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| Abstract : January 6, 1752. [Paris.] Condamine to [Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]. Memoir on that part of America west of Canada: reports of Marquette, Charlevoix, La Montan, and Hennepin; Indian statements; various maps of Louisiana; report made to D'Espejo, New Mexico. (Copy.) 11pp. ASH., 5:no.13. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : 1697-1722. Memoir on Louisiana, by Béranger. Description of a voyage to Louisiana; coast and mouth of the Mississippi; St. Bernard Bay; voyage with La Harpe; alligators; products; Bienville's fitness as governor; reasons for Louisiana's slow progress; French-Indian dictionary; the Bahama canal. 55 pp. AC., C 13c, 4:72. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : December 2, 1721. Paris. Memoir for Bourgmont on the establishment of a post on the Missouri River. Approved by the king. 2 pp. AC., B 43:90. (LC) |
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| Abstract : March 29, 1714 to June 16, 1714. Itinerary of ascent of the Missouri River, attributed to Bourgmont. From fork of the Missouri and the Mississippi to Pawnee villages; Kansas River. Note by J.N. Delisle on the life and travels of Bourgmont. 24 pp. ASH., 67-2:no.17. |
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| Abstract : January 17, 1722. Paris. Instructions for Bourgmont for his expedition up the Missouri. 3 pp. AC., B 43:91. Margry, VI. 389. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : June 25, 1724 to November 15, 1724. Journal of the voyage of Bourgmont from Fort Orleans to the territory of the Comanches. (Unsigned, but certified by St. Ange, fils, La Renaudière, Dubois, Jeantry, Perot, Forge, Darbes, Bonneau, Hervy, Catosneuf, Quenel, and Pichon, who accompanied Bourgmont.) 44 pp. ASH., 115-9:no.26. AC., C 130, 4:130 (copy). Margry, VI. 398. |
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| Abstract : December 1, 1741. Detroit. Father de la Richardie to Father Dujaunay. Journey of the Chevalier de Beauharnois to Sandusky; intrigues favoring Piquet; measures to draw Hurons from Detroit. (Ext.) 2pp. AC., C 11, 75:124. Mich.H.C., XXXIV., 210; Wis.H.C..XVII.370. |
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| Abstract : May 1, 1699. Fort Maurepas. Iberville\'s instructions to Sauvolle. Letter to be sent to governor of Illinois. Voyage to the Arkansas. Relations with Indians. (Copy.) 2 pp. AC., C 13b, 1:n.p. (LC). |
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| Abstract : June 2, 1699. La Rochelle. [Letter from] Iberville. Narrative of his voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi early in 1699. Departure from Santo Domingo; Spanish settlements at Apalachicola and Pensacola; Chateaumorant returns to Santo Domingo; Biloxi, Bayagoulas, and a voyage to the Humas; information on rivers above the Arkansas; Tonty\'s letter to La Salle in 1685; Sauvolle placed in command of the settlement at Biloxi; Iberville\'s return to France. (Copy). 11 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 9097:45; 9295:149 (Margry\'s copy); ASH., 115-10:no. 6 (ext. by Guillaume Delisle). |
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| Abstract : June 30, 1699. La Rochelle. [Letter from] Iberville. Account of his voyage to Florida. 7 pp. BN., MSS. Clair., 1016:514. Cf. Margry, IV. 116. (LC.) |
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