Letter book : of the Compagnie de pêche sédentaire d'Acadie : manuscript, [ca. 1685]

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Letter book : of the Compagnie de pêche sédentaire d'Acadie : manuscript, [ca. 1685]

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Copies of letters, principally by individuals involved in the Compagnie de pêche sédentaire d'Acadie, notably Robert Challe and Duret de Chevry. Original letters date 1672-1683 and concern the Compagnie's business transactions in Acadia and Boston, French troop movements and equipment, and native Indian tribes. Commonplace book at end contains "Abrege d'arthimetique."

1 v. (88 p.) ; 33 cm.

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Villeneuve, Charles-François Duret de Chevry, marquis de, d. 1712.

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Challes, Robert, 1659-approximately 1720

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Robert Challe (alternately spelled Challes) was born in Paris, France, on August 17, 1659. He received a formal education from the Collège de la Marche and in 1677 began a military career; during the late 1670s, he participated in several battles in the Franco-Dutch War. Challe later earned a law degree and worked as a legal clerk until his father's death in 1681. He then left France for Acadia, where he worked for the newly established Compagnie des Pêches Sédentaires d'Acadie until the mid-168...

Bergier, Alexandre.

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Compagnie de pêche sédentaire d'Acadie.

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