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Abstract : October 6, 1741. Versailles. Minister to Bienville and Salmon. Instructions for writing a memoir on the wax tree in Louisiana; its value for making candles; quantity and quality; price of productions Dr. Prat to make the investigation. 1p. AC., B 72:484. (LC.)

Abstract : October 6, 1741. Versailles. Minister to Dr. Prat. To report on the wax tree in Louisiana. 1p. AC., B 72:484. (LC.)

Abstract : October 13, 1741. VersaIlles. Minister to Salmon. Value of Louisiana lumber sent to France; pardon to Gauvin; finances of the colony; passage to Louisiana for wives of Latioles, Coquelin, and Bordelar; expenses for rationing Karrer\'s troops. Shipment of mulberry seed and plants from Louisiana. 2pp. AC., B 72:486. (LC.)

Abstract : May 20, 1748. Versailles. Minister to Vaudreuil and D\'Auberville. Fontenelle named as successor of Dr. Prat, and is to be king\'s botanist; asks for a report on his work. 1p. AC., B 87:260(LC.)

Abstract : July 26, 1748. Compiègne. Minister to D\'Auberville. He is to send two thousand pounds of wax from Louisiana. to Buffon, intendant of the royal garden at Paris; the wax-bearing shrub is to be cultivated in Louisiana. 1p. AC., B 87:262.(LCC

Abstract : December 26, 1739. Versailles. Minister to Salmon. To send seed from Louisiana mulberry-trees to Ricouart, to be planted in France. 1p. AC. , B 68:427. (LC.)

Abstract : December 1, 1738. Versailles. Minister to Salmon. Purchase of flour; poor harvest in the Illinois country; death of Guerin; latter\'s work as botanist; Vanderheck and Barbin. 1p. AC., B 66:347.

Abstract : March 12, 1737. Versailles. Minister to Bienville and Salmon. Passage to Louisiana for Louis Guérin, who is to search for rare and valuable plants; allows him a soldier\'s ration. 1p. AC., B 65:495. (LC.)

Abstract : May 3, 1737. Versailles. Minister to Salmon. To send to the comptroller general a collection of Louisiana trees; Jean Louis Guerin leaves La Rochelle on the Perle to collect them. 1p. AC., B 65:510.

Abstract : September 16, 1737. Versailles. Minister to Dr. Prat. Approval of his services, and his contributions of plants for the royal garden. 1p. AC., B 65:524. (LC.)

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