Memoire sur l'etat present des abnaquis, [ca. 1722].

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Memoire sur l'etat present des abnaquis, [ca. 1722].

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Contemporary copy of a memorial written around 1722, probably in Meductic, N.B., by Father Jean-Baptiste Loyard, concerning the strategic importance to French Canada of the Abenaki settlements on the Kennebec, Penobscot, and Saint John Rivers.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 33 cm.

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