It was separated from the old Delort house by a space of about 12 pieds at the west and six pieds at the east. (Figure 3, No. 1).

About 1725-26 the store underwent its first enlargement: its dimensions rose to 66 pieds long by 24 pieds wide, and according to plan 1726-4, the west side of the store adjoined the old Delort house along about 14 pieds [NOTE 34]. A second expansion was made between 1726 and 1730, raising the total length of the store to about 130 pieds (Figure 3, Nos. 3 and 4): the dimensions shown on the plans vary from 120 to 144 pieds for the length and from 24 to 30 pieds for the width [NOTE 35].

There are grounds for believing that the south wall of the store was not demolished in the second enlargement it may have served as a partition between two parts of the store. It must be noted that in the present [PAGE 108:] state of research it is impossible to prove precisely which part of the building served as the storehouse, which as the retail store (boutique). On two plans of 1746, the separation inside the building, is provided by the old Delort house, which instead of being demolished, could have been partially incorporated into the store [NOTE 36]. This seems unlikely especially because the other plans of 1746 show only a simple separation, dividing the building into two equal parts [NOTE 37].

In 1746, the store underwent two new modifications. The south half of the building was renovated, and the English troops used it as a victuals storehouse [NOTE 38]. Also a new building was constructed in the gap between the store and the Delort house on Rue Royale. This new building which appeared for the first time in 1747 [NOTE 39], was probably a temporary building: it was demolished between 1752 and 1767. Possibly it was already demolished in 1758: it does not appear on plan 1758-20, but this plan is too poor to serve as the basis of a definite conclusion (Figure 3, No. 7).

Except for this temporary building, the store was used until 1768. The north part was probably used as living quarters, at least in 1767, for it is classified on plan 1767-1 as "a house at present inhabited." The south part seems to have remained a store [NOTE 40]. In 1768 both parts of the building, were occupied by Mr. Kavanagh, merchant, but they were then in very poor condition [NOTE 41].

Finally, it may be noted that on plan 1767-1, a shed of 10 feet by 10 feet seems to have been built on the east side of the north part of the store. This addition disappeared in 1768 (Figure 3, No. 8).

The dimensions of the Delort store according to the plans from 1730 to 1768 can be found below.

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(1) PLAN NUMBER: 1730-2 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: n/a (B) SOUTH SECTION: n/a (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 144x24 pieds (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a

(2) PLAN NUMBER: 1731-3 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: n/a (B) SOUTH SECTION: n/a (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 130x25 pieds (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(3) PLAN NUMBER: 1734-4 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: n/a (B) SOUTH SECTION: n/a (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120x30 pieds (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(4) PLAN NUMBER: 1745-24 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 70x40 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 70x40 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: 140x40 feet (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(5) PLAN NUMBER: 1746-2 and 1746-3 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: n/a (B) SOUTH SECTION: n/a (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 140x30 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(6) PLAN NUMBER: 1746-4 and 1746-5 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120x20 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(7) PLAN NUMBER: 1746-8a DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 65x25 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 65x25 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 130x25 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(8) PLAN NUMBER: 1747-1 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120 x20 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: 40x20 feet (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(9) PLAN NUMBER: 1748-2 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 60x20 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: 120 x20 feet (E) LEAN-TO: 40x20 feet

(10) PLAN NUMBER: 1752-11 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 60x24 pieds (B) SOUTH SECTION: 60x24 pieds (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120x24 pieds (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: 36x24 pieds (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(11) PLAN NUMBER: 1767-1 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 60x25 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 60x25 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120x25 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: 10x10 feet

(12) PLAN NUMBER: 1768-1 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 65x30 feet (B) SOUTH SECTION: 70x30 feet (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 130x30 feet (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a

(13) PLAN NUMBER: ND-89 DIMENSIONS OF STORE AND ATTACHED BUILDINGS: (A) NORTH SECTION: 48x30 pieds (B) SOUTH SECTION: 72x30 pieds (C) TOTAL OF NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS: 120x30 pieds (D) TEMPORARY BUILDING: n/a (E) LEAN-TO: n/a;

