MF 1069, C13A, Volume 27, Bobine 34, 1742
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- Microfilm 17
- Scope and content:
Ship timbers. Slave trade. Poor quality of Louisiana tobacco. Reports on the gum tree. Estimation of what the colony will require in 1743. Financial problems; financial accounts. Arrival of the Charente; 24 men convicted of contraband aboard. Plans for the establishment of a Jesuit college and of a school run by the "Freres des Ecoles chretiennes". Relations with the Cherokee, the Wabash and the Illinois nations. The Choctaws attack the Chickasaws; "Soulier Rouge" again in the good graces of the French. The Chickasaws may withdraw to Carolina. British intrigues. Depreciation of card money. Bienville requests his recall to France. Military affairs; officers on duty at New Orleans. Information on Admiral Vernon's fleet; seizure of the Andromede, later released. 6 canons ceded to Spanish authorities at Vera Cruz. Vernon's unsuccessful attack on the Kingdom of Santa Fe. Relations with the various Indian tribes. News from the Saint Augustine fort. Tropical woods exported to France. Salmon, "commissaire ordonnateur", to return to France; financial reports. The Swiss troops. Slaves. Fortifications required at Mobile. Agitation among Choctaws and Chickasaws. Reports from missionaries. Cherokee and English intrigues. Relations with Alabamas. Settlement of Compagnie des Indes accounts after the retrocession of Louisiana to the King.
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