Habitation de l'autheur sur le fleuve. [1747]

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Habitation de l'autheur sur le fleuve. [1747]

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Map of French army officer Dumont de Montigny's plantation on the east side of the Mississippi River as it appeared ca. 1730. Established roughly ten leagues (about 28 miles) down river from New Orleans, on site later forming part of Plaquemines Parish. Identifies main house, outbuildings, slave quarters, cultivated fields, and garden; keyed to 8 references. From Dumont's 1747 manuscript memoir of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737 (Ayer MS 257).

1 ms. map : hand col. ; 168 x 214 mm.

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