Memoire sur la colonie de Quebec, Plaisance, Gaspé et Cap Breton
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- 1663-08-04
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Ms. copy of a letter, dated Aug. 4, 1663 in Gaspé, Québec, from Baron Pierre Dubois d’Avaugour, governor of Canada, to the French minister Jean Baptiste Colbert. D’Avaugour presents his assessment of the strategic importance of Québec, and recommends that the king send troops and money immediately to fortify the post and firmly