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| Abstract : June 15, 1715. Fort [Louis]. Bienville to the minister. English activity among Indians of Louisiana; Cadillac\'s trip to the Illinois. 6 pp. AC., C 13, 3:827. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : March 1, 1717. Fort Louis. Memoir on Louisiana, to be presented with a map of the country to the council of marine, by François Le Maire, of the seminary of foreign missions. Descriptions of Louisiana, the Mississippi, Indians, colonists, Pensacola, Fort Louis, commerce; remarks on Crozat; also maps of New France, Florida, Louisiana, etc., drawn according to the latest information gathered relative to the establishment of the Company of the West. 21 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 12105: entire volume. |
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| Abstract : June [12, 1718.] Fort Louis. Bienville to the council. Transmits letter from governor of Pensacola protesting against the settlement on St. Joseph Bay. (Duplicate.) 1p. AE., Mém. et Doc., Amér., 1:215. |
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| Abstract : June 30, 1718. Fort Louis. Letter from Chauvin de Léry and Chauvin de la Fresnière. Account of their journey from Mobile to Natchitoches. En route St. Denis and d\'Erbanne leave them; Comanche attack; Rio del Norte reached; merchandise seized by Spanish officers; trickery of St. Denis, imprisoned in Mexico; attitude of missionaries toward them; return to Natchitoches. (Ext.) 3 pp. AC., C 13c, 4:56. |
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| Abstract : April 19, 1699. Chicago. Father Le Source to Rev. [Mère]. Voyage from Michilimackinac to Arkansas; the Tonicas, Taensas [Tensas], Natchez, and their customs; sickness of Montigny; St. Cosme\'s mission among the Tamaroas; arrival at Chicago. (Copy) 8 pp. ASH., 115-10:no.13. (LC.) AN., K1374:no.84 (dated April 18). (Ill.) |
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| Abstract : August 28, 1715. Chicago. Maunoir [Monnoir] to Ramezay. His journey to the Ottawas and Dadoncour\'s to Illinois; Cadillac\'s silver mine at Kaskaskia. (Copy.) 5 pp. AC., C 11, 35:53. |
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| Abstract : May 23, 1722 to July 1, 1722. Fort Chartres, Illinois. Journal by Legardeur Delisle, relating to a voyage from Fort Chartres by way of the Mississippi up the Illinois River with Renaud, in search of mines; discovery of coal but no copper. 18 pp. AC., C 13c, 2:181. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : July 21, 1722. Fort Chartres, Illinois. Legardeur Delisle to the commissioners. Renaud's search for copper, coal, and silver mines. 2 pp. AC., C 13, 6:292. |
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| Abstract : May 20, 1753. Kaskaskia. Macarty to the minister. Report of the voyage to the upper Ohio and the Wabash with convoy carrying supplies to French troops; Chickasaw attack; need of workmen for the fort being built on the Ohio and for farms and lead mines; flour mills; deserters; exploration on the Missouri. 6pp. AC., C 13, 37:188. |
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| Abstract : May 13, 1718. Dauphin Island. Memoir on Louisiana, by Le Maire, missionary. Indians; French settlements; trade; medicinal plants; means of establishing Louisiana; additions from D\'Erbanne\'s journal, 1716-1717. 10 pp. ASH., 67:no.4. (LC.) |
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