MF 1087, C13A, Volume 44, Bobine 52, 1759-1764
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The affair of the English flag of truce ship and the resulting lawsuit opposing Madame de Rochemore and M. de Kerlerec. Abbadis reports on the cession of Mobile to Great Britain and on the difficulties created by Major Farmer commanding English troops. Memoir on tobacco, indigo and sugar produced in Louisiana. Abbadie implores ministerial protection for Acadian families arriving in New Orleans coming from New York. Financial documents concerning Louisiana's expenditures for 1764. Braud requests exclusive privileges for printing and for the sale of books in Louisiana. Instructions to Abbadis for the cession of Louisiana to Spain; his remarks on the character of New Orleans inhabitants. Lack of supplies. Questions concerning deserters. Repercussions of the change of sovereignty over certain Indian tribes. Copies of correspondence exchanged between Abbadis and Farmer. Convoy for Illinois country; correspondence on M. de Neyon, post commander. The British rumored to have been defeated before Niagara. French troops to be evacuated to Saint Domingue. The Michelimakinac troops retreat to Illinois positions. Finances of the colony; letters of credit in circulation. General Gage informs Abbadis of his intention to take possession of Illinois territory in the name of Great Britain. The cession of Louisiana to Spain modifies French-English-Indian relations. Memoirs on Louisiana and Cayenne. A commission presided by the Duc de Choiseul examines the Kerlerec-Rochemore controversy.
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