Jean-Daniel Dumas, Traite de la Defense et de la Conservation des Colonies ..., 1775.

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Jean-Daniel Dumas, Traite de la Defense et de la Conservation des Colonies ..., 1775.

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This collection contains two manuscript copies of Jean-Daniel Dumas' "Traite de la Defense et de la Conservation des Colonies," an assessment of France's North American colonies by one of the most successful generals of the French and Indian War.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Dumas, Jean Daniel, 1721-1794

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Jean-Daniel Dumas, son of Samuel Dumas and Anne Martin, was born in Montauban, France, on February 24, 1721. He enlisted in the French army in 1742 and was appointed a captain of marines in 1747. In 1750, Dumas was sent to Acadia in Canada to negotiate with the Indians on border disputes. At Fort Duquesne in 1755, he commanded the combined force of French and Indians to victory over General Braddock, and, in September of that year, he was made commander of the post. Dumas returned to Quebec at t...