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Abstract : January 7, 1732. German Coast, Louisiana. Van der Heck to the minister. Description of his plantation; need of Negroes; industries to be developed - pottery, indigo; Indian trade. 6 pp. AC., C 13b, 1:n.p. (LC.)

Abstract : August 26, 1723 to January 4, 1724. [Paris.] Company of the Indies to Fauçon Dumanoir, director of the Sainte Catherine concession. Asks for a report on the cultivation of tobacco. (Ext. Followed by an undated reply, urging the cultivation of indigo rather than tobacco, and by minutes [of the Conseil de Régie of Louisiana], January 4, 1724, refusing assent to such a change.) (Copies.) 9 pp. AC., G 1, 465:n.p. (LC.)

Abstract : [1731? Louisiana.] List of planters in a position to take up the cultivation of indigo. 3 pp. AC., F 3, 24:233.

Abstract : [ca. 1731]. Memorandum on the profit to be made from cultivation of sugarcane, indigo, wax, and cotton in Louisiana. 4 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:172.

Abstract : [1720. Paris.] Memoir by Company of the Indies, on Louisiana and the establishment of plantations there. Location; climate; Indians; the Mississippi River; cultivation of tobacco, silk, rice and indigo; pitch and tar; Indian trade; transportation to Louisiana; land grants to the noblesse and others; need of plantations as regards money, workmen, Negroes, Indians, utensils, provisions, and management. 24 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:333.

Abstract : October 24, 1725. New Orleans. Boisbriant to Duc [de Bourbon]. Importance of the colony; production of indigo, tobacco, and rice; Negroes; settlers; Indian presents; Superior Council, trouble between La Chaise and Boisbriant. (Duplicate.) 14 pp. AC., C 13, 8:236. (Miss.)

Abstract : August 26, 1718. Paris. Instructions from the Company of the West, to be followed in the establishment of mining in the Illinois country. Board of directors; lead, silver, and copper mines; vermilion. 3 pp. AC., B 42bis:230. (LC.) AC., F 3, 241:n.p.

Abstract : [March 25, 1758.] Versailles. [Royal memoir], defining the respective powers of Kerlérec and Rochemore and stating in what branches of government they are to act conjointly: military affairs; Indians; fortifications; artillery; navigation; finances; justice; land grants; police; agricultural matters, indigo, rice, cotton, silk, tobacco; making of pitch and tar; commerce with France, Spain, and islands; religion; hospitals. 18pp. AC., C 13, 40:4.(Miss.)

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