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Abstract : April 1718 [Versailles.] Memoir by Bobé, on discovery of Sea of the West. Opinions of Bobé and Le Maire on Quivira; errors of the Baron de la Hontan; Hennepin's narrative; Indian accounts; assertions of La Motte on source of the Mississippi; account of western Indians by Jerémie, commander at Fort Bourbon; statements of Turpin and Marquette; distance from sources of the Mississippi and the Missouri to Sea of the West and to Japan; Spanish explorations; Chastin, settler at Kaskaskia, Illinois. 86 pp. Bib. Maz., MS.2006:no.5.

Abstract : July 5, 1718. Paris. Royal memoir to Vaudreuil and Bégon. Instructs them to take no part in Illinois country affairs, that region now being under the Company of the West; brandy and beaver trade at Detroit; peace with Foxes in 1716; Illinois-Iroquois prisoners; Tonty at Detroit. 20 pp. AC., B 40:468.

Abstract : July 6, 1718. Paris. Council to Vaudreuil and Bégon. Pachot's expenses for war against Foxes; Mme. La Forest's claim as to lands in Illinois. 14 pp. AC., B 40:484.

Abstract : April 1, 1729. New Orleans. Périer to Monseigneur --. Fox war; convoys of war supplies sent to Illinois under Du Tisné; value of Illinois country as a barrier to English aggression; Indian affairs, peltry trade, presents, missions; Diron's exclusive Choctaw trade; farmers; Creoles; Canadians; Islanders; Natchitoches; he is on good terms with La Chaise. 13 pp. AC., C 13, 12:7.

Abstract : March 25, 1731. New Orleans. Périer to the minister. Defeat of Foxes; Mississippi bars; ship timber; Chickasaws; harmony among officials; asks for recognition of his brother's bravery in the Natchez war; Cresnay to build Natchez fort; asks to be relieved of the company's affairs; English aggression in Florida; English post on the Cherokee River; Illinois country and Fort Vincennes on the Wabash endangered; announces map of Natchez and Fox forts and route of the army. 16 pp. AC., C 13, 13:46. (Miss.)

Abstract : [1683?] Memoir on the Church in Canada. Jesuits, Recollets, history of the Illinois missions to 1683, etc. 10 pp. AN., K1374: no. 79.

Abstract : March 26, 1684. [Fort St. Louis, Illinois.] Chevalier de Baugy to Frenchmen trading with the Ottawas. He is besieged and asks their aid; asks for La Durantaye. 1p. AC., C 11, 6:520.

Abstract : March 24, 1684. [Fort St. Louis,] Illinois. Chevalier de Baugy to La Durantaye. Besieged by Iroquois and needs aid. (P.S. by Tonty.) 4 pp. AC., C 11, 6:519.

Abstract : April 3, 1717. Reflections on the things that would contribute to the establishment of Louisiana. Settlers; soldiers; Illinois should be the seat of government, because of its mines and central location; Bienville to persuade Indians to work in mines; settlement at Manchac. 13 pp. AE., Mem. et Doc., Amer., 1:280.

Abstract : May 14, 1717. Memoir on the Mississippi [River]. History of the discovery of Louisiana; De Soto, La Salle, Iberville; products; kind of settlers to send out; Spanish trade; Indians; mines; Canadians for the colony; Illinois; tobacco; composition of the Mississippi Company: etc. (Copy.) 40 pp. BI., Ancien Fonds, 488:528.

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