Vaudreuil, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de, 1698-1778
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Governor of New France (1755-1760).
From the description of Pierre de Rigaud Vaudreuil papers, 1755 September 4 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 630103029
Pierre de Rigaud de Cavagnal, marquis de Vaudreuil; b. in Canada, Governor of Trois Riviéres (1733-1743); Governor of Louisiana (1743-1755); Governor and Lieutenant General of Canada (1755-1760); following the capitulation to the English (1760), he returned to France where he was tried and subsequently acquitted. Some sources give date of his death as 1765.
From the description of Papers of Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, 1740-1753. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499741
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Subjects:
- Indians of North America
- Potawatomi Indians
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
- Slave trade
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- Louisiana--New Orleans (as recorded)
- New Orleans (La.) (as recorded)
- Southwest, Old (as recorded)
- Canada (as recorded)
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- Louisiana (as recorded)
- Mississippi River Valley (as recorded)
- France (as recorded)
- Canada (as recorded)
- America (as recorded)
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