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| Abstract : February 20, 1736. New Orleans. Salmon to the minister. Reasons for drawing large bills of exchange: to pay for merchandise; advances to contractor of public works for materials; aid to pitch and tar industry; promotion of trade with the Islands; expenditure for the Chickasaw war. (Ext.) 10 pp. AC., C 13, 21:245. |
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| Abstract : April 15, 1736. New Orleans. Bienville and Salmon to the minister. Criminal conduct of Manne; lead from France received in bad condition; quality of pitch and tar shipments; arrival of carpenters, De Villers placed in charge of shipbuilding; acknowledge receipt of cables and anchors; pilots; Gerald\'s dishonest dealings in Island trade; English merchant ships at Mobile; supply of food to Pensacola; governor of Florida asks for guns for defense against English. 9 pp. AC., C 13, 21:7; 13 (duplicate); AE., Esp., 443:115 (ext.). |
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| Abstract : April 24, 1736. New Orleans. Salmon to the minister. Account of preparations for attack on Chickasaws; supplies, transportation, troops; arrival of a merchant vessel from Martinique. 7 pp. AC., C 13, 21:250. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : June 10, 1736. New Orleans. Bienville and Salmon to the minister. Establishment of trade with Spaniards of Pensacola, Mexico, and Adayes; agriculture; tobacco, indigo, cotton, silk, hemp, and flax; need of Negroes; pitch and tar; trade with the Islands. 10 pp. AC., C 13, 21:25; 31 (abstract, with the minister\'s notes in the margin). (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : August 8, 1736. Compiègne. Minister to Beauharnais [Beauharnois]. Explains manner of equipping and loading vessels in the Islands; Louisiana to follow the same rule; approves of his purchase of munitions and merchandise for Louisiana and promises prompt payment. 2 pp. AC., B 64: 249. |
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| Abstract : September 4, 1736. New Orleans. Bienville and Salmon to the minister. Island trade; the Manne affair; Gov[ernor] Larnage\'s interest, Guadeloupe; Gaillard Bonnet-Gerald affair; guns sent to governor of Florida; Pensacola trade, and attitude of viceroy of Mexico; naval carpenters. 12 pp. AC., p 13, 21:94, (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : October 5, 1736. New Orleans. Salmon to the minister. Arrival of vessels from France and the Islands; details on drawing of bills of exchange. 3 pp. AC., C 13, 21:328; 326 (duplicate). |
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| Abstract : January 22, 1737. Cap Français. De Sartre to the minister. The Somme\'s departure, January 17; her expense while in port. AC., C 47:n.p. |
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| Abstract : [January 22, 1737. Cap Français.] Statement of the Somme\'s expense while at Cap Français. 2 pp. AC., C 9, 47:n.p. |
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| Abstract : February 7, 1737. Paris. Memoir by La Boulaye on Cayenne, Canada, Louisiana, Santo Domingo, and Ile Royale. Discusses the possibilities of each colony and troops necessary to safeguard it; Louisiana\'s importance believed to be commercial. 24 pp. AC., C 13, 22:276. |
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