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278d. 1723, 24th April-letter from Mr. de Bienville, dated 20th June, 1722, announcing the order of the Viceroy of Mexico for the cession of Pensacola to Spain. This letter is accompanied by the opler of the King of France.
274th. 1724, 26th Oct .- prices fixed for merchandize tendered by the inhabitants in payment of debts to the West India Company.
275th. 1721-documents relative to the beaver trade in Canada ; petition against the monopoly of that trade.
276th. 1725-sundry letters relative to the war with the " Ro- nards."'
277th. 1743-Mr. de Vaudreuil's account of the situation of the colony respecting the Indians.
278th. 1726, 7th August-ordinance by Messrs. de Boisbriant, Commander-General of the province of Louisiana, and Delachaise, " Commissaire du Roi," and first Counsellor of his Majesty in the
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"Conseil Supérieur de la Régie ;" measures to be adopted in conse- quence of the rupture between England and Spain.
279th. 1765, Ist June-printed extracts from the minutes of the " Conseil Supérieur" relative to the Abbot de l'Isle Dieu.
280th. 1755, Paris, 2d Sept .- printed treaties on the patent letters to the Capuchins of Champagne, concerning the missions through Louisiana.
281st. 1726, 13th Sept .- articles of agreement between the Ursu- lines and the West India Company, for the service of a military hos- pital in New Orleans. These articles, to the number of 28, containing all the conditions attached to certain grants, are signed by " l'Abbé Ragolet."
282d. No date-project for the retrocession of Louisiana by the West India Company to the King.
283d. 1789, 25th Oct .- memorial of the Chevalier de Fabrau on Louisiana, without interest.
284th. 1742-agreements consequent to the retrocession of Louis- iana by the West India Company on the 27th March, 1731.
285th. No date-memorial on the same subject.
286th. 1759, 6th March -- Mr. Rochimore, complaining of the in- subordination of officers.
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287th. 1731, Oct. 30th-Ursuline Convent founded in 1727; me-
. morial of Father d' Avangcon on the advantages of that institution ; the object is represented to have been the education of young girls, the nursing of the sick as " hospitalieres ;" the service of the military hospital ; prays for aid in order to increase the number of sisters, originally 6 to 12, and the confirmation in " franc allen" of the lands granted in New Orleans, and that they may be permitted to enjoy the privileges belonging to their order in France.
288th. 1764, 15th Feb .- instructions to Mr. d' Abbadie respect- ing the Jesuits, which instructions are stated to have been carried into effect, the company having been dissolved and their estates having been sold previous to the receipt of the letters patent of the King bearing date the Bd June, 1763.
289th. 1724, August-inspection by the Louisiana committee, of the different military posts of that colony, to wit : New Orleans, the Balize, Bilosi, Dauphin Island, Mobile, Alibamons, Natchez, Natehi-
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toches, Yazoo, Arkansas, Illinois. The committee recommend the giving up of the military posts of Biloxi, Dauphin Island, and Ar- kansas.
290th. 1741, 30th April-Mr. de Bienville, interesting account relative to the Indians.
291st. 15th Sept .- report of Mr. Duverge, concerning different" operations intrusted to him for the improvement of the colony ; pre- sents a plan for an establishment at Ship Island, at Alibamons, and on the Wabash ; also, but on a smaller scale, at Biloxi and in Illi- nois ; recommends the clearing of the Manchac of trees impeding the navigation of that rivulet; proposes a road from Biloxi to the Illinois by land; submits a plan for the raising of silk worms; speaks of a military post on the St. Bernard, &c. &c. This report embraces a complete organization for the government of Louisiana, and is highly interesting, presenting large views on the commerce and agriculture of the country, and was approved by the directors of the West India Company in Paris, on the 15th September, 1720.
2921. 1727, 24th April-missions to be supplied by the Capuchins throughout Louisiana.
293d. 1733, 15th Jan .- plan of the fort of Natchitoches, (signed) Broutin.
