Robert Navarre Journal of the Pontiac Conspiracy, 1763.

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Robert Navarre Journal of the Pontiac Conspiracy, 1763.

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The Robert Navarre Journal of the Pontiac Conspiracy is a manuscript transcription of the original French account of Pontiac's siege of Detroit in 1763. The journal describes in great detail affairs on both sides of the conflict between May 7 and July 31, 1763, providing an eyewitness account from within the fort, as well as intelligence, news, and rumors of Pontiac's activities.

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Navarre, Robert, 1709-1791.

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Born in Villeroy in 1709, he came to Detroit in 1729 as sub-intendant and royal notary of Ft. Pontchartrain. His record was so good that the British continued him in office after 1760. On Deb. 10, 1734 he married Marie Lootman dit Barrois. In 1747 the government granted him P.C. 22 whose approximate boundaries are Tenth & Eleventh streets. He was buried Dec. 20, 1799. From the description of Robert Navarre papers, 1734-1739. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 423007637...

Campbell, James V. (James Valentine), 1823-1890

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Professor of law, University of Michigan and Judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan; author of Outlines of the Political History of Michigan, 1876. From the description of James Valentine Campbell papers, 1803-1886 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 662615525 Campbell was born on Feb. 25, 1823 in Buffalo (N.Y.). His father, Henry, brought his family to Detroit (Mich.). in 1826, and served as a county judge in Mich. and N.Y. (State). James was educated at Flushing ...