Handwritten in Old French -- and with occasional strips of Scotch tape bearing witness to a clumsy attempt to repair the old deed -- the artifact is the oldest document in the history of the fort, and one of the oldest in Canada.
Not only is it an important part of the fort's own history, it paints a picture of the business, political and social intrigue of the French settlement in both New France and Kingston in the 17th century.
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