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| Abstract : May 10, 1747. New Orleans. Vaudreuil to the the minister. Tobacco culture at Pointe Coupée; shipments held up by large consignments of sugar and Campeachy wood; asks for better prices and preferential consideration for tobacco. 3pp. AC., C 13, 31:74; F 3, 24:447. |
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| Abstract : Oct. 30, 1740. Fontainebleau. Minister to Bigot de La Mothe. Instructions regarding Louisiana green oak; if the quality is good to order shipments for further tests. 1p. AM., B 2, 311:224. |
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| Abstract : Oct. 30, 1740. Fontainebleau. Minister to Ricouart. Salmon is instructed to hasten shipments of Louisiana oak for use in French naval construction. 1p. AM., B 2, 311:427. |
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| Abstract : Apr. 3, 1742. New Orleans. Salmon to the minister. Dalcour's slave trade; bills of exchange to officers; affairs of Company of the Indies; arrival of contractor to examine Barataria forests for naval timber. 3pp. AC., C 13, 27:105. |
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| Abstract : Sept, 2, 1742. Versailles. Minister to Ollivier. Transmits memoir of Millour, destined for Louisiana to examine timber on Barataria Island, and, asks his opinion on it. 1p. AC., B 75:161. |
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| Abstract : Oct. 6, 1742. Versailles. Minister to Olivier. Discusses the memoir and samples of wood sent from Louisiana as aids to determine what is best to do with Barataria timber. 1p. AC., B 75:166. |
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| Abstract : October 8, 1741. Brest. Statement by Olivier of oak timber which will be prepared in Louisiana for the construction of a ship of seventy-four guns. 2pp. AC., C 13, 26:232. |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1800]. Notes on Lower Louisiana from the Iberville River [Bayou Manchac?] to the Gulf: the Mississippi, its bed, banks, floods, mouth, and canal connections with Lake Pontchartrain; debts of Spanish government to settlers; missionaries; nuns; public buildings; lumber; Balize; Fort Plaquemine; the gulf coast. 11pp. AC., C 13c, 1: 296, 305. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1730]. Some general ideas regarding the establishment of Louisiana commerce. Development of resources of the province: cotton, indigo, tobacco, pitch, tar, and lumber; improvement of transportation; Spanish overland and sea trade; peltries. 30 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:117. (LC., Ill.) |
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| Abstract : [1731]. Memoir on Louisiana. Soil; settlers at Biloxi; Natchez war; Bienville recalled to France; floods; evil practices of councillors; superior council cabals; climate; lumber; natural products; mines; Balize, New Orleans, Pointe Coupee, Natchez, Yazoo, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, and Natchitoches; Jesuits and Capuchins; trade with Spaniards; Choctaws, Natchez, and Chickasaws; English aggression; need of Negroes, troops and Canadian settlers; wax plantations. 22 pp. AC., C 13c, 1:375. (LC.) |
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