Significant Historical Happenings By Year: 1682-84.

-1682-

La Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi.

In 1682, a group of Quakers follow William Penn (1644-1718) across the Delaware River into the wilderness and thus began Pennsylvania. Penn, with an influential family, undertook the settlement hoping that he and his followers might live under a government amenable to their principles -- "Powers are as much Property as Soil."

February, 1682: A grant for the shore fishery is made to a Huguenot, M. Bergier, a merchant of la Rochelle; and, to three of his partners in Paris, Gautier, Boucher and de Mantes, to their heirs and successors. A company was formed, The Company of Acadia. While the company had fishing rights they were still subject to the Royal governor, who at that time was Perrot.

-1683-

Colbert dies.

September 6, 1683: Colbert's son, Marquis de Siegnelay succeeded his father and becomes Minister of marine and Colonies.

"In 1683 the whole of Acadie contained only six hundred souls."

-1684-

The French governor of Acadia was Michel Leneuf de la Vallière. The governor was selling fishing licences to New England fishermen.

A merchant from La Rochelle, one Bergier, is appointed by Louis XIV lieutenant for us in the government of the country and coasts of Acadia.

May 11, 1684: Bergier's two ships, the St. Louis and the Marianne, set out for their Acadian cruise to chase New England fishermen, arriving back at France in the month of October.

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