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Information on the interior layout of the store in completely unavailable. On the architecture of the building, there are only rare details, mostly contradictory. Given the state of research, one can propose the following: the north part of the building was a single-storey wooden structure. In three views of Louisbourg the roof has two slopes [NOTE 42]. On one view and a plan, it has three slopes, being hipped at the north side [NOTE 43]. On another plan it has four slopes [NOTE 44]. It seems more probable that the roof had only two slopes. Possibly the south part of the store was slightly more elevated than the north part: that is shown on plan 1745-1, though no other plan supports it. The building had two chimneys according to plan 1731-1. It is known moreover that it had at least two dormers, the size of which can be estimated by indirect evidence: in a statement presented by Jean Bertrand, roofer, as part of his action against Guillaume Delort, he claimed to have repaired two dormers in the store, measured at one and a half square toises per dormer [NOTE 45].

Information on doors and windows is very contradictory: it seems that there was a door on the west side of the north face, and one or two windows on the east side of that face [NOTE 46]. Plan 1731-1 also shows a window in the gable on the north face. On plan 1745-1 a window and a dormer are shown on the east face of the building. Not much credence can be given to plan 1758-6a which makes the store a two storey building with six windows on the east side, and four windows and a door on the north side.

That is all the information that can be given for the time being on the architecture of the store.

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(C) THE DELORT HOUSE ON RUE ROYALE:

About 1720, the marsh covering the south half of block four and part of Lot 3 was drained [NOTE 47]. On Lot A the former site of the swamp was used in the following years for gardens and various buildings, particularly the Delort house at the corner of Rue Royale and Rue de l'Estang.

The Delort house was built between 1726 and 1730 [NOTE 48]; at that time (1730) it had 30 pieds of frontage on Rue Royale and 24 pieds on Rue de l'Estang. The roof had three slopes and was hipped at the west side. Strangely, the house does not appear on the plan of 1731 [NOTE 49], and all the south part of Lot A is occupied by gardens. In 1734 the house reappeared, but with a different orientation: the side on Rue Royale (30 pieds) and the front on Rue de l'Estang (48 pieds) [NOTE 50]. This change can be explained in two ways. It is possible that the building shown on the plan of 1730 was a temporary structure and that the house was entirely rebuilt on a different alignment between 1730 and 1734. Or, and this seems more likely, the house built in 1726-1730 was enlarged in the following years. In that case, the house would have been extended by 24 pieds along Rue de l'Estang, with the Rue Royale side left unchanged. This second theory explains the main entrance being located on Rue Royale: otherwise it is hard to imagine why the entrance would be placed on the more narrow side of the house.

The house remained in that shape until 1768 (Figure 3. Nos. 5 and 5a). Its dimensions vary from plan to plan, but not greatly, as shown in the following table.

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(1) Plan: 1730-2: Length (Rue de L'Etang: 24 pieds; Length (Rue Royale: 30 pieds;

(2) Plan: 1734-4; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 48 pieds; Length (Rue Royale: 30 pieds;

(3) Plan: 1745-24; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 50 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 40 feet;

(4) Plan: 1746-2 and 1746-3: House is not shown;

(5) Plan: 1746-4 and 1746-5; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 40 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 25 feet;

(6) Plan: 1746-8a; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 40 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 20 feet;

(7) Plan: 1747-1; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 40 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 20 feet;

(8) Plan: 1748-2; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 40 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 20 feet;

(9) Plan: 1752-11; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 48 pied; Length (Rue Royale: 24 pieds

(10) Plan: 1767-1; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 50 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 20 feet;

(11) Plan: 1768-1; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 45 feet; Length (Rue Royale: 30 feet;

(12) Plan: ND 89; Length (Rue de L'Etang: 42 pieds; Length (Rue Royale: 30 pieds.

In 1767-1768, the house was in very poor condition. It is known that it was used as a storehouse or stable in 1767 [NOTE 51], and in 1768 it was described as a wooden building, in very poor condition, that is, with most of the partitions and window frames torn out for firewood [NOTE 52].

