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| Abstract : December 18, 1712. Versailles. Memoir of the king to Cadillac, to supplement the instructions of May 13, 1710. Mines; emigrants, farmers, and agriculture; Duclos as ordonnateur; land grants; court of justice; superior council; Indian affairs; inundation of Dauphin Island establishment; illegal practices among voyageurs; Langlais, Detroit interpreter, and his trouble with Indians; Marie Grizot; religion. 10 pp. AC., B 34:141. (LC.) AC., C 13, 3:721; F 3, 68:n.p.; F 3, 241:n.p. (extracts). |
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| Abstract : December 20, 1712. Versailles. Minister to Cadillac. Instructs him to send reports on Louisiana mines, agriculture, etc.; conditional promise of cross of St. Louis; refuses his request for land grant; asks him to superintend female emigrants during voyage to Louisiana. 3 pp. AC., B 34:157. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : July 3, 1713. Versailles. Minister to Bégon. References to Cadillac, La Forest, silver mines on the Wabash, etc. 19 pp. AC., B 35:327. |
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| Abstract : July 4, 1713. Versailles. Minister to Vaudreuil. Instructions to send Lignery to Michilimackinac at once, prevent Longeuil from trading with Iroquois, to send Deliette to the Illinois, and Vincennes to the Miamis to prevent Indian wars; to abandon the La Forest-Tonty post on the Illinois; copper mines on the Wabash. 13 pp. AC., B 35:320. |
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| Abstract : June 8, 1713. Versailles. Minister to Duclos. Prohibits manufacture of powder in Louisiana. Inquiry about saltpeter mines. Permits Crozat to send soldiers to the Wabash. Land grants. Instructions to protect Crozat\'s trade. 2 pp. AC., B 35:325. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : June 30, 1707. Versailles. Minister to De Muy. Instructions to examine complaints against Bienville, Iberville, and La Vente; to verify accounts of Bienville, Chateauguay and La Salle; need of Negroes; beaver trade; asks for memoir on mines, Indians, and agriculture; change of name for Mobile; Jesuits in Illinois; passport to France for Louis Biterne. 9 pp. AC., B 29:285. |
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| Abstract : October 31, 1708. Versailles. Minister to Bégon. Copper mines and troops in Louisiana. 2 pp. AC., B 30:55. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : November 30, 1708. Versailles. Minister to Bégon. Affairs of Louisiana. Merchandise, munitions, lard, and lead. Pay of Canadians in colonial service. Food and clothing for troops. Copper. Exchange of Indian prisoners of war for Negro slaves. 4 pp. AC., B 30:77. (LC.) |
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| Abstract : July 6, 1709. Versailles. Minister to Cadillac. Latter\'s inability to cooperate with others; his trouble with Jesuits; proposed canal between lakes Erie and Ontario; food for soldiers; beaver trade; expedition against Miamis; French-Indian marriages; war against Illinois; church; brandy trade; powder and lead; land grants; value of Michilimackinac post; Bourgmont\'s removal; place for son of Cadillac. 9 pp. AC., B 30:162. (LC.) Mich. H.C., XXXIII. 452(ext.). |
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| Abstract : July 1, 1727. Versailles. Royal letters patent sending Baron, of the Royal Academy, to America and the French Islands to make astronomical observations and to study plants, minerals, and aids to navigation. 2 pp. AC., B 43:706. (LC.) BMM., MS. 73, vol. 26:108; BN., MSS.fr., 11332:507. |
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