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THE
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF 18TH CENTURY LOUISBOURG
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Report Series 83, By Margaret
Fortier, 1983, Fortress of Louisbourg
Part One - Louisbourg - The Land and its Utilization, Louisbourg Properties
Properties - Louisbourg Environs
109. Pierre Le Large - Judith La Bretonnaire - Germain Maryol -
François Michel Le Breton - Joseph Felix Le Chesnay
LOCATION:
north shore (see also
108)
DATE OF CONCESSION: 1717
SIZE OF PROPERTY:
22 toises x 20
toises
BORDERS OF PROPERTY:
northwest - road
southeast - harbour
northeast - Nicolas
southwest - Antoine
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP:
1721 - land acquired by La Bretonnaire
1735 - La Bretormaire was banished from
Ile Royale for theft. Her property
was sold at auction to the profit
of the king. All her land was
purchased by Maryol
1740 - land sold to Michel Le Breton
1755 - Le Chesnay was granted land adjacent
to the Royal Battery. He already
held land to the southwest. How
this came about is not clear. Le Breton may have abandoned his
claim on return of the French in
1749.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
1735 - house and enclosed garden; probably a stable