conceive in me any, even the smallest, neglect as regards these two Seigniories, which at present are the sole certain portion of my existence, abridged in all the rest by a forced prosecution of my proceedings in their regard, and unable to enjoy them since the peace.

Montreal, the 20 th September,

One thousand seven hundred ard seventy one.

(yf.)

MEMOIR OF TWO SEIGNIORIES AT THE HEAD OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN. To the Right Hon Ue the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, the following Memorial of

Michel Chartier de Lotbiniere fyc.

Sheweth, That he is proprietor of two Fiefs and Seigniories which are held from the King the one under the name of Alainville four leagues and over in front, partly on Lake St Sacrement (now lake ;

George) and partly on the River St Frederic (Crown point River) with a depth of five leagues towards the West which was granted to him the, 15 th November 1758 by the Marquis of Vaudreuil the then

Governor General in Canada, (copy of said Concession annexed) on which he had made divers establishments that have been successively ruined by the English armies.

The other of a nearly equal front opposite St Frederic (Crown point) extending northwardly along the River and Lake by a depth five leagues East, which lie acquired 7 April last from Sieur Hocquart Councillor of State and Intendant of the Naval forces at Brest to whom the aforesaid was granted by

two Patents of Concession the 20 April 1743, and 1 April 1745, of which the major part of the settlements have been, in like manner, destroyed in the last war.