MF 1083, C13A, Volume 41, Bobine 48, 1759 [one document from 1764]
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Defense measures to be taken. Scandal in New Orleans while Kerlerec is at Mobile; Rochemore confiscates a British parlementary vessel; Kerlerec releases it. Reports on the situation among the Choctaws. The entrance to the Mississippi is blocked by an English frigate. Quarrel between Kerlerec and Rochemore. Financial situation of the colony: accounts. A French detachment fails to reach Niagara which is under siege. The Chickasaws prepare an ambush. Swiss troops. Kerlerec asks to be relieved and recommends that Rochemore be recalled. McCarty, commander in Illinois country, reports on the defeat before Niagara. Rochemore having exhausted supplies, the Choctaws and Alabamas are turning to the English. Amnisty granted to French deserters. Rochemore proposes to recall of card money in circulation since 1744 and reviews various sectors of colonial administration and activity. Supplies urgently required. Accounts. Rochemore's version of the seizure of the English parliamentary ship. The Three Brothers, an English merchant vessel, is commissioned as a parliamentary ship by the governor of Rhode Island although there is not a single French prisoner in that colony. Rochemore defends his monetary policy. A part of the Choctaw nation is negotiating with the English. News from the Illinois. Death of Fontenette. Plans for additional settlements in Louisiana. Trade.
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