Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour account book [photostat], 1657-1793; bulk: 1657-1663.

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Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour account book [photostat], 1657-1793; bulk: 1657-1663.

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Photostat copy of an account book of Acadian governor and trader Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour, kept by de la Tour's Boston agent and merchant, Joshua Scottow, 1657-1663. The account book contains the records of goods purchased and sold such as beavers, wine, clothes, shoes, salt, butter, flour and codfish. The last page of the book contains records of the Prout family, 1753-93. Collection also contains a typed transcript of the account book; and a typed copy of an article written by Gilbert O. Bent on the war between la Tour and Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, which originally appeared in Acadiensis, v. 4, 1904. Location of original account book is unknown.

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Aulnay, Charles de Menou d', 1604?-1650

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Aulnay purchased the ship at Dunquerque and planned to send it to Dover and then to New Rochelle in Acadia; he sought protection for the voyage between France and England. From the description of Declaration concerning a recently purchased ship, to ensure its release if captured by the Dutch : manuscript, 1644. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612812659 ...

Prout family.

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Bent, Gilbert Oliver, b. 1854.

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La Tour, Charles de Saint-Étienne de 1593-1666

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Scottow, Joshua, 1618-1698

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