Henri de Tonti petition, circa 1699.

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Henri de Tonti petition, circa 1699.

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Photostatic copy of a portion of a petition presented by Henri de Tonti and François Dauphin de La Forest to Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, around 1699. In an effort to join the Illinois fur trade, Tonti and La Forest remind Pontchartrain of their services to La Salle during his journey to Canada twenty years ago and ask that they allowed to return to Canada with the men and equipment necessary for their subsistence.

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Pontchartrain, Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de, 1674-1747

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Dauphin de la Forest, François, 1649-1714.

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François Dauphin de la Forest commanded Fort Saint-Louis-des-Illinois (about 25 miles upriver from Mobile, Alabama) after the death of La Salle in 1687, managing the Mississippi Valley fur trade from there. From the description of Voyageur contract with François Bisaillon : Villemarie, 1688 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83686830 From the description of Voyageur contract with François Bisaillon : Villemarie, 1688 July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702163697 ...

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...