Draft copy of Hertel de Rouville's request to Lord Gosford to be granted half pay for his service as captain of the Canadian Voltigeurs from 1812-1815. The copy is dated from St. Hilaire, 5 January 1838. Hertel de Rouville writes that following his resignation from the regiment in February 1815 due to his ill health and that of an aged parent, his name was omitted from the list of officers receiving half pay from the British government. He made petition to then-Governor General and Commander in Chief of the province, Sir George Prevost, but Prevost was recalled and died before attending to the matter.