MF 1036, C13A, Volume 1, Bobine 1, 1694-1707 [one document after 1717 and two others after 1776]

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Microfilm 1

Scope and content:

Raids by the Illinois tribe; correspondence of Henry de Tonty, Governor of Fort Saint Louis, of Frontenac and of Champigny, at Quebec. Missionaries in the Louisiana territory. Iberville's plans for Mississippi Valley Trade through the Gulf of Mexico criticized by officials responsible for Canadian establishments. The barter system as used by missionaries. Iberville's correspondence relative to his plans for establishment and the exploitation of a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi; concessions of various kinds, especially for furs and minerals; policy to be followed in regard to the Spanish. Extracts of ship logs giving navigational and geographical information on the Gulf Coast regions. Reports on Pensacola, Mobile Bay, Biloxi. Logistic support of French Establishments in Florida and on the Gulf Coast. Iberville reports on his 1700 voyage; colony established at the mouth of the Mississippi; arrival of Tonty with a band of Canadians, explorations. Spanish Protestants against French incursions into their territories. French reports on English posts and explorations in southern North America; plan for attack on Charleston. French reports on the Illinois and Sioux tribes. Iberville's financial reports. Settlers for Louisiana. La Salle's reports from Mobile, 1717 report from Artus, commanding Ile Dauphine. 1776 reports on South Carolina and Saint Augustine, Florida.

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