"Notice if you will, milords, that the residents of this colony have been here for up to four generations, or have recently settled here; that their families, many of which are large, are with them; that they were the first to help found this colony; that they cleared and cultivated the land...built churches and fine homes, helped fortify the settlement, supported the war effort… "[translation]
--Group of inhabitants of New France writing to the political authorities in France ca. 1719

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