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| Abstract : September 18, 1714. Fort Louis. Cadillac to the minister. Spanish trade; mission of Father Franciscus Hydalgo; friction between Bienville and Cadillac; Indian affairs; mines; peltry trade; the Fortune affair; English among Indian allies. 21 pp. AC., C 13, 3:511. |
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| Abstract : January 2, 1716. Dauphin Island. Cadillac to the council. Explorations of St. Denys; Illinois mines; his relations with Duclos and with Bienville; trading company; price of deerskins; his son\'s map of the Red River; Spanish affairs; cure and governor; insubordination among officers and troops. Marginal notes. 25 pp. AC., C 13, 4:509. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : August 26, 1717. Paris. Council of Marine to Vaudreuil and Bégon. Information regarding the Company of the West, which is to appoint officers and be responsible for expenses in Louisiana and to have control in the Illinois country, now joined to Louisiana. Its relation to the furtrade of Canada. 2 pp. AC., B 39:258. |
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| Abstract : September 7, 1717. [Paris.] Minutes of council, on letter from Cadillac, La Rochelle, August 29: his return; request for free freight on twenty packages of furs he brought with him from Louisiana. 1p. AM., B 1.21: 15; AC, C 13, 5:16. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : September 11, 1717. Paris. Council to Cadillac. He may live at Paris, La Rochelle, or wherever he wishes; will be allowed free freight on the Paon for 1000 deerskins from Louisiana. 1p. AC., B 39:90. |
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| Abstract : [February 26, 1781]. Pau. Laclède\'s memoir on settlement of the estate of Pierre Laclède: the latter went to New Orleans in 1755, where he established a commercial house; in 1763 he received exclusive privileges in the fur trade in Illinois; establishment of the Maxan, Dée and Laclède trading company; St. Louis trading post; death of Pierre Laclède, May, 1778. 3pp. AC., C 13c, 4: 245. (LC., 111.) |
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| Abstract : [June 6, 1802.] 17 Prairial, X. Sedan. Louis Villemont, ex-captain of Louisiana, to Talleyrand. His knowledge of Louisiana through voyages by order of the Spanish King to the U.S., Canada, New Mexico, Upper Louisiana, the great plains, Missouri River to Saint-Pierre River; his abstracts and memoirs were sent to secretary of the Indies, and his collection to the intendancy of Louisiana; Canadian peltry trade with Louisiana; Mississippi designated as Upper and Lower Louisiana; approval of the retrocession. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, sup., 7:186. |
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| Abstract : August 10, 1673. Techirogen. La Salle to Frontenac. Iroquois. Coureurs de bois. (Ext.) 1p. AC., C 11, 4:9. Margry, I. 240. |
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| Abstract : May 25, 1708. Fort Louis. Artaguiette to the minister. Seeks supplies at Vera Cruz; distribution and sale of merchandise; Indian slaves; Frenchwomen, wives for coureurs de bois; fever, boats, Bienville, La Vente, and La Salle. 9 pp. AC., C 13, 2:317; C 13, 2:151(extracts, with notes by the minister). (LC.) |
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| Abstract : January 15, 1714. Fort Louis. Duclos to the minister. Powder factory; settlements on the Wabash and at St. Bernard Bay; settlers; food shortage; boats; lead; tallow; hides; Mexican and Tampico trade; land grants; trouble between Duclos and Cadillac. 25 pp. AC., C 13, 3:535. |
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