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| | History of Nova Scotia; Acadia, Bk.7, Second Siege of Louisbourg: 1758. |
 | | One of the consequences, however, of the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, signed in 1748, was to return Louisbourg back to the French. |
 | | In addition to the activity off the shores of Louisbourg which would have been either directly observed by Drucour or at least reported to him by the French fisherman or sailors as they came in from sea, there was the overland despatches being received from Fort Beauséjour. |
 | | In the earlier parts of this history I have dealt with "The Founding and early development of Louisbourg; and how, in 1745, is was put under siege by New Englanders; and how, as a consequence, and to everybody's amazement, the keys to Louisbourg were handed over to the English. |
| www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part7/Ch02.htm (1887 words) |
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