294th. 1734, 25th July-plan of a large portion of the city of New 'Orleans, (signed) Broutin, including Toulouse, St. Peter, St. Anne, . and Dumaine, Levée and Condé streets ; on this plan are indicated the following buildings to be undertaken during 1734, to wit : bar- racks, fronting the river between St. Anne and Dumaine; government house, fronting the levee, between St. Peter and Toulouse; the cus- tom house, (Intendance,) also fronting the levee between Dumaine and St. Anne.
295th. 1733 -- plan (signed) " Broutin," elevation of a building to be placed on the top of a wine cellar in the custom built in 1732.
206th. 1783, 15th Jan .- (signed) " Broutin," plan of the powder magazine; on this plan are seen the dresses of the inhabitants of that epoch.
297th. 1733; 15th Jan .-- plan (signed) "Broutin," of the wall surrounding the powder magazine.
298th. 1783, 15th Jan .- plan (signed) "Broutin," side view of the powder magazine built in 1782.
299th. 1734, 12th July-proces verbal of Messrs. de Bienville and Salmon accompanying the above plans.
800th. 1734, 25th July-plan (signed) "Broutin," of barracks,
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&c., to be erected during 1734, between St. Anne and Dumaine streets.
301st. 1733, 15th May-Mr. de Bienville relative to the Indians; interesting details respecting the Natchez, the Chicachas, &c .; original letters from persons inhabiting among those nations and the Illinois ; the Alibamons, the Natchitoches, the Talapenches, the Chitimachas, the Attakapas, and the Loupelousas.
302d. 1734, 27th July-Mr. de Bienville on the Chicachas, Natchez and Chactas ; interesting details ; a few speeches by the Indian chiefs.
303d. 1734, 25th Jan .- Mr. de Bienville on the Indians.
304th. 1733, 26th July-the same on the same subject.
305th. 1716, 8th Oct .- memorial on the importance of colonizing Louisiana ; an armed colonization is recommended instead of soldiers, as being less costly and more useful.
306th. 1733, 15th May-plan (sigued) "Devin," of the Fort Condé at Mobile.
307th. 1734-memorial on the necessity of colonization in Louis- iana ; void of interest.
808th. 1734, 6th April-Mr. Perrier on the movements of the In- dians.
309th. 1734, 26th April-Mr. de Bienville on the Indians; ac- count of a battle, &c.
310th. 1732, 14th May .- Mr. Perrier on the Indians, and of the missionaries among them.
311th. 1731, 10th Dec .- Mr. Perrier on the war with the Natchez; the situation of the colony, and the budget for 1732, &e. &c.
312th. 1772 -- petition from the commerce of Bordeaux, claiming a continuation of franchise on goods from Louisiana on the following grounds :
Ist. Because although the cession of Louisiana to Spain by treaty took place in 1762, it was only publicly known in France in 1765.
2d. Because the King of Spain only took possession of that colony in March, 1766.
3d. Because the revolution of 176S and 1769 in that country, was the cause of most of the agents of the Bordeaux merchants being either shot or sent to the mines.
313th. 1747, Feb .- Mr. de Vaudreuil, murder of a cadet and of a soldier by the Chaetas ; details on the Indians.
314th. 1747, Jan .- Mr. de Vaudreuil, on the Indians and the doings of the English.
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315th. 1736, 18th June-Mr. de Beauchamp calls for a corps of miners and bombardiers to carry on the war with the Chicachas, whom he represents as living like weazels, in cabins resembling ovens partly under ground, and communicating with each other.
316th. 1626, 29th March-memorial of Mr. de Merveilleux on the erection of a fort at Pascagoula, recommended by Mr. Dela- chaise.
317th. 1759, 5th July-proces verbal of the confiscation of the English schooner the " Three Brothers," commanded by Joseph Boull, aged 36 years, belonging to Rhode Island, (signed) Rochemore ..