Information on the exterior of the house is almost nonexistent: we know that according to the action between Jean Bernard and Guillaume Delort in 1733 that the attic of the house had at least five dormers [NOTE 53]. Also, the inventory after the death of Louis Delort shows that, the house had two fireplaces, one in the bedroom, the other in the kitchen and that there was a stove in the antechamber [NOTE 54]. Possibly there were two chimneys, but it seems more likely that the fireplaces were back-to-back, in which case the house would have had only a single chimney. The main entrance was certainly on the Rue Royale side [NOTE 55], as would be normal if it is assumed that the house was built in two stages: in the first structure (about 1730) [PAGE 113:] the longer side faced Rue Royale, and only after the house was enlarged did the side on Rue de l'Estang become the longer one.

The interior design of the house is unknown: we only know from the inventory after Louis Delort's death that it had an antechamber, bedroom, kitchen, pantry and two cabinets. Contrary to the normal practice in death inventories, Delort's does not give precise locations of the rooms. The enumeration of rooms is given in the following order which may indicate their layout [NOTE 56].

(i) Bedroom
(ii) Antechamber
(iii) Cabinet beside the antechamber
(iv) Cabinet beside the bedroom
(v) Kitchen
(vi) Pantry

(D) UNIDENTIFIED BUILDING:

A building whose use has not yet been determined first appeared in the plans of 1731. Erected on the west [east] side of Lot A, this building was 12 pieds by 12 pieds; its side borders the edge of the lot (Figure 3, No. 6). It is separated from the old Delort house by about 27 pieds [NOTE 57].

In 1734 the measurements of this building were 14 pieds in length (on the east face of the lot) by 12 pieds of width, separated from the old Delort house by 25 pieds [NOTE 58]. The building does not appear on the plans after 1734, except in 1767 when it is identified as "presently occupied storehouse or stable" [NOTE 59]. It does not appear on the plans of 1768.

ENDNOTES
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PART ONE:

[NOTE 16:] A.N., Colonies, C11B. Vol. 2, fols. 152-153, Toisé particulier des concessions accordées a chaque habitant du port de Louisbourg, Louisbourg, 10 novembre 1717; also A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 462, fol. 69.
[NOTE 17:] A.N., Colonies, C11A, Vol. 126, fol. 111, Etat des maisons qui se trouve faites et qui se font pendant cette année 1723, n.d., as cited in Christian Pouyez, "Louisbourg: Le Terrain A De L'Ilot 4", National Historic Sites Service Manuscript Report Series, No.57, Ottawa, 1972, p.3, (partially reprinted in Appendix 1).
[NOTE 18:] A.N., Colonies, C11B. Vol. 15, fol. 28, Ftat des terrains concédés dans la ville de Louisbourg sous le bon plaisir du Roy par Messieurs le gouverneur et commissaire ordonnateur de l'ile Royale jusqu'au 15 octobre 1734, Louisbourg, 15 octobre 1734; also, A.N., Colonies C11G Vol. 12, fols. 99-100, Confirmation des concessions ..., 5 avril 1735.
[NOTE 19:] A.F.L., plan 1746-8a.

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[NOTE 20:] Reference to "feu Guillaume Delort" in A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 212, No. 558, Retablissement du Conseil Superieur, Louisbourg, 1749.
[NOTE 21:] A.N., Outre Mer, G1, Vol. 408, 2nd register, fol. 69, Acte de Sepulture, Louisbourg, 7 décembre 1752.
[NOTE 22:] See above p.4.
[NOTE 23:] A.F.L., plan 1767-1.
[NOTE 24:] A.F.L., plan 1768-1.
[NOTE 25:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 467, part 3a, Census, Louisbourg 1713.
[NOTE 26:] Aegidius Fauteux, Les Chevaliers de Saint-Louis en Canada, Montreal, Les Editions de Dix, 1940, p. 126.
[NOTE 27:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2056, No. 42, Vente d'une maison au Sieur Delort, Louisbourg, 14 novembre 1715.
[NOTE 28:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 466 No. 59, Census, Louisbourg 1724; G2, Vol. 181, fol. 437, n.d.; G1, Vol. 407, n.d.
[NOTE 29:] A.N., Outre Mer, G1, Vol. 466, No.52.
[NOTE 30:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2056, No. 1, Contrat de mariage, Louisbourg, 24 janvier 1717. [NOTE 31:] A.N., Outre Mer., G1, Vol. 466., No.76, Dénombrement général des familles, officiers et habitants, Isle Royale, 1749.
[NOTE 32:] Terence Crowley, "French Colonial Administration at Louisbourg 1713- 1744", M.A., Duke University, 1970, p. 162.
[NOTE 33:] Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 178, fols. 27-30, 1 décembre 1722.
[NOTE 34:] A.N., Colonies, C11B, Vol. 15, fols. 12-14, Carrerot et Delort proposé, Louisbourg, 25 janvier 1735; reference to appointment on 1 May 1735 in A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 190, pt. 3, fol. 18, Louisbourg, 23 août 1736.

