MF 1066, C13A, Volume 24, Bobine 31, 1739 [scattered documents from 1733, 1736-38]

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Microfilm 14

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Arrival of supply ships but troops and Indian goods delayed. Military affairs. A fort built in Wabash country. Need for slaves. Construction work throughout the colony. Officers and soldiers. Privileges granted to Louisiana products in the Iles de Vent. The French get the upper hand again with the Choctaws. Bourville, governor par interim at the Ile Royale, reports several winter; food urgently needed; supplies purchased from English; French and English rivalry for influence over Indians. Unrest among Indian tribes. The English have their troubles too. Swiss troops. Longueil at the head of Canadian, Iroquois, Abenaki, and Huron troops from Canada is to meet troops from Louisiana at the Riviere a Margot in November for the second campaign against the Chickasaws. Navigation on the rivers and bayous is difficult. Administrative, religious, medical affairs. Arrival of the supply ships Atlas and Profound. Epidemic of yellow fever at New Orleans. Tobacco in Maryland and Virginia. English expansion threatens Florida, Acadia, the Iroquois country, the Appalache region. Reports on Georgia, on other English colonies in America, on the British naval and colonial services. Reports from Pensacola and other colonies. Reports from New York.

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