Quittance 1690 Aug. 16 [at] Michillimakinac [acknowledging payment of debt by] Sieur Perrot / De la durantayes [sic].

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Quittance 1690 Aug. 16 [at] Michillimakinac [acknowledging payment of debt by] Sieur Perrot / De la durantayes [sic].

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Records payment of 11,830 livres in the form of 75 bundles of beaver skins, with the responsibility for shipping them to Montreal and assuming the risk divided between De la Durantaye and Perrot.

[1] p. ; 26 cm.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Morel de la Durantaye, Olivier 1640-1716

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Perrot, Nicolas, 1644-1718

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Perrot was a fur trader, voyageur, and envoy to Native Americans, he came to the new world as an agent to the French missionaries. His knowledge and influence with the Indians was often used by the French government in dealing with the tribes of the old Northwest. In 1688 he took formal possession of the Mississippi in the name of the King. His many services to the government were never repaid. His memoirs on the manners, customs and religions of the North American Indians have been published in...