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| Abstract : [March 5, 1730. New Orleans. Fauçon] Dumanoir\'s objection to execution of a decree of the Superior Council of Louisiana, dated March 5, 1730, regarding the examination of his papers and accounts as director of the Sainte Catherine plantation. 2 pp. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : December 29, 1719. Paris. Power of attorney and instructions from Kolly and Ducher [Deucher] to Jean Baptiste Fauçon Dumanoir as resident director general of the land company in Louisiana. Preparation and departure for the colony; choice of land; agriculture; commerce; Sainte Catherine the name of chief plantation; expenses, etc. 5 pp. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : September 25, 1750. Versailles. Royal ordinance, granting discharges to two French marines in each company and three from Karrer\'s Swiss regiments in Louisiana each year, to become settlers on farms. 2pp. AC., A 22:152. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : February 26, 1786. New York. La Forest to the minister. Agricultural expansion; canals; Kentucky and Franklin settlers and their use of the Mississippi; admission of Kentucky and Franklin to the Union, etc. 14pp. AE., Mém.et Doc., États-Unis, 14:381. |
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| Abstract : April 12, 1751. New Orleans. Statement by Deverges, engineer in Louisiana, who purchased in 1744 a plantation called Trianon, located below the Petit Desert plantation belonging to the D\'Asfeld Land Company; effect on his land of a break in levees of the Petit Desert. 1p. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. |
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| Abstract : [November 1801 to December 1801.] Frim. X. [Saint-Domingue.] Valentin de Cullion to Gen[eral] Bonaparte. Memoir on the U.S., containing some references to Louisiana, its climate, products, etc. (Copy.) 4pp. AN., A F IV., 1212: f no.58. |
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| Abstract : August 12, 1764. Fort Chartres, Illinois. Saint-Ange to D'Abbadie. Missouri-Usage war; expenses incurred for entertainment of deputations of Potawatomi, Mitanungue, Shawnee, and Skidi Indians; lowas, Peorias, and Cahokias are hostile to French; bad crop; floods are undermining Fort Chartres. 6pp. AC., C 13, 44:131. Ill.H.C, X. 292. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : [November 1794. Lyons?] Observations on Louisiana, by Lyonnet. Description of principal posts; imports and exports before the rupture; American crops from Fort Pitt to mouth of the Ohio; necessity for France to renew her trade with the colony; note on plant, "Herbe a Béquet", which cures venereal diseases. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, sup., 7:18. |
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| Abstract : January 4, 1724. New Orleans. Memoir by Desfontaines, on the cultivation of tobacco at Natchez. Montplaisir\'s exaggerated valuation; superiority of the sugar and indigo trade; La Tour\'s errors; proposal for the Company of the Indies to keep a journal of the Natchez trade. (Copy.) 7 pp. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : March 29, 1732. New Orleans. Périer and Salmon to the minister. Difficulties of Mississippi navigation up to New Orleans; arrival of Swiss soldiers; troops; rice and wheat bread; ammunition; lard; Jesuits; Ursulines and their hospital, orphans, and school; immoral women; house of correction; Capuchins; Indian hostility; Pointe Coupee; wine; brandy; growth of indigo, hemp, and flax. 12 pp. AC., C 13, 14:5. (Miss.) |
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