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| Abstract : [ca. 1800]. Notes on Lower Louisiana from the Iberville River [Bayou Manchac?] to the Gulf: the Mississippi, its bed, banks, floods, mouth, and canal connections with Lake Pontchartrain; debts of Spanish government to settlers; missionaries; nuns; public buildings; lumber; Balize; Fort Plaquemine; the gulf coast. 11pp. AC., C 13c, 1: 296, 305. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1800]. Memoir on Louisiana, relating to things to bring to the attention of government. Troops; boundaries; United States navigation of the Mississippi; unions with Indians; Anglo-American migration westward; European immigration; importation of slaves; custom house for colonial products; introduction of grain: establishment of office for arts and sciences; mines; construction work; forges, harmony between civil and military officials, French and Spanish authorities with Americans, etc. 12pp. AC., C 13c, 1:299. |
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| Abstract : January 23, 1685. Mouth of a branch of the Mississippi. La Salle to Beaujeu. Search for the mouth of the river. (Copy.) 2 pp. AC, C 13c, 3:97. Margry, II, 526. |
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| Abstract : September 12, 1693. Tonty to --. Course and extent of the Mississippi; location of various Indian tribes; discussion of work necessary to complete the exploration of the river. (Copy). 3 pp. AC., C 13c, 3:142. |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1712]. Exact description of Louisiana. Posts; soil and rivers; names of Indian tribes; trade; advantages to be derived from the colony. 22 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:346.(Ill., LC). |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1718]. Description of districts: Illinois, Mobile, and Balize. 1p. AC., C 13c, 4:39. (Ill.) |
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| Abstract : [1731]. Memoir on Louisiana. Soil; settlers at Biloxi; Natchez war; Bienville recalled to France; floods; evil practices of councillors; superior council cabals; climate; lumber; natural products; mines; Balize, New Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Natchez, Yazoo, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, and Natchitoches; Jesuits and Capuchins; trade with Spaniards; Choctaws, Natchez, and Chickasaws; English aggression; need of Negroes, troops and Canadian settlers; wax plantations. 22 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:375. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : October 17, 1740. Fontainebleau. Minister to Bienville and Salmon. Mississippi sand bars; merchandise sent Louisiana; quality, culture, and shipment of Louisiana tobacco. 2pp. AC., B 70:453. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : October 21, 1740. Fontainebleau. Minister to Salmon. Taillefer-Barbin troubles at Balize; pillage of the Comte de Maurepas in the Gulf of Mexico; purchase of brick; governor\'s quarters; Buchet\'s brevet as storekeeper in the Illinois country; negroes for the colony; Mississippi sand bars. 2pp. AC., B 70:459. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : September 30, 1747. Versailles. Minister to Vaudreuil. Irregularities of French merchants in colonial trade; Spanish trade, pitch, tar, and lumber for the Royal Company at Havana; instructions to find out the Spanish idea of Louisiana boundaries, but not to reveal intentions of France. 2pp. AC., B 85:236. (LC.) |
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