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[NOTE 35:] A.N., Outre Mer., G2, Vol. 212, No. 558, Nomination de Pierre André Carrerot comme Garde des Sceaux ... en remplacement Guillaume Delort, Louisbourg, 6 août 1749.
[NOTE 36:] A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 178, fols, 323-324, Louisbourg, 17 avril 1724.
[NOTE 37:] A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 178, fols. 808-809, Louisbourg, 17 juillet 1724,
[NOTE 38:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 406, fol. 3, Louisbourg, 14 mai 1723.
[NOTE 39:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 406, fol. 60, Bénédiction d'une cloche, l décembre, Louisbourg, 1 décembre 1740.
[NOTE 40:] Reference to the business transactions of Guillaume Delort are replete in A.N., Outre Mer, G2 and G3 and in Archives Charente Maritime.
[NOTE 41:] A.C.M., B286, fol. 82, Louisbourg, 4 novembre 1732; A.N., Outre Mer, Vol. 184, fol. 102, plumitif d'audience, Louisbourg, 13 octobre 1732.
[NOTE 42:] An example of this practice in trading biscuits is found in A.N., Colonies, C11C., Vol. 11., fol. 101, Louisbourg, 1 septembre 1735.
[NOTE 43:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 466, As cited in Barbara Schmeisser, "Guillaume Delort, Bourgeois Gentilhomme of Louisbourg 1715-1745", B.A., Dalhousie University, 1972, p. 14.
[NOTE 44:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2057, No. 25, Convention faite entre Dolabarats et Delort, Louisbourg, 24 novembre 1721.
[NOTE 45:] Two examples of Delort trading boats are: L'heureuse Retour (A.C.M., B267, fols. 27-29, Louisbourg, 1 fevrier 1735) and Le Nouveau Commerçant (A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2058, No. 22, Louisbourg, 20 octobre 1724). A list of marchandise marketed by Delort appears in Table 1.

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[NOTE 46:] Examples of this practice are found in: A.C.M., B265, fols. 58-59, Louisbourg, 18 mai 1724; A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 178, fols. 739-740 and 750-752, Louisbourg, 26 mars 1721.
[NOTE 47:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2058, Nos. 49, 50, Vente d'une goelette au Sieur Delort, Louisbourg, 18 mai 1733.
[NOTE 48:] A.C.M., B266, fois. 65-66, Vente d'une goelette à Blaise Cassagnolles et Bernard Detcheverry, Louisbourg, 31 mai 1733.
[NOTE 49:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2037, No. 43, Vente d'un batteau au Sieur Delort, Louisbourg, 19 octobre 1729; No. 37, Vente d'un batteau à Jean Pierre Gassin, Louisbourg, 31 octobre 1729.
[NOTE 50:] Examples are found in: A.C., Colonies, C11B, Vol. 23, fol. 169, Bordereau des paiements, Louisbourg, 18 octobre 1741.
[NOTE 51:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2056, No. 1, Contrat de mariage, Louisbourg, 24 janvier 1717.
[NOTE 52:] A.N., Outre Mer G3, Vol. 2037, No. 27, Testament du Guillaume Delort, Louisbourg, 12 octobre 1728.
[NOTE 53:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2046-1, No. 151, Emprunt du Sieur Guillaume Delort ..., Louisbourg, 27 septembre 1739.
[NOTE 54:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3 Vol. 2046-1, No. 117, Contrat de mariage, Louisbourg, 29 janvier 1739; A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 407, lst register, fol. 22, Acte de mariage, Louisbourg, 2 fevrier 1739.
[NOTE 55:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2046-1, No. 118, Vente d'une terrain et magazin, Louisbourg, 6 octobre 1739.
[NOTE 56:] A.N., Outre Mer, G1, No. 76, Denombrement général des familles ..., Isle Royale, 1749.
[NOTE 57:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2047-2, No. 16, Testament de Louis Delort, Louisbourg, 1 décembre 1752.

