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ottered for sale b\- M. Dufosse, being •• Power granted to 8'r de Vaux to 

 administer certain of liis properties " it appears that his death must have 

 taken place shortly before that date. 



In regard to Acadia, this contirms the statement of Sir Wm. Alex- 

 ander, that the few French settlers remaining at Port Royal, neglected 

 and unrecognized by the French authorities and depending upon tran-. 

 sient traders for sup))lies, agreed under Latour to submit to Sir William 

 and the English Kinff. 



Sec. IL, l.s9(i. 9. 