31Sth. 1750, 11th June-extract of a letter from Mr. Durand to the Marquis of Puyzenet, dated London, speaking of the Quakers and of the Moravians, in the highest terms; recommends them for the colonization of Louisiana ; and adds, "it appears that Admiral Anson was intrusted with a project, which not having received, its exe- cution cannot now be fully ascertained. A plan found in the papers of King William the Third shows, however, that that prince had conceived the idea of taking possession of the Isthmus of Darien, and by the means of the river running nearly through from one sea to the other, to open communications between the fleets in the Atlantic and. South Seas, granting at the same time, commissions to all privateers, for the purpose of annoying the French and Spanish commerce, and of gradually keeping the latter power in the dependence of Eng- land."
319th. 1722, 6th Nov .- Mr. de Bienville, handing a speech made by him to the Indians.
320th. No date-coup d'œil on Louisiana, by Mr. Roquerante, wherein he endeavors to show the advantage of the fur trade on the Canadian plan.
:21st. No date-project for the guidance of the military " com- mandants" towards the Indians in Louisiana.
322J. 1740, 28th June-memorial of Mr. Duverge relating to the discovery of the road from New Orleans to the upper country, through the Chicachas; the whole is very interesting and contains about 100 pages.
323d. 1731, 16th March-letter from Mr. Regis a Roullet on the Indian war.
32.4th. 1733, 19th March-plan (signed) " Broutin," elevation of the Ursulines Convent.
925th. 1733, 19th March-other view of the same building.
326th. 1733, 1st May-plan of a military hospital.
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327th. 1731, 21st Feb .- letter of Mr. Regis de Roullet on the Indian War.
328th. 1723, 3d May-interesting documents, containing the speeches of several of the leading Indian warriors, asking the pardon of a soldier condemned to death.
. 329th. 1732, 9th July-plan of the parish church of New Orleans, bricks between posts, (signed) "De Bat."
330th. 1726, 22d Jan .- discussions between the Jesuits and the West India Company, void of interest.
331st. 1719-history of a journey in the interior of Louisiana, by Bernard de la Harpe, containing a memorial for assistance.
332d. 1740-paper on the Indians.
333d. 1730-project of a private letter from the West India Company to Mr. Perrier, respecting the English and Spaniards in Louisiana.
334th. 1740, 29th August-Mr. de Bienville on the Chicachas war.
335th. 1740, 31st Oct .- Mr. de Bienville on the same subject.
336th. 1733, 8th Sept .- Mr. de Bienville renders an account of the situation in which he has found the colony respecting the Indians.
337th. 1733, 25th Jan .- Mr. de Bienville on the Indians.
338th. 1731, 25th March-relation by Mr. Perrier of the defeat of the Natchez.
339th. 1717-memorial on Louisiana, of little interest.
340th. 1721, 4th Oct .- letter from Messrs. de Bienville, Le Blond, Latour and Duverge, respecting Mr. Laharpe's relation of his voyage to the Bay of St. Bernard.
341st. 1720-letter from Mr. de la Harpe, accompanying the his- tory of his discoveries. This letter is dated Dauphin Island.
342d. 1759, Jan. 3d-memorial on the functions of Civil Engi- necr and General Surveyor.
343d. 1766, July 9th-letter from Mr. Aubry explaining the rea- sons which have induced Governor Ulloa to delay taking possession of Louisiana.
344th. 1767, 11th Jan .- letter from the Duke of Choiseul to Mr. Aubry, approving the continuation of his government for the King of Spain ; the latter paying all expenses.
345th. 1749, 20 Jan., Paris-copy of a letter from the Count de Maurepas to Messrs. de Vaudreuil and Michel, on the culture of indigo.
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346th. 1730, 1st August-Mr. Perrier on the Indian war.
347th. 1726-discussions between the Jesuits and the West India Company.
348th. 1768, 22d Jan .- Foucault to the minister, complaining of the difficulty of his position, and referring to his joint communications with Aubry.
349th. 1735, 15th April-Messrs. de Bienville and Salmon, on commerce and agriculture.
350th. 1744, 10th Feb .- paper on the Indians.
351st. 1743, August-Mr. de Vaudreuil report on Mobile.
352d. No date-memorial on Louisiana, disapproving the emission of paper money by the administrators of the colony ; demoralization which must flow from such emissions.
