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Abstract : September 30, 1726. Paris. Memoir of Company of the Indies to serve as instructions for Périer as commandant general of Louisiana. Change in colonial authority to prevent strife between military and civil officials, Périer to be in charge of civil administration, La Chaise of justice, both directly responsible to the Company of the Indies; work at Mobile tobacco, indigo, pitch, tar, and Spanish trade; peltries; hostilities between Chickasaws and Choctaws; colonial boats; mouth of the Mississippi; engineers and their work; armories; inventory of artillery; arsenal at New Orleans; carpenters; hospital at New Orleans; posts at Natchez, Arkansas, Wabash, Illinois, and Natchitoches; Foxes; garrisons; police; slave trade; cattle from Spaniards; the superior council; Jesuits and Capuchins. 50 pp. AC., B 43:655; C 13b, 1:n.p. (LC.) MC., C 2, 17:134. Margry, VI. 452, 658(extracts).

Number of pages : 50

Date : 1726-09-30

Document type : memoir

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Site:Paris  State or Province:Île-de-France  Country or Continent:France  

Original Surrey Calendar Citation : AC., B 43:655; C 13b, 1:n.p.

Updated citation : ANOM, B 43:655; C 13b, 1:n.p.

Cross citation: Library of Congress, Center for Louisiana Studies

Microfilm : Library of Congress, Center for Louisiana Studies, The Historic New Orleans Collection

Appearance in the Surrey Calendar : volume 1, order of appearance : 5964

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