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| Abstract : 1757-1760. Dossier of title deeds of English property at Fort Duquesne and other places. AN., V 7, 345:no.141. |
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| Abstract : April 21, 1763 to June 13, 1763. Extracts from English papers of June 13: extract from letter, New York, April 21, 1763, relating to a scheme of settlement on the Ohio, New Wales, grants, organization, land privileges given out before settlers leave Philadelphia. (Joined to despatch from D\'Eon, June 13, 1763.) 3pp. AE., Angleterre, 450:400. |
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| Abstract : May 16, 1785. New York. Barbé-Marbois to Vergennes. Western lands; sale to pay domestic debt; value of those promised to soldiers; Hudson Bay fur trade, its extent, and American trade with the company. 5 pp. AE., États-Unis, 29:265. |
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| Abstract : June 15, 1785. New York. Barbé-Marbois to Vergennes. Western lands; cessions from different states to Congress; constitution of new states. 5 pp. AE., États-Unis, 30:51.2 |
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| Abstract : August 22, 1785. New York. Barbé-Marbois to Vergennes. Fear is the cause that made old states approve of formation of new states; western development; Alsacian emigration to the U.S. 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 30:231. |
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| Abstract : February 14, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. The Miami conference; fears the cession of western lands will fall; bad conduct of Indians, especially on the Wabash. (Duplicate.) 2pp. AE., États-Unis, 31: 96. |
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| Abstract : March 11, 1786. New York. Details relative to Kentucky: boundaries; soil; climate; population, good and bad elements; Lexington; Louisville; Fort Fenny; commerce; work with English to keep Indian trade from the U.S.; land cession; maritime states and the West. 14pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:173. |
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| Abstract : July 14, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Indians refuse to execute treaty with the U.S.; chief of Wyandottes near Lake St. Claire is sending his son to New York to ask Congress to return their lands recently ceded, while he is to go to France to get the support of the king. 2pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:19. |
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| Abstract : July 20, 1787. New York. Otto to Montmorin. A company offers Congress 5,000,000 piastres for five million acres of land between Lake Erie and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers; Harmar\'s post on the Ohio; ordinance of Congress to put all the West under one government; Congress offers large western land grants to French generals. 4pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:308. |
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| Abstract : November 10, 1787. New York. Otto to Montmorin. Land dispute of Georgia with Creeks; farmers of East Florida protect fugitive slaves from Georgia; companies buy large tracts of land on the Ohio; proposal to build a village opposite the Missouri; settlement to be made between Illinois and Kaskaskia rivers; Otto\'s opinion on western migration. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:394. |
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