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| Abstract : April 24, 1785. New York. Memoir by St. Jean de Crèvecoeur on the middle west of the U.S. soil; surface; rivers: Ohio and its branch the Mississippi above the Ohio, the Missouri, Illinois, St. Lawrence, and the Great Lakes; cities: Pittsburg, Louisville, Detroit, St. Louis, Kaskaskia, etc.; Illinois; Kentucky; French and American population; eastern states, New York, Pennsylvania, etc.; minutes of the Danville convention, December 27, 1784; Ohio navigation; sketch of a journey into the interior in 1767, distance in miles; Indians. 167pp. ASH., 66: no.32. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : March 11, 1786. New York. Details relative to Kentucky: boundaries; soil; climate; population, good and bad elements; Lexington; Louisville; Fort Fenny; commerce; work with English to keep Indian trade from the U.S.; land cession; maritime states and the West. 14pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:173. |
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| Abstract : November 10, 1787. New York. Otto to Montmorin. Land dispute of Georgia with Creeks; farmers of East Florida protect fugitive slaves from Georgia; companies buy large tracts of land on the Ohio; proposal to build a village opposite the Missouri; settlement to be made between Illinois and Kaskaskia rivers; Otto\'s opinion on western migration. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:394. |
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| Abstract : January 6, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Obstacles in the way of Hutchins, geographer for the U.S., in making a map of the country between Lake Erie, the Ohio, and the Wabash. Indian bad faith relative to treaties, supply of arms to Indians by English and physical difficulties; plan of settlers for Hutchins\' protection; fertility of land between the Great Kanawha and the Ohio. 7pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:13. |
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| Abstract : June 30, 1699. La Rochelle. Bégon to Villermont. Tells of Iberville\'s colony in Louisiana of eighty good men; its harbor, fish, game, soil; journey up the Mississippi, etc. 2 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 22807:201. |
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| Abstract : July 1, 1719. La Rochelle. List of passengers to Louisiana on vessels of the Company of the Indies: the Deux Frères for plantations of Tourneville, Villemont, and Chautreau; the Maréchal d\'Estrées; the Duc de Noailles, for concessions of Artaguiette and Bail de Beaupre; the Duchesse de Noailles for Spanish prisoners. 24 pp. AC., G 1, 464:n.p. |
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| Abstract : June 1, 1720. La Rochelle. List of passengers embarked on the Profond, bound for Louisiana [and] Dartaguiette\'s plantation. 2 pp. AC., G 1, 464:n.p. (LC.) AC., C 2, 15:31. |
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| Abstract : June 10, 1720. La Rochelle. List of passengers embarked on the Profond bound for Louisiana, for the plantation of the comptroller general. 8 pp. AC., G 1, 464:n.p. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : June 21, 1731. La Rochelle. Salmon to the minister. The Gironde\'s cargo all on board except the animals; asks for troops food and merchandise to encourage agriculture and trade in Louisiana; requests portraits of the king and of Maurepas for the Superior Council room, to arouse French patriotism and impress the Indians. 3 pp. AC., C 13, 13:103. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : May 1, 1777. Aranjuez. Ossun to Vergennes. Louisiana tobacco; wants the farmer general\'s opinion to satisfy Galvez. 1p. AE., Esp., 584:130. |
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