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Edge of empire : documents of Michilimackinac, 1671-1716

Title
Edge of empire : documents of Michilimackinac, 1671-1716 / translated by Joseph L. Peyser ; edited by Joseph L. Peyser and José António Brandão ; introduction by José António Brandão.
Publication
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press ; Mackinac Island : Mackinac State Historic Parks, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Peyser, Joseph L., 1925-
  • Brandão, José António, 1957-
  • Mackinac State Historic Parks.
Description
xliii, 192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Edge of Empire portrays little known details of the fur trade that took place at Montreal, Michilimackinac, and the western Great Lakes region during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Most of the documents, enhanced by informative annotations, are being published in English translation for the first time. Edge of Empire introduces us to men and women who played key roles in the governance and administration of New France, military expeditions, and the contentiousness of the fur trade."--BOOK JACKET.
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Note
  • Translated from the French.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) and index.
Contents
Document 1: May 16, 1671: Copy of Saint-Lusson's Act of possession of the Northern Territories -- Document 2: July 8, 1683: Petition by Charles de Couagne against Marie Felix -- Document 3: July 31, 1683: Subpoena delivered to Louis Ouacuse -- Document 4: July 16, 1683: Interrogation of Louis Ouakouts -- Document 5: July 16 and 27, 1683: Testimony of Simone Cote and others -- Document 6: No date, 1683: Statement of trade goods belonging to Marie du Bocq -- Document 7: July 16, 1683: Petition by Charles de Couagne to seize Louis Ouakont's canoe -- Document 8: July 16, 1683: Petition of Charles de Couagne -- Document 9: Oct. 4, 1683: Petition by Claude Tardy -- Document 10: Oct. 4-7, 1683: Judicial investigation against Loisel and Villedieu -- Document 11: Oct. 5, 1683: Petition by Claude Tardy -- Document 12: Oct. 7, 1683: Loizel & Villedieu's petition -- Document 13: Oct. 11, 1683: Petition by Anthoine Villedieu -- Document 14: Oct. 13, 1683: Judgment rendered by Migeon de Branssat -- Document 15: Oct. 13, 1683: Statement of court expenses -- Document 16: No date, 1684: Statement of expenditures made by sieur de La Durantaye -- Document 17: May 19, 1684: Death and inventory of Jean Gay (or Laurent) dit Cascaret -- Document 18: May 20, 1684: Court record of the death of Mathurin Normandin dit Beausoleil -- Document 19: Dec. 31, 1684: Service contract of Claude Guichard, Carpenter, and La Durantaye -- Document 20: Jan, 11, 1685: Partnership agreement between Laurent Baudet and sieur de La Durantaye -- Document 21: May 15, 1685: Partnership agreement between Jean Morneau & Jean Lariou & sieur de La Durantaye -- Document 22: No date, 1686: Summary of Governor Denonville's letters -- Document 23: Sept. 24, 1686: Rene Fezeret's complaint against Etienne de Sainte -- Document 24: Sept. 25, 1686: Etienne de Sainte's statement denying Fezeret's complaint -- Document 25: Sept. 26, 1686: Testimony of Fezeret's witnesses -- Document 26: Sept. 26-27, 1686: Judicial inquiry regarding the petition of Estienne de Sainte against Fezeret -- Document 27: Sept. 30, 1686: Verdict in favor of Fezeret against de Sainte -- Document 28: Mar. 3, 1687: Judgment to the benefit of sieur Patron against sieur Dulhut -- Document 29: Jan. 20, 1688: Marie Morin's sworn statement that she is pregnant by Alphonse de Tonty -- Document 30: Mar. 8, 1688: King to Denonville and Champigny -- Document 31: June 7, 1689: Instructions to Governor Frontenac -- Document 32: May 14, 1690: Agreement between Nicolas Perrot and Pierre Le Sueur -- Document 33: Sept. 1, 1690: Protest by Francoise Duquet against the Bishop of Quebec -- Document 34: Sept. 16, 1692: Summary investigation of the beaver trade -- Document 35: Aug. 31, 1693: Service contract between sieurs Louis Duquet Duverdier, etc, and sieur de La Durantaye -- Document 36: Sept. 9, 1694: Agreement between Monsieur Lamothe Cadillac and Moreau -- Document 37: Aug. 3, 1695: Cadillac to the Minister -- Document 38: Apr. 23, 1696: Agreement regarding the purchase, via credit, of trade goods by Marie Guyon -- Document 39: Sept. 2, 1696: Service contract of Jean Lalonde with Cadillac -- Document 40: Sept. 24, 1696: House-rental lease from sieur Petit to Mme Cadillac -- Document 41: September 1697: Champigny to the Minister re: Alphonse de Tonty's illegal trade at Michilimackinac -- Document 42: September 1697: Callieres's orders to Le Verrier to stop the French from going to the Ottawa country, and Champigny's remarks -- Document 43: Sept. 4, 1697: Alphonse de Tonty's power of attorney to Pierre Lamoureux de St. Germain -- Document 44: Oct. 27, 1697: Champigny to the Minister regarding Tonty's illegal trade to Michilimackinac -- Document 45: May 21, 1698:Minister to Collieres -- Document 46: May 5, 1700: Royal memoir to Callieres and Champigny -- Document 47: May 27 and June 5, 1700: Minutes of the Enquiry of Fezeret v. Boudor -- Document 48: June 5, 1700: Fezeret v. Boudor: witnesses' testimony -- Document 49: Oct. 3, 1701: Reversal by the Sovereign Council of the 1699 judgment in Fezeret v. Boudor -- Document 50: May 30, 1703: Minister to Callieres regarding La Durantaye and La Dame de La Forest -- Document 51: Dec. 31, 1705: Declaration by Marie Lesueur -- Document 52: July 10, 1715: Pontchartrain to Ramezay and Begon regarding soldiers at Michilimackinac -- Document 53: Nov. 20, 1715: Ramezay's orders regarding voyageur Verger dit Desjardins -- Document 54: Sept. 6, etc., 1716-1717: Petition of Pierre Crevier dit Duvernay for Pay -- Document 55: Jan. 13, 1716: King's attorney's complaint against various voyageurs -- Document 56: Jan. 13, 1716: Record of interrogations of LeBoeuf and other voyageurs charged with not fighting against the Fox Indians -- Document 57: Jan. 14, 1716: Sentence ordering the four voyageurs to return to Michilimackinac -- Document 58: Jan. 14, 1716: Appearance of Francois Poisset as bond for Jean Verge -- Document 59: Nov. 7, 1716: Louvigny's statement regarding engages's pay dispute over serving against the Foxes -- Document 60: Mar. 27, 1734: Statement by Daragon on the topic of the soldier Lafranchise who was robbed and buried alive about 42 years ago -- Document 61: Mar. 29, 1734: Statement by Widow Dailleboust De Musseaux on the topic of the soldier who was robbed and buried alive about 43 years ago -- Document 62: Mar. 30, 1734: Statement by Pierre Martin on the same topic -- App. 1. Untranslated French Terms -- App. 2. Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-Century Legal Terms -- App. 3. Missionaries Assigned to Michilimackinac -- App. 4. Commanders at Michilimackinac.
ISBN
  • 9780870138201 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0870138200 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2008020048
  • 40016202855
OCLC
  • ocn191856262
  • 191856262
  • SCSB-5448126
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries