MF 1057, C13A, Volume 15, Bobine 22, 1732 [one document from 1733]
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Arrival of the Saint Paul. Reports from Mobile. Negro slaves needed. Soldiers and officers on duty in the colony; arms and ammunition; fortifications. An increase in budget requested in order to finance indispensable public works. Fort Saint Jean Baptist due Natchitoches. Indian tribal warfare, and attacks against French settlements. Shipbuilding in Louisiana. Artaquiette's successful mission to the Illinois. Return cargo of the Saint Paul: furs, tobacco, rice, and cotton. A new hospital needed; medical care; sanitation problems; fees received by Surgeons Alexandre and Manade. Three-way commerce: Saint Domingue-Louisiana-Ile Royale. Salmon plans to visit Mobile. Wood and tar. La Somme arrives. The Swiss detachment. The English make inroads into Illinois territory; role of the Iroquois. Navigation on the Mississippi. The Choctaws on the point of abandoning the French, guilty of not keeping their word; they also repulse English overtures. A plan to introduce settlers from Alsace, Lorraine and Germany is under consideration. Plans for a parish church at New Orleans, also for an Ursuline convent.
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