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[NOTE 58:] A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 408, 2nd. register, fol. 69, Acte de sépulture, Louisbourg, 7 décembre 1752.
[NOTE 59:] A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 202, fol. 296, Tutelle des enfants ... avec l'inventaire des effets, Louisbourg, 17 au 19 décembre 1753.
[NOTE 60:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Vol. 2042, No. 29, Contrat de mariage, Louisbourg, 29 décembre 1753; A.N., Outre Mer, Gl, Vol. 408, 2nd register, fol. 61, Acte de mariage, Louisbourg, 30 décembre 1753.
[NOTE 61:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Carton 2043, No. 19, Bail à loyer, Louisbourg, 14 octobre 1754.
[NOTE 62:] A.N., Colonies, C11B, Vol. 25, fols. 205-206, Paiement pour siège au Conseil Superieur, Louisbourg, 9 octobre 1753; A.N., Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 193, dossier 2, fol. 37, plumitif d'audience, Louisbourg, 12 octobre 1754.
[NOTE 63:] A.N., Outre Mer, G3, Carton 2046-1, No. 7, Laborde, Louisbourg, 26 août 1737.
[NOTE 64:] A.C., E, Vol. 131, fols. 111-122, Duquesnel et Bigot, Louisbourg, 20 août 1743 (as transcribed in Bernard Pothier, A Study of Property and Town Planning, a compilation of documents on file in the Fortress of Louisbourg Archives).

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PART TWO

(APPENDIX I):

[NOTE 18:] On désigner désormais sous ce terme la maison de la rue du Quai, pour la distinguer de la maison Delort, qui fut construite vers 1726-1730 au coin de la rue Royale et de la rue de l'Fstang.
[NOTE 19:] "Vente d'une maison de Iouisbourg". Louisbourg, 14 novembre, 1715. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G3, Carton 2056, pièce 42.
[NOTE 20:] "Inventaire des maisons faites en mil sept centtreize dans le havre Louisbourg, de ce qui a été fait par les ouvriers du Roy et fournitures, Louisbourg, 30 septembre, 1715. A.N., Col., C11B, Vol. 1, fol. 257V. Voir aussi: A.F.L., M.C., 1717-2, 1717-2b, et 1720-4.
[NOTE 21:] Vente d'une maison de Louisbourg, Louisbourg, 14 novembre 1715. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G3, Carton 2056, pièce 42.
[NOTE 22:] "Estimation faite par les Srs Lelarge (...illisible) des maisons du Roy qui sont au sud du port de Louisbourg dans l'Isle Royale", Louisbourg, 19 octobre 1715. A.N., Col., C11B, Vol. 1, fol. 1, fol. 255v.
[NOTE 23:] A.F.L., M.C., 1726-4.
[NOTE 24:] A.F.L. M.C., 730-2.
[NOTE 25:] A.F.L., 1731-3 et 1734-4. Les dimensions de la maison varient légèrement, sur ces plans. En 1731, elle mesure 22 pieds au sud x 15 pieds au nord x 24 pieds de largeur. En 1734 24 pieds au sud, 18 pieds au Nord et 24 pieds de large.
[NOTE 26:] Procès entre Jean Bernard et Guillaume Delort, Louisbourg, décembre 1733. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 182, fol. 1044-1050.

