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Indemnity claim for losses arising from rebellions of 1837, 1838, 1839
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CA RBD MSG 1192-4
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5 August 1839 (Creation)
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11 leaves
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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.