Document information :

Abstract : September 2, 1732. Marly. Royal memoir to serve as instructions to Bienville as governor of Louisiana. Reasons for making him governor; religion, missionaries, Jesuits and Capuchins; Ursuline convent, at New Orleans, nun's hospital and school; administration of justice; history, composition, and jurisdiction of the superior council; power of the governor; police; care of Negroes; marriage to be encouraged; legal ages; sugar industry; growth of indigo, rice, wheat, cotton, hemp, and flax; tobacco, its price and market; pitch and tar; commerce of colony with French merchants, French Islands, Pensacola, and other Spanish colonies; military affairs, Swiss and French troops with equipment, militia, artillery, and fortifications; Indian affairs, Natchez, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Illinois, and others. 22 pp. AC., B 57:796. (LC.)

Number of pages : 22

Date : 1732-09-02

Document type : royal memoir

Author : King Louis XV

Location information :
Site:Château de Marly (French Seats of Government.)  State or Province:Île de France  Country or Continent:France  

Original Surrey Calendar Citation : AC., B 57:796. (LC.)

Updated citation : ANOM, B 57:796. (LC.)

Cross citation: Library of Congress, Center for Louisiana Studies

Microfilm : Library of Congress, Center for Louisiana Studies

Appearance in the Surrey Calendar : volume 1, order of appearance : 7603

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