353d. 1754, 6th Nov .- Mr. de Kerlerec on the Indians.
354th. 1748, Ist Oct .-- Mr. de Vaudreuil on the same subject.
355th. 1743, Dec .- Loubrey, Commandant of Mobile, on the In- dians.
356th. 1743, July-Mr. de Bienville on the Indians.
357th. 1714-memorial of Mr. Crozat for the raising of troops for Louisiana.
35Sth. 1767, 25th Oct .- pamphlet containing extracts on the fol- lowing subjects :
No. 1. America civilized.
Nos. 2 to 7. Prophecy on America ; the manufactures of North America destined to destroy the supremacy of Great Britain. .
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350th. 1768, 20th Jan .- letter from Mr. Aubry explaining the extreine difficulty of his position, compelled as he was, being a French Governor, to govern for the King of Spain; Governor Ulloa with only ninety soldiers not deeming it prudent to receive possession of the colony.
360:1. 1767, 20th Jan .-- agreement between Aubry and Ulloa, by which the former consents to defer the delivery of Louisiana to the lutter, both in the mean time governing the colony.
361st. 1767, 30th March -- Mr. Aubry expressing his desire for the arrival of Spanish troops in order to give up the government of Louis- iana ; states his joint action with Ulloa in all necessary measures; complains of Ulloa's quick temper, &c. &c.
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362d. 1766, 20th April-instructions to Mr. Aubry for the ces- sion of Louisiana.
363d. 1765, 30th Sept .- Aubry announces some disturbances among the Pakanas in the neighborhood of Illinois, and an expedition headed by Mr. de Lavilleboeuvre, an officer well acquainted with the Indian language, against a party of Indians who had made themselves masters of property and cabins belonging to the English on the Iber- ville. The delivery of the property by the Indians to Mr. de Laville- bœuvre ; speaks of the difficulties arising from the occupation by three nations of the same river.
361th. 1765, 16th Sept .- letter from Aubry to Governor Johnston of Mobile ; explaining his difficult position regarding the Indians ; promises his best efforts to maintain peace.
365th. 1765, 31st August-instructions of Mr. Aubry to Mr. de Lavillebœuvre as commandant of an expedition against the Alibamons, for the purpose of demanding property seized by them on the Iber- ville, and belonging to the English.
366th. 1764, 15th Jan .- Mr. Aubry, explaining the difficulties encountered by Mr. d' Abbadie on the part of the English at Tom- beel:be and Alibamons, &c. &c.
307th. 1764-copies of speeches of Messrs. d' Abbadie and Farmer to the Indians.
368th. 1765-words of the Troquois, Loups, and Chonans from Fort Duquesne (Pitt), by a Loup chief accompanied by two warriors carrying 25 scalps, (English.)
369th. 1769-answer of Mr. de Noyan.
370th. 1763, 3d Sept .- Black Code of France put in operation.
371st. 1776, Madrid, 8th July-instructions respecting the per- mission granted for the exportation of timber, provisions, &c. &c., for the relief of the French Islands.
3720. 1777, 26th April-letter from Messrs. d'Aunoy and Villars to the French government, announcing the seizure by Governor Gal- vez of 11 English ships richly laden and moored opposite to some of the plantations, and his defence to the planters under heavy penalties to carry on any traffic with the English.
378d. 1775, 17th Oct .-- answer of the minister to Messrs. d' Aunoy and Villars inviting them to continue their communications.
374th. 1786, Versailles, 10th Feb .- letter from Mr. de Vergusnes on the subject of a French vessel seized in the Mississippi, and correspondence with the Spanish government to the same effect.
375th. An 10th, Paris, 8th Thermidor-refutation by General
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Milford Tartamgy of an article in the Gazette de France, recommend- ing the cession of Louisiana to the United States. Louisiana being there represented as a narrow strip of moving sands, marshes, and bogs, etc. etc.
376th. No date -- memorial on Lower Louisiana, from Iberville to the sea. Void of interest.
