An Event Chronology Based on Louisbourg Accounts Not Available in the Archives of the Fortress of Louisbourg, By Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions, 2004 - Present

1799

• July 7, 1779
  Pennsylvania Gazette (Fair Use © Accessible Gazette Inc.)

[Philadelphia July 4, 1779]

... As early as in the 10th year of Charles the first, they became tributary to England, to enjoy a share in it; by the treaty of Utrecht in 1713, they ceded the island of Newfoundland to England, but secured to themselves the right of fishing, and curing their fish, on all that part of the island which extends from Bonavista to the Northern Point of the island, and thence running down the Western Side of the island to Cape Riche, with the island of cape breton, and the other islands in the Gulph of St. Lawrence (see the 13th article or section of that treaty) - By the treaty of Paris of 1763 they retained their ancient right as to the fishery of Newfoundland, but relinquished all the other islands, except those of St. Pierres and Miquelon - By the treaty of February 1778, with these States, they claim expresly all that was included in the treaties of Utrecht and Paris. ...