observed and harvested in the first decade of 
     
     European settlement on the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENDNOTE 2: 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE DOCUMENTS LISTED IN 
     
     CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 
     
    
   
   
    
     In order that a reader may follow sequentially the 
     
     story of the 1720s masting operation on Ile Saint- 
     
     Jean by reading the original correspondence, | 
     
     append a list in chronological order of all of the 
     
     documents contained in the sourcebook section of 
     
     this report that make reference to the masting 
     
     operation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1725: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Ovide 1725: 18 December, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pensens 1725: 21 December, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1726: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1726: 1 March, to Beauharnois. 
     
     Beauharnois 1726: 16 March, to Maurepas. 
     
     Maurepas 1726: 26 March, to Beauharnois. 
     
     Beauharnois 1726: 6 April, to Maurepas. 
     
    

    
     Maurepas 1726: 16 April, to Beauharnois. 
     
     Maurepas 1726: 28 May, to Saint—Ovide and Mézy. 
     
     Maurepas 1726: 2 July, to Saint—Ovide. 
     
    

    
     Maurepas 1726: 2 July, to Pensens. 
     
    

    
     Mézy 1726: 14 August, to Maurepas. 
     
     Saint-Ovide1726:18 September, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Ovide 8| Mezy 1726: 28 November, Letter 1, to 
     
     Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint-Ovide 1726: 28 November, Letter 2, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1727: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1727:10 June, to Saint—Ovide. 
     
     Maurepas 1727: 10 June, to Mézy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pensens 1727: 12 August, sworn affidavit. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Mézy 1727: 14 September, to Maurepas. 
     
     Saint-Ovide 1727: 10 November, to Maurepas. 
     
     Pensens 1727: 20 November, to Maurepas. 
     
     Saint-Ovide 1727: 21 November, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mézy 1727: 11 December, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1728: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1728: 18 June, to Saint-Ovide. 
     
     Maurepas 1728: 23 June, to Mézy. 
     
     Maurepas 1728: 24 June, to Pensens. 
     
     Pensens 1728: 31 October, to Maurepas. 
     
     Saint-Ovide 1728: 3 November, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mézy 1728: 14 November, to Maurepas. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1729: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1729: 18 January, to Beauharnois. 
     
     Beauharnois 1729: 8 March, to Maurepas. 
     
     Maurepas 1729: 29 March, to Beauharnois. 
     
     Maurepas 1729: 30 April, to Beauharnois. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1729: 22 May, to Pensens. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Maurepas 1729: 22 May, to Mézy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ENDNOTE 3: MISSING DOCUMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     There follows a list of the documents relating to 
     
     the masting operation on Ile Saint-Jean in the 
     
     17203 that are referred to in the correspondence 
     
     listed in Endnote 2, but appear to be either no 
     
     longer extant or at least not present in archival 
     
     collections available in Canada. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. The letter of Sieur Fleury to the minister of the 
     
     Marine, the Count of Maurepas, that sparked the 
     
     masting enterprise (referred to by Maurepas 1726: 1 
     
     March, to Beauharnois). 
     
    
   
   
    
     2. The report of the mast inspector at Rochefort on the 
     
     masts from Ile Saint-Jean (referred to by 
     
     Beauharnois 1726: 6 April, to Maurepas; and by 
     
     Maurepas 1726: 16 April, to Beauharnois).