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This research relate the career of an 18th century négociant-fonctionnaire (trader/official) from île Royale/Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, namely Jean-Baptiste Dupleix Silvain. Within the context of a rather fluid colonial society, both economically and socially, Dupleix Silvain can be described as being a middle class notable. One of the fundamental question guiding this research is to establish if small notables such as Dupleix Silvain were even more resilient than the elite merchants, the higher ranked officials or the engagés (hired hands). The results of this research allowed us to consider a global biographical study of the entrepreneurs and middle ranked officials at île Royale.Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the author(s), with Acadiensis being granted a non-exclusive licence to each and every right in the work throughout the world. After publication of the work, the author(s) shall have the right to self-archive the work and to reprint the work in whole or in part in books authored by or edited by the author(s) without the payment of any fee. In these other formats, however, the author or authors are required to acknowledge the original publication of the work in the pages of the journal. In the case of any requests to reprint the work, Acadiensis will require a standard permission fee -- to be divided equally between the journal and the author. In the event that such requests are received by the author(s), the author(s) shall direct such requests to the journal.