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Abstract : August 29, 1720. Paris. Decree of Council of State, ordering the establishment of a council for the administration and general management of the Company of the Indies, with regulations for the directors and stockholders of the company. Committee on Louisiana, Senegal and Barbary: Dartaguiette and Morin. (Printed.) 8 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 21779:148.

Abstract : March 11, 1728. [Paris.] Directors of Company of the Indies to the comptroller general. Stay at Santo Domingo of vessels bound for Senegal and Louisiana. 3 pp. AC., C 2, 19:24.

Abstract : August 11, 1722. Paris. Minutes of council, on Portier's letter, Teneriffe, June 2, 1722: death of Jonchee, agent of Compagnie de l'Assiente and royal agent at Havana; asks for vacant post, stating how he can be useful to Louisiana, if place is given him. 2 pp. AM., B 7, 44:297.

Abstract : February 13, 1720. [Paris.] Minutes of council, on draft of a royal memoir to Capt[ain] Villiers, commander of the Amazone and the Victoire. To go to Louisiana instead of Senegal; to strengthen trade of Company of the Indies at Pensacola; to attack Spanish vessels. 9 pp. AM., B 1, 50:325.

Abstract : October 30, 1728. Paris. Directors of Company of the Indies to the minister. Accounts relating to the voyage to Senegal and Louisiana of La Rigaudière de la Clisse, commander of the Mutine. 3 pp. AC., C 2, 19:125.

Abstract : March 14, 1729. Paris. Directors of Company of the Indies to the minister. The engagement of sailors for two vessels going to Senegal and Louisiana. 1p. AC., C 2, 22:60.

Abstract : [April 24, 1735]. Memoir on Louisiana cotton. Comparison with island and Egyptian varieties; cotton-gins. 6 pp. AC., C 13c, 1: 139. (LC.)

Abstract : February 20, 1738. New Orleans. Proposal from merchants of the colony, for formation of a company to carry slaves from Guinea to Louisiana. Terms; support of Bienville and Salmon asked; Couturier named commissioner of the company. Signed by D'Hautrive, Frenière, Bellaire, Bretton, Denne, Prat, Gautreau Fleuriau, La Vergne, Prevost, Barbier, Aubert, Broutin, Couturier. 5 pp. AC., F 3, 24:307. (LC.)

Abstract : [1723.] Memoir on Senegal. Estimate of negroes carried to Louisiana by the Ruby in 1719, the Maréchal d'Estrées in 1720, and the Courier de Bourbon in 1723; payments at Cap Français to vessels from Louisiana. AN., F 50, 5-1: dossier on Senegal, no. 5.

Abstract : 1720. Lists of decrees of the Council of State and letters patent, concerning the Company of the West, 1717-1719; decrees on the old companies of Indies and Africa, 1664-1720. AE., Mém. et Doc., France, 1229:111.

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