Petition by Charles-René Gaudron de Chevremont, 1734.
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To Monseigneur The Count Of Maurepas Commander
of the King’s orders Minister and Secretary of State.
Monseigneur
Gaudron de Chevremont has the Honour of Reporting most respectfully to your Highness, that M. hocquart, Intendant of this Country, granted him upon his arrival a post as Writer in his Offices, and on the Seven July 1732 the Commission of audit clerk at the naval Command in Montreal, which he has always exercised with Zeal and diligence; he can Monseigneur, assure your Highness without any pretension, that Monsieur The Intendant, Monsieurs Michel et Varin, have been Satisfied with his Exactitude in fulfilling the duties of his Position.
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It is his hope, Monseigneur, that M.rs The Governor general
and Intendant will agree to provide your Highness with an account of his conduct.
He dares to believe, Monseigneur, that in consideration of his Services, and
of those of five brothers, of whom One was Killed, a Captain of the Grenadiers
at the Siege of Dairer; another died three years ago, a former Captain of
the Provence Regiment, Pensioner of the King, Knight of St. Louis, who Commanded
the Lines at Toulon during The Pestilence and captured In Picardie the man
named Colin Crie, Captain of The salt traffickers; one currently serves as
a Cavalry Lieutenant in The Regiment of Lambesk, Pensioner of his Majesty
and Knight of St. Louis; one was killed, a Midshipman in The last Wars while
on Excursion in the Islands; and the last one was made Lieutenant of The Infantry
recently; That
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your Highness will most willingly grant him the Seal of King’s writer
and Audit Clerk in Montreal. Your Highness will Kindly recall that in 1730,
he promised M. Le Chevalier D’orleans, who had requested of Him the Charge
of chief road inspector for the petitioner, to grant him a vacated and suitable
post; And As He had The misfortune of being subjected to the Fire in Montreal
in which he lost more than six thousand livres, he most humbly begs your Highness
to grant him an Allowance to help him Recover from this loss and to provide
for his family. These Graces, Monseigneur, will Stimulate Him to Increase
his Zeal and Diligence in order to merit others thereafter.
Source: France. Archives nationales, Fonds des Colonies. Série C11A. Correspondance générale, Canada, vol. 61, fol. 252-253, Gaudron de Chèvremont, Charles-René, Petition by Charles-René Gaudron de Chevremont, 1734.