977th. 1769, 23d May-Mr. Aubry on the rebellion and the demoralization produced by paper money ; states the interference of Mr. Lafreniere to prevent further disturbances ; hands the following documents. .
378th. 1769, Feb .- extract from the registers of the "conseil supérieur" containing transcript of a letter dated Port au Prince, 9th February, 1769, and signed St. Leger, in the name of the "conseil souverain" of that place, approving the rebels in driving out of the country Governor Ulloa, and of another letter from the Doyen of the council of Port au Prince couched in nearly the same words.
879th. An 10th, 27th Fructidor, Paris-letter from Mr. Laussat, Colonial Prefect of Louisiana, submitting several questions to the government.
280th. No date-sounding of the coast of Florida; the Tortugas; of St. Rose Island ; of Pensacola and of Mobile, by Mr. de Iberville, from 1698 to 1699; at the Balize in 1733 to 6 and 7; passe à la Loutre 153 feet; soundings of Ship Island in 1798 by Mr. de Iber- ville, also of the Chandleur Islands; bay of St. Bernard in 1720, &c. &c.
381st. Paris-questions upon which the attention of the govern- ment is particularly called. They appear to have been propounded by Mr. Laussat; the reimbursement to the planters of paper money issued by the Spanish government, and amounting to $800,000, form part of these queries.
;; 824. No date-memorial advising the French republic to demand the cession of Louisiana.
# 34. 1759, 28th March-memorial on Louisiana; project pro- posed for the colonization of that province by Bertrand Duvernet, on condition of a grant of 40 leagues of land on both sides of the river from the city of New Orleans up.
3-1th. 1751, August-observations on two circumstances con- sidered as favorable to the improvement of Louisiana; this document is not without interest.
8 5th. 1765 to 1768, No. 1 to 170-letters of Mr. Foucault to the ministers, relative to the administration.
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386th. 1760, 22d Dec .- reports of Mr. Duverger, chief engineer, to Mr. Andry on fortifications directed by him.
387th. 1761, 8th Jan .- letter from Mr. Rochemore inclosing copy of the instructions to Mr. Aubry, and reporting on the fortifications intrusted to that officer.
388th. 1766, 1st August-memorial on Louisiana; mutility of that colony for France.
389th. 1781, Jan .-- Mr. de Perrier, movement of the Indians in L Louisiana since the capture of the Natchez Fort.
.390th. 1759-trial and confiscation of the English schooner "Three Brothers," to be continued.
391st. 1768, 16th Dec .- Mr. Aubry speaks of the disturbances in Louisiana, and expresses his fears.
392d. No date-memorial touching the retrocession by the West India Company, to the King of France. Uninteresting.
393d. 1760, 1st June-Rochimore, conveying statements of. pre- sents made to the Indians.
394th. 1768, 20th Jan .- Mr. Aubry respecting the cession to Spain; incloses copy of correspondence between Governor Ulloa and him. Void of interest.
395th. 1753-extracts of letters from Messrs. de Kerlerec and Foucault to the government, uninteresting; matters of administra- tion.
396th. 1753, 23d Nov .- project of alliance with the Canices sub- mitted to Mr. de Kerlerec.
397th. 1716-journal of the expedition against the Natchez. Very interesting; the expedition was headed by Mr. de Bienville.
398th. 1712-different projects granting to Mr. Crozat the exclu- sive commerce of Louisiana during 15 years.
399th. 1752, 30th Sept .- memorial of Mr. Dubreuil Villars re- lative to the agriculture of Louisiana.
100th. 1772, 13th Sept .- letter from Mr. Fazende to ministers stating the reasons which had prevented his accompanying the accounts rendered by him.
401st. 1741, 17th March -- memorial on tobacco.
402d. 1750-memorial on Louisiana, and project for the cultiva- tion of tobacco on a large scale.
403d. 1763, 23d Nov .- process verbal of the delivery of the military post of Tonibeckbe to Lieutenant Thomas Ford.
404th. 1764, 10th Jan .-- Mr. d'Abbadie advises the delivery to the English government of Mobile, &c.
