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Abstract : June 26, 1754 to July 7, 1754. Journal of the campaign of Coulon de Villiers: the march to Fort Necessity; text of the capitulation; return to Fort Duquesne. (With Drucourt\'s letter of September 6.) AC., F 3, 14:52.

Abstract : June 28, 1754. Fort Duquesne. Orders of Contrecoeur, commander, to Coulon de Villiers, to march against the English. 2pp. AC., C 11, 101:167.

Abstract : July 20, 1754. Fort Duquesne. Robert Stobo to the commander of Welskuik [Will\'s Creek, now Cumberland, Maryland]. Transmits plan of the fort and details on its condition. 6pp. AC., C 11, 101:179.

Abstract : July 20, 1755. Fort Duquesne. Contrecoeur, commander, to the minister. Activity on the upper Ohio; victory over the English; effect upon himself; behavior of French soldiers; death of Beaujeu. 3pp. AC., C 11, 100:248.

Abstract : October 20, 1756 to November 6, 1756. Documents relative to the trial of [Robert] Stobo and [Jacob] Wambram, English hostages, accused of having given information about Fort Duquesne. 150pp. AC., C 11, 101:171.

Abstract : 1757-1760. Dossier of title deeds of English property at Fort Duquesne and other places. AN., V 7, 345:no.141.

Abstract : October 18, 20 and 23, 1758. Fort [Duquesne]. Ligneris to Vaudreuil. Skirmish near the fort; shortage of food; Canadians at Detroit and in Illinois; soldiers and officers ask to be relieved; bad conditions of fort; council of war. (Extracts.) 2pp. AC., F 3, 15:225.

Abstract : July 1762. Memoir for Adjutant Péan: English project for the Ohio; Duquesne\'s instructions of June 25, 1753, to winter on the Illinois; conference with Marin and discussion of Indian affairs; Detroit; Michilimackinac; the Ohio River. 76pp. BA., Bastille, 12145:7.

Abstract : August 3, 1695. Fort Buade, Michilimackinac. Cadillac to Pontchartrain. Need for the capture of Manhattan. Shortage of brandy at this post for Indians means their alliance with the English. (Copy) 8 pp. AC., C 11e, 14:10.

Abstract : July 17, 1700. New York. [A missionary to the Taensas to Pontchartrain.] Le Sueur\'s journey to the Sioux; visit with Davion among the Tunicas; mission among the Taensas; arrival of Iberville and Bienville; death of Natchez chief; visit to Mississippi fort and Fort Biloxi; departure from the Mississippi; voyage to New York; Bienville drives Capt[ain] John Bar of Carolina from Louisiana; English give guns to Arkansas; governor of Pensacola visits the Mississippi settlement. (Unfinished. Copy.) 7 pp. BN., MSS.fr., n.a., 7485:127. (LC).

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