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March, in the seventecnth year of His Majesty’s Reign, it is among other things enarte4, for the good ordering and training of the militia of the :2id province, that certain inspectors of the said militia shall be appointed for certain purposes and duties therein particularly mentioned, Therefore repos:ng special trust and confidence in your experience, loyalty and good conduct, I by these presents, do appoint you, the said Joseph Dominique E, Le Moyne de Longueuil, during pleasure, an inspector of the militia in the said province in and for the several districts thereof ; and in the said office of inspector in each and every the districts aforesaid to do, act and perform all and whatsoever may be of ou commanded and directed by the said or any future ordinance and regulation touching the militia of the said province and of the districts aforesaid, and each and either of them; and in all things that you the said

Joseph D. E. Le Moyne de Longueuil as inspector aforesaid do well and faithfully obey the several and respective orders and commands touching and concerning the well ordering and

training of the militia aforesaid in the said province, and in the

several districts aforesaid which from time to time you shall

receive from the captain general and governor in chief of the

said Province of Quebec, and in his absence from the lieutenantgovernor or other commander in chief of the province aforesaid or which you may at any time receive from any person or persons by the commander in chief aforesaid especially nominated and appointed for that purpose.

Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the castle of St, Louis, in the city of Quebec, the twenty-fifth day of November one thousand and seven hundred and seventy seven, and in the eighteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, king, defender of the faith and so forth.

GUY CARLETON, By His Excellency's Command, FRANK LE MAISTRE