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| Abstract : June 2, 1699. La Rochelle. [Letter from] Iberville. Narrative of his voyage to the mouth of the Mississippi early in 1699. Departure from Santo Domingo; Spanish settlements at Apalachicola and Pensacola; Chateaumorant returns to Santo Domingo; Biloxi, Bayagoulas, and a voyage to the Humas; information on rivers above the Arkansas; Tonty\'s letter to La Salle in 1685; Sauvolle placed in command of the settlement at Biloxi; Iberville\'s return to France. (Copy). 11 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 9097:45; 9295:149 (Margry\'s copy); ASH., 115-10:no. 6 (ext. by Guillaume Delisle). |
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| Abstract : August 30, 1699. Rochefort. Itemized list of munitions and merchandise requested by Iberville for Fort Maurepas. 12 pp. AC., C 13, 1:197. (Miss.) |
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| Abstract : September 11, 1699. La Rochelle. Iberville [to Thoynard]. References to De Soto, Pensacola, Chickasaws, Arkansas, Fort Maurepas, the Ohio, the Abbé Bernou, etc. 4 pp. (Copy by Claude Delisle.) ASH., 115-10:no.6. |
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| Abstract : July 9, 1701. La Rochelle. Iberville to Minister. New post proposed on coast of Louisiana. Pensacola. Food supply. Grant to Juchereau on the Wabash for a tannery. The fur trade. Opposition to English. Passage to families for Louisiana. Interpreters. Marginal memos. 22 pp. AM., B 4, 21:514. (LC). |
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| Abstract : [1698?] Memoir setting forth Iberville's proposal respecting the discovery of the mouth of the Mississippi by means of an establishment on St. Esprit Bay, and an expedition of sixty Canadians, descending the Mississippi from the Lakes, planting a colony at the mouth of the river and building a fort there; natural resources of the country; advantages for religion; need of diligence and secrecy; qualifications of Iberville for the leadership. 8 pp. BN., MSS. Clair., 495:485. |
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| Abstract : April 20, 1702. The Renommée. Iberville's itemized account of things he purchased for the Mobile settlement. Signed by La Salle. (Copy). 6 pp. AC., C 13, 1:371. (Miss.) AC., F 1, 10:287 (ext.). |
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| Abstract : July 10, 1702. Rochefort. Extract from a letter, containing replies to various questions put to Iberville on his voyage to the Mississippi. Destruction of Fort Biloxi, and construction of Fort Mobile. Bad situation of Spaniards at Pensacola. Indians, mines, and Detroit. 3 pp. BN., MSS.fr., 9097:125. |
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| Abstract : [1749. Montreal.] Legardeur de Saint-Pierre to the minister. Memoir on his services at Chagouamigon, Michilimackinac, in campaigns against Foxes and Chickasaws, etc. 6pp. AC., C 11, 93:178. |
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| Abstract : April 15, 1767. Paris. Chevalier de Répentigny to [Guerchy]. Transmits memoir on his title to a grant of land at Sault-Sainte-Marie and asks his aid. 1p. AE., Angleterre, 476:75. |
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| Abstract : [1767? Paris.] Memoir [from] the Chevalier de Répentigny, addressed to the French ambassador to London, respecting claims against England for land at Sault-Sainte-Marie that his wife could not get permission to sell. 3pp. AE., Angleterre, 476:204. |
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