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The arpent in modern France has varied greatly in different localities. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z
The ground in the rear belongs to the general government, to the depth of forty arpents, and can be used for the benefit of the troops. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z
Soon the alloted arpents which, in the exercise of "squatter sovereignty," had been appropriated by each family as a home lot, were surveyed, divided, staked and sold, and an embryo city was rising thereon. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z
She has an 'arpent' now of her very own. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
The usual size of a Seigniory, whether granted to a soldier or to a civilian, was four arpents in front by forty in depth. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical
In riding away from service on Sunday the horseman was forbidden to break into a canter until he had travelled ten arpents from the church. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France
In many places it has doubled within the last twenty-five years; an arpent now selling for 1000 francs, which was formerly sold for 500. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.
A Governor's Secretary, a Judge's nephew, or some Clerk of Records was entitled to at least a thousand acres; the Governor's cook to 700 arpents. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1
And den dare be fifty arpent’ rice gone!” Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
In a single hamlet this writer found 35 poor families feeding 22 cows and 220 sheep on 1,100 arpents of common land! France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
I learned in the course of my walk that she was the daughter of a small farmer: the farm was small indeed, being about half an arpent, or acre. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
In our known hemisphere there are about fifty thousand million arpents to cultivate, some passable, some sterile. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
The line of possible settlement has been moving steadily northward in Canada since the days when the French King showed his contempt for it by calling it "a few arpents of snow." The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba
A farmer of ten arpents has about three laborers engaged by the year. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
Before the Revolution the Generality of Paris contained 150,000 arpents of waste commons; the Generality of Soissons 120,000 arpents. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
The house was of that size and order, which in England would have paid at least thirty pounds, and added to this was a domain of between sixty and seventy arpents. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
More than this the seigneur often reserved the right to take such a site to the extent of six arpents for his own use without any compensation to the habitant. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861
The affection of this remnant of her children, turned adrift in their few arpents of snow, has never died towards the land so changed from the time of our forefathers. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making
Seven hundred vines, three feet apart, yield a feuillette, which is about two and a half pi�ces, to the arpent. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
In like manner, the acres are taken in arpents. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Each grant varied from sixteen arpents—an arpent being about five-sixths of an English acre—by fifty, to ten leagues by twelve. Lord Elgin
The rent amounted to about one cent an acre, and some twenty cents or a live capon for each of the two or three arpents of frontage which a farm would have. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861
Some were as large as a European dukedom; others contained only a few thousand arpents. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4
An homme de vignes, which consists of seven hundred plants, three feet apart, yields generally about three quarters of a pi�ce, which is nearly four pi�ces to the arpent. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
He became desperate, and did a thing I have known more than one planter to do: wrote his pledge for every arpent of his land and every slave on it, and staked that. The Grandissimes
An arpent of land was 180 French feet square. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
Thus for a farm of 100 acres, with two arpents of frontage, a habitant might pay $1.00 in cash and two capons. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861
The ordinary extent was from one hundred to four hundred arpents, usually in the shape of a parallelogram with a narrow frontage on the river, and extending inland to a much greater distance. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4
A farmer takes perhaps about one hundred and fifty arpents, for three, six, or nine years. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
"My father was a gentleman, the owner of a thousand arpents of land, and his son is not going to flinch in the king's service." The Refugees
He reserved four hundred and twenty arpents for his own personal domain, and on this he began to clear the ground and erect buildings. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3
Each of the temples in this place occupy nearly ten arpents of ground, and all are very neat, with their brick pavements polished like glass. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
It was estimated that an industrious settler, working by himself, could clear not more than one superficial arpent in a whole season. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4
Monrachet contains about fifty arpents, and produces, one year with another, about one hundred and twenty pieces. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
French farms were measured by the arpent and were staked out in long and narrow oblongs. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
To each was assigned, moreover, sixty arpents of land beyond the limits of the village, with the perpetual rent of half a sou for each arpent. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3
The sons claim and receive their shares of the arpents of land when those boys are grown and married. The Landloper
Early marriages were the rule, and families of a dozen or more children had to be supported from the produce of a few arpents. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4
An arpent yields one hundred quintals of hay a year, worth three livres the quintal. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
Those of less pretentious birth and limited means had to be content with a few thousand arpents. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
He also set apart a common, two hundred arpents in extent, for the use of the settlers, on condition of the payment by each of five sous a year. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3
Along the St. Lawrence and the Richelieu the settlements lay close and compact; the habitants' whitewashed cottages lined the river banks only a few arpents apart. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor
The cultivation of even a few arpents required a great deal of manual drudgery. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4
An arpent of ground for corn rents at from thirty to thirty-six livres. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
His small tract comprised only about a dozen arpents on the heights above the village; and as he had no one to help him the work of clearing it moved slowly. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
In general, in the regions of large farms, the proprietor obtains ten livres the arpent if the cultivation is very good, and three livres when ordinary. The Ancient Regime
Directly under its control the Church had thus acquired in mortmain over two million arpents, while the lay landowners of the colony had secured only about three times as much. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
Seigneurs stipulated that their lands would be forfeited unless so many arpents were put under crop each year. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
Supposing them three toises apart, there will be one hundred to the arpent, which gives three hundred livres a year, besides the corn growing on the same ground. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2
Nevertheless, Hebert was able by unremitting industry to get the entire twelve arpents into cultivable shape within four or five years. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
In the regions of small farms, and of the m�tayer system, he gets fifteen sous the arpent, eight sous and even six sous. The Ancient Regime
His entire estate comprised about seventy thousand arpents, making him one of the largest landowners in the colony. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
Their whitewashed cottages were strung along a short stretch of the river bank side by side, separated by a few arpents. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
Men, women, and children, the population of La Durantaye numbered only fifty-eight; sixty-four arpents had been cleared; and twenty-eight horned cattle were reported among the possessions of the habitants. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
The usual river frontage was from five to ten lineal arpents, and the depth ranged from ten to eighty arpents. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
A postmaster is exempt from the taille, in all his possessions and offices, and even on his farms to the extent of a hundred arpents. The Ancient Regime
Its nearest neighbour, Bellechasse, contained two hundred and twenty-seven persons, living upon three hundred and twenty arpents of cultivable land. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
The governor of Montreal, M. de Maisonneuve, showed his good will by a wedding gift of ninety additional arpents. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
The lineal arpent was the equivalent of one hundred and ninety-two English feet. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
The Sulpicians had, at the time the colony passed into English hands, an estate of about a quarter of a million arpents, including the most valuable seigneury of New France, on the island of Montreal. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
To the guard, besides his lodging, warming and the use of three arpents, 200 livres. The Ancient Regime
The superficial arpent, or arpent of area, contained about five-sixths of an acre. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
Before the close of French dominion in Canada it had acquired a dozen estates, comprising almost a million arpents of land. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
As land was plentiful his bounty was lavish—sometimes a hundred thousand arpents at a time. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
The Ursulines of Quebec and of Three Rivers possessed about seventy-five thousand arpents, while other orders and institutions, a half-dozen in all, had estates of varying acreage. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
At the moment of his death," says the Duc de Luynes, "he had just added twenty-five arpents to it which he had begun to enclose with a covered terrace. The Ancient Regime
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