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| 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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| Abstract : February 15, 1767. New York. Thomas Gage to Montault de Montberaut. Tells him he should address his complaints to the king, but will do all he can to have the conditions of agreement between him and Stuart observed. 4pp. AE., Mm.et Doc., Amér., 11:377. |
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| Abstract : April 24, 1785. New York. Memoir by St. Jean de Crèvecoeur on the middle west of the U.S. soil; surface; rivers: Ohio and its branch the Mississippi above the Ohio, the Missouri, Illinois, St. Lawrence, and the Great Lakes; cities: Pittsburg, Louisville, Detroit, St. Louis, Kaskaskia, etc.; Illinois; Kentucky; French and American population; eastern states, New York, Pennsylvania, etc.; minutes of the Danville convention, December 27, 1784; Ohio navigation; sketch of a journey into the interior in 1767, distance in miles; Indians. 167pp. ASH., 66: no.32. (LC.) |
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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 12, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Act of Virginia, enabling Kentucky to become a sovereign state; Otto\'s proposal not to admit new states to the confederation but to make allies of them. (Duplicate.) 3pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:89. |
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| Abstract : February 22, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. English activity; Canada\'s attitude toward the U.S.; Oswald censured by Parliament for giving up forts on the Lakes; Indians. (Duplicate.) 8pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:139. |
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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 : April 9, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Virginia recognizes Kentucky\'s rights. 7pp. AE., États-Unis, 31:208. |
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| Abstract : November 1, 1786. New York. Otto to Vergennes. Indian affairs: union of tribes south of Lake Erie to oppose the U.S.; attacks on Kentucky; danger for government surveyors; acts of Congress against Indian attacks; Gen[eral] Clark\'s campaign; Col[onel] Logan and the Shawnees McGillivray and Creeks; Creek treaty with Georgia. 6pp. AE., États-Unis, 32:123. |
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