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Hertel de Rouville's kept copies of two letters send to the Governor General Charles Bagot from St. Hilaire de Rouville, 16th February 1842. The first letter refers to a letter sent on the 1st claiming 500 pounds that Hertel de Rouville had "understood as belonging to me by the board of Commissioners appointed by Sir John Colbourne." The second letter in French, signed Hertel de Rouville, St. Hilaire de Rouville, ce 17 Février 1842, is addressed to the Governor General and details his indemnity claims. He cites abuses and injustices experienced by French Canadian subjects.

Hertel de Rouville's kept copy of his letter to Lord Gosford reiterating his request for copies of three reports produced by the Commissioners of Indemnity.

Autograph signed copy of a letter to Lord Gosford containing Hertel de Rouville's request for half pay for his service in the Canadian Voltigeurs from 1812-1815. The letter is a more polished version of the draft described as Item 3.

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.

Hertel de Rouville's draft of a letter in French to the Governor General regarding his indemnity claims. Appears to be dated January 1841.

File consists of Hertel de Rouville's kept copy of a document attesting to financial losses incurred during the rebellions of 1837-1839, addressed to the rebellion losses commissioners and signed by Hertel de Rouville at St. Hilaire, 5 August 1839. Hertel de Rouville claims he "sustained a loss in moveables and in damage done to his buildings, and incurred an outlay for board of officers & to the extended of sixteen hundred and thirty four pounds seven shillings and seven pence Halifax Currency besides the loss of two hundred and fifty pounds on the income of his mills." Following his statement are remarks, a list of claims and items purchased for the care of the troops, and copies of letters from officers who had been lodged on Hertel de Rouville's property.

Fonds consists primarily of correspondence between Hertel de Rouville and members of the Canadian government, including Chief Secretary of Lower Canada Sir Thomas William Clinton Murdoch (1809-1891) and Governors General Lord Gosford and Charles Bagot, regarding financial losses he incurred during the rebellions of 1837, 1838, and 1839, and half-pay claims dating from his time as captain of the Canadian Voltigeurs during the War of 1812. Also included are five envelopes with wax seals intact.

Letter from Chief Secretary Murdoch to Hertel de Rouville, dated Govt. House, Montreal, 2 Feby. 1841. Letter concerns his request for return of certain correspondence relative to half pay claim as well as a copy of the Commissioners' report. Murdoch reports that the letters were "not of record in the Government Office," and adds that the report does not contain any mention of half pay claims.

Letter from Chief Secretary Murdoch to Hertel de Rouville, dated Montreal, 4th Mar. 1840. Letter concerns his application for indemnity for losses during the rebellions, stating that "His Excellency feels himself precluded from paying the amounts awarded by the Commissioners. His Excellency has great satisfaction however in stating that the Report of the Commissioners entirely relieves you from any imputation of disloyalty, and on the contrary, recognizes in distinct terms the services rendered by you to Her Majesty's Troops."

Letter from Chief Secretary Murdoch to Hertel de Rouville, dated Government House, Montreal, 27 April 1841. Letter acknowledges receipt of Hertel de Rouville's letter renewing his application for the return of documents connected with his half pay claim as captain in the Canadian Voltigeurs. The letter reports that the documents had been placed with Mr. Clark as a Commissioners of Indemnity.