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| Abstract : November 6, 1739. Quebec. Beauharnois to the minister. Shipwreck of [Douville de la] Saussaye; Chickasaw expedition; Bienville, De Noyelles, Blainville, and Tonty; news from western posts. 4 pp. AC., C 11, 71:86. Wis. H.C., XVII. 321. |
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| Abstract : November 16, 1766. New Orleans. Foucault to the minister. Storm wrecks Spanish vessels near Balize; anxiety about those who went to their aid; they carried large sums in piastres. Spp. AC., C 13, 46: 71. |
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| Abstract : March 30, 1767. New Orleans. Foucault to the minister. Storms in Gulf of Mexico; French, English, and Spanish vessels are wrecked or injured. 1p. AC., C 13, 45:218. |
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| Abstract : October 26, 1692. La Rochelle. Bégon to Duguay, intendant at Nantes. Asks if the Joly, lost near Plaisance, is the vessel that took La Salle to the Mississippi in 1684. 1p. BN., MSS. fr., 22802:209. |
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| Abstract : [1727?] Memoir of Simars de [Bellisle], who embarked on the Maréchal d\'Estrées in 1718 for New Orleans; his escape from the vessel; adventures and arrival in Louisiana; his character. 2 pp. AC., F 3, 24:102. (LC.) Cf. Margry, VI. 320. |
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| Abstract : September 21, 1786. [Madrid.] Floridablanca to La Vauguyon. Claim of Ratteville, merchant of Port-au-Prince, for loss of the Saint-Augustin and cargo on the Mississippi while in service of Louisiana; Spanish government refuses to pay it. (Translation.) 3pp. AE., Esp., 621:92. |
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| Abstract : [March 9], 1745. Narrative in form of a journal, of a voyage that Maj[or] Grenier made to Vera Cruz in the Superbe. The crew; left New Orleans, March 9, 1745, on the Saint-Louis, to procure flour at Vera Cruz; on his return he landed on an island near the coast; the crew landed and started for Pensacola; encounter with Indians; crew saved; arrival at Tampico; passage to New Orleans, etc. (Copy.) 44pp. AM., B 4, 57:323. |
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| Abstract : May 4, 1749. New Orleans. Grenier to the minister. Report on warehouse Hervier was to build for him in Louisiana; loss of his vessel on the Spanish coast; asks for a position. 4pp. AC., C 13, 34:238. |
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| Abstract : April 20, 1764. Fort Chartres. Neyon de Villiers to D\'Abbadie. Arrival of Volsey with letters from New Orleans; Pontiac; emigration of French settlers; English boats wrecked on Lake Erie; letter to Loftus; Saint-Ange called to Fort Chartres. 3pp. AC., C 13, 44: 92. Ill.H.C., X.242. |
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| Abstract : [ca. 1725. Paris. Bourgmont] to directors of Company of the Indies. Asks for his salary, and reimbursement of money advanced to send five Indians from the Missouri to France; his personal losses by wreck of the Bellonne. 1p. AC., C 13c, 4:107. |
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