Henry de Tonti collection, [1682-1704].

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Henry de Tonti collection, [1682-1704].

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Microfilm of material in the Library of Congress, copied from originals in the Bibliothèque Nationale and Archives Nationales in Paris. Prints of 3 items (one incomplete). With these: negative photostats of request of Tonty's brother, Alphonse, to inherit his property (a document in the Quebec Archives?).

1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 554:16) and positive.

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Bibliothèque nationale (France)

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Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Archives du Québec.

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Archives nationales (France)

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Tonti, Henri de, -1704

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Henri de Tonti was an Italian-born soldier, explorer, and fur trader in the service of France. Born near Gaeta, Italy, he joined the French army in 1668 and later served in the French navy. Tonti lost his right hand in a grenade explosion during the Sicilian wars and from that time on wore a prosthetic hook covered by a glove. In 1682 Tonti accompanied La Salle on his famous descent of the Mississippi River. Finding himself in financial difficulties after engaging in wars with the English and th...

Tonty, Alphonse, 1659-1727.

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