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405th. No date-memorial containing the history of Louisiana, since its discovery by Lasalle in 1682. It appears that nothing was done until after the peace of Berwick. Mr. d'Iberville at that epoch was intrusted with a new expedition, and was accompanied by his brother, Mr. de Bienville, who remained in that colony as Lieutenant- Governor until 1712, when Mr. de la Mothe Cadillac took charge of the government, having been appointed Governor in the room of Mr. Dumerry, who had died during his passage from France. Mr. Crozat on the 14th September, 1712, obtained by letters patent of the King, the exclusive privilege of the commerce of the colony; this privilege Mr. Crozat gave up in 1717, and in August of the same year, the same exclusive privilege was granted by letters patent to the West India Company, that company having been established by an edict of the King at the same time; this latter privilege was granted for 25 years, to wit : from the 1st January, 1718, to the first December, 1842, and included the fur trade. The whole of this document, which appears to have been written about the year 1730, is interesting.
406th. No date-memorial on the same subject showing the neces- sity of a retrocession of the privileges of the West India Company to the King.
407th. 23d Nov. 1732-highly interesting letter from the " mission- naire," Mr. R. P. Baudoin, on the Tchactas nation, dated from their village of Tchicachee.
408th. No date-memorial on Louisiana; Indian war; miserable condition of the colony.
400th. 1740, 28th June -- memorial of Mr. Dubreuil on the sub- ject of a canal undertaken by him one league above New Orleans, and of the great advantages that may be derived from the whole of the Barrataria district.
410th. No date-uninteresting memorial on Louisiana.
411th. No date --- do do. do.
412th. 1757, 1st June-memorial on Louisiana, showing its ad- vantages to France.
413th. No date-notes on the preceding memoir.
414th. No date-memorial on the Indians of Louisiana; their number, and the commerce that can be carried on with them.
415th. No date-memorial on the same subject, and very full.
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416th. No date-memorial containing a description of Louisiana, of its ports, of its soil, of its rivers, of the Indian nations, and point- ing out the great advantages to be derived by colonization. This paper is evidently of a very ancient date.
417th. No date-general idea touching the mode of creating a commerce for Louisiana; the author refers to Mr. de Bienville, then in Paris.
418th. No date --- memorial on Louisiana, to render that colony flourishing ; this paper appears to have been drawn up for the West India Company; it is interesting.
419th. No date-memorial to induce France to retain Louisiana; speaks of the several climates, and of the facilities with which it might be made to supply France with silk, tobacco, &c. &c., and cotton.
420th. Memorial on the importance of Louisiana ; void of interest.
421st. No date-letter from Mr. Baron, complaining of Governor Perrier.
422d. No date-memorial on Louisiana ; contains some interest- ing details. This paper appears to have been written by Mr. de Ker- lerec.
423d. 1749-project for the cultivation of tobacco in Louisiana, and the trade in timber, by Mr. Faby.
424th. No date-memorial pointing out the necessity of fixing the limits between Canada and Louisiana.
425th. 1748, 2d Nov .- Mr. Michel opposing the reunion of Canada and Louisiana.
426th. 1746, 28th August-journal of the voyage of a Major Beauchamp of Mobile, to the Tchactas nation, by order of Mr. de Vaudreuil, to demand satisfaction for the murder of three Frenchmen.
427th. 1747, 28th March-observations of Mr. Augcas on the different soils bordering on the Mississippi.
428th. 1746-memorial on the situation of the colony. This paper is drawn up with a good deal of care.
429th. 1754-memorial from Messrs. Kerlerec and d' Auberville, recommending a floating battery at the Balize.
430th. 1750-memorial on the situation of the inhabitants of Louis- iana, and of the advantages to be derived by an importation of negroes to be employed in the cultivation of tobacco.
481st .- 1749-situation of Louisiana ; a poor production.
132d. 1750, 12th Oct .- letter from Mr. Livaudais on the changes produced in the passes by equinoxial gales ; in the mouth of July
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this engineer states the passes to have been S. S. E., and N. N. W., and at the time he was penning his report they were E. and W.
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