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[NOTE 27:] A.F.L., M.C., 1745-17, 1745-24, 1746-2, 1746-3, 1747-1, 1748-2, 1752-11, etc..
[NOTE 28:] A.F.L., M.C., 1746-2 et 1746-3.
[NOTE 29:] "Estimation faite ... des maisons du Roy ...", Louisbourg, 19 octobre 1715, A.N., Col., Vol. l, fol. 255v.
[NOTE 30:] "Inventaire des maisons faites ... dans le havre Louisbourg ..." Louisbourg, 30 septembre 1715. A.N., Col., C11B, Vol. l, fol. 257-258.
[NOTE 31:] "Estimation faite ... des maisons du Roy ... ", Louisbourg, 19 octobre 1715. A.N., Col., C11B, Vol. 1, fol. 255v.
[NOTE 32:] A.F.L., M.C., 1717-2, 1718-2, 1720-4, 1722-1.
[NOTE 33:] "Etat des maisons qui se trouve faites ...", s.l.n.d. A.N., Col., C11A vol. 126 fol. 111, (p. 239, gros chiffres). A.F.L.," M.C., 1723-1.
[NOTE 34:] .A.F.L., M.C., 1726-4.
[NOTE 35:] A.F.L., M.C., 1730-2, 1731-3, 1734-4.
[NOTE 36:] A.F.L., M.C. 1746-2, 1746-3.
[NOTE 37:] A.F.L., M.C., 1746-4, 1746-5, 1746-5a.
[NOTE 38:] A.F.L., M.C., 1746-8a, No. 13 du plan.
[NOTE 39:] A.F.L., M.C., 1747-1 et 1748-2.
[NOTE 40:] A.F.L., M.C., 1767-1.
[NOTE 41:] A.F.L., M.C., 1768-1, Nos. 109 et 110 du plan. Mich Franklin, "The state of the town ...", 26 septembre 1768. P.R.O., C.O. 217, (N.S.), Vol. 25, fol. 140v.
[NOTE 42:] A.F.L., M.C., 1731-1, 1745-1, 1758-6a.
[NOTE 43:] A.F.L., M.C., 1734-4, 1731-3.

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[NOTE 45:] Procès entre Jean Bernard et Guillaume Delort, Luisbourg, décembre, 1733. Section Outre Mer, G2., Vol. 182, fol. 1048. Dans le mémoire présenté par Jean Bernard, toutes les réparations semblent, concerner les constructions du terrain A: on y parle en effet de la "vieille maison", de la "maison" et du "magasin". Il est donc fort probable que le magasin en question soit celui situé sur le terrain A. et non un autre des magasins Delort.
[NOTE 46:] A.F.L., M.C., 1731-15, 1731-3.
[NOTE 47:] A.F.L., M.C., 1717-2, 1718-2, 1720-4, 1722-1. Ce plan de 1722 est le premier sur lequel le marais n'apparaît plus.
[NOTE 48:] A.F.L., M.C., 1730-2. La maison n'apparait pas sur le plan 1724-2.
[NOTE 49:] A.F.L., M.C., 1731-3.
[NOTE 50:] A.F.L., M.C., 1734-4.
[NOTE 51:] A.F.L., M.C., 1767-1.
[NOTE 52:] Mich Franklin, The state of the town ... ", Louisbourg, 26 septembre 1768. P.R.O., C.O. 217 (N.S.), Vol. 25, fol. 140v.
[NOTE 53:] Procès entre Jean Bernard et Guillaume Delort, Louisbourg, décembre, 1733. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 182, fol. 1048.
[NOTE 54:] "Tutelle des enfants mineurs du Sr Louis Delort ... ", Louisbourg, 17 au 29 décembre 1753. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 202, No. 296.
[NOTE 55:] Dans l'inventaire après décès, il est déclaré que la Dame Barbe Leneuf de la Valliére, veuve Delort, demeure rue Royale. On peut sans doute en inférer que l'entrée principale de la maison se trouvait sur cette rue.

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[NOTE 56:] "Tutelle des enfants mineurs du Sr Louis Delort ...". Louisbourg, 17 au 29 décembre 1753. A.N., Section Outre Mer, G2, Vol. 202, No. 296.
[NOTE 57:] A.F.L., M.C., 1731-3.
[NOTE 58:] A.F.L., M.C., 1734-4.
[NOTE 59:] A.F.L., M.C., 1767-l.