MF 1071, C13A, Volume 29, Bobine 36, 1745 [scattered documents from 1744-1746]

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Policy, concerning concessions of public lands. Civil law: rights of minors, inheritance laws. Maritime prize law. Fabry's expedition to Santa Fe. Ship timber; tropical woods. Repairs required in various posts. Slaves. Finances of the colony. Housing for the Ursuline sisters. Officer personnel. Paper money suppressed. Iron deposits discovered near Mobile. The Elephant and Chameau arrive with urgently needed supplies. English intrigues among Indian allies of the French. Relations with the Spanish not very profitable. Beauharnais, governor of Canada, critical of Vaudreuil's decisions relative to the Illinois. Le Normant's severe financial reforms will provoke trouble in the posts and desertion of Indian allies. Officer personnel victims of privations; their salaries must be paid. Le Normant opposes the construction of a fort in Wabash country. The Elephant captured by the English. Rules to govern traders and trappers and relations between Canada and Louisiana. Colonial trade with France. Le Normant continues his inspection of the accounts of public institutions. Changes made in the command at Mobile. Le Normant requests to be recalled. Detailed reports on Mobile and the Indian tribes of that region. Efficacity of English propaganda. Outbreak of tribal warfare. French and Swiss troops.

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