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| Abstract : April 10, 1719. Dauphin Island. Minutes of Council of Commerce: tobacco workers arriving on the Comte de Toulouse are sent to plantations above the English Bend. 1p. MC., Amér., F.C., 29vi:17; AC., C 13, 5:331. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : April 25, 1723. [Paris.] Minister of War to Riquebourg [Righebourg]. Thanks him for his letter of April 19 (1723) containing news of his (the minister\'s) plantation in Louisiana. 2 pp. AG., Corr., 2594:no.137. |
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| Abstract : July 18, 1721. Natchez. Faucon Dumanoir, director of Company of the Indies, to directors of Sainte Catherine Land Company. Purchase of Hubert\'s land grant, its price, size, improvements, tobacco, rice, corn, wheat, animals, and Negroes; shortage of food; agricultural possibilities; need of Negroes; size of land grants; Mississippi sandbars, etc. (Ext.) 10 pp. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : January 19, 1723. Natchez. Census of settlers and workmen on plantation of of Leblanc, Kolly, and Company (Ste. Catherine). 2 pp. AC., G 1, 464:n.p. |
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| Abstract : October, 1724. [Natchez.] Memoir on the cultivation of tobacco at Natchez, its difficulties, and the expense necessary for the company to take it up. 3 pp. AC., C 13, 8:227. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : March 1742. [Balize.] Léonard Callot, ex-inspector of public works and fortifications at Fort Balize, to the minister. Regarding a cotton gin and a machine for spinning silk; certificate of his services in Louisiana. 3pp. ASH., 67-2:no.16. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : August 28, 1720. Biloxi. [Letter from the Company of the Indies.] Establishment of a plantation in Louisiana, etc. (Copy.) 8 pp. BA., MS.4497:59. |
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| Abstract : December 20, 1720. Old Biloxi. Parallel between Old and New Biloxi, by Le Blond de la Tour: soil, climate, water supply; healthfulness; harbors; forts. Bienville\'s approval of New Biloxi; Legac and Delorme. ASH., 67-2:no.5; 135, no.12. (LC.). |
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| Abstract : January 22, 1721. Biloxi. Local directors to Company of the Indies. Diron\'s inspection of the posts; need of troops; Old and New Biloxi; La Tour admitted to the Superior Council; Beranger\'s trip to St. Bernard Bay; Alibamu (Alibamon) and Choctaws; Chickasaws attack the Yazoo post; domestic animals, silkworms, masts, mills, mines, and trade with Spaniards. (Extracts.) 24 pp. AG., Corr., 2592:101, 117. |
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| Abstract : June 24, 1721. Biloxi. Bienville and Delorme to Company of the Indies. Scarcity of provisions on the plantations. Warehouse established at New Orleans by landowners. Return of Simars de Bellisle from his second trip to St. Bernard Bay. Public works at New Biloxi. Renaud\'s arrival in Illinois. Trade with Spaniards. Swiss troops. Marriages or girls from France. Merchandise. (Ext.) 12 pp. AG., Corr., 2592:109. |
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