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Abstract : November 4, 1748. Fontainebleau. Minister to Vaudreuil. The king approves of his relations with the viceroy of Mexico and Spanish governors, and the development of trade with Spanish colonies; lumber, pitch, and tar to the Havana Company; Louisiana boundaries. 2pp. AC., B 87:266. (LC.)

Abstract : August 27, 1698. Pontchartrain to [Nicolas] de La Salle. Asks for a memoir and map on Mississippi discoveries of La Salle. 2 pp. AC., B 21:173. Margry, IV. 81.

Abstract : August 21, 1712. Fontainebleau. Minister to Cadillac. Discusses the king\'s wishes regarding his land grant, and boundary between Canada and Louisiana. 2 pp. AC., B 34:126. (LC.)

Abstract : June 7, 1730. Versailles. Minister to Périer. Natchez rebellion; attitude of Chickasaws and Choctaws, troops for Louisiana; growth of tobacco; instructs him to promote harmony between army and settlers; navigation at the mouth of the Mississippi. 3 pp. AC., B 55:581 bis. (LC.)

Abstract : August 21, 1731. Versailles. Minister to Périer. Navigation of the Mississippi at its mouth, and between Illinois and New Orleans; Choctaw-Chickasaw trouble; Natchez; Sauk attitude toward Foxes; Illinois-Miami hostility toward Sauks. 1p. AC., B 55:618. (LC.)

Abstract : December 8, 1738. Versailles. Minister to Bienville and Salmon. Mississippi sand-bars; instructs them to confer with Nouailles, Villers, and Querlorec. 1p. AC., B 66:356. (LC.)

Abstract : September 16, 1737. Versailles. Minister to Livaudais. Instructs him to report to Bienville and Salmon on changes of Mississippi sand-bars. 1p. AC., B 65:525. (LC.)

Abstract : October 28, 1716. Paris. Council to Le Maire. Acknowledges his maps of the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana. 1p. AC., B 38:326. (LC.)

Abstract : August 29, 1735. Versailles. Minister to Bienville and Salmon. Manne; bill of exchange; munitions and artillery; accounts of Company of the Indies; pitch and tar; shipbuilding; Mississippi sand-bars; carpenters; Buissonnière-Trudeau marriage; commerce with foreigners and with French Islands; cadets approved, Le Tourneau, Boulet, Perlière; discharges granted Jean de la Fosse, Claude Drouin, Fiacre Gosse, and Sauvage; Nolant\'s conduct; Fleuriau\'s passage to France. 4 pp. (LC.) AC., B 63:584.

Abstract : September 30, 1726. Paris. Memoir of Company of the Indies to serve as instructions for Périer as commandant general of Louisiana. Change in colonial authority to prevent strife between military and civil officials, Périer to be in charge of civil administration, La Chaise of justice, both directly responsible to the Company of the Indies; work at Mobile tobacco, indigo, pitch, tar, and Spanish trade; peltries; hostilities between Chickasaws and Choctaws; colonial boats; mouth of the Mississippi; engineers and their work; armories; inventory of artillery; arsenal at New Orleans; carpenters; hospital at New Orleans; posts at Natchez, Arkansas, Wabash, Illinois, and Natchitoches; Foxes; garrisons; police; slave trade; cattle from Spaniards; the superior council; Jesuits and Capuchins. 50 pp. AC., B 43:655; C 13b, 1:n.p. (LC.) MC., C 2, 17:134. Margry, VI. 452, 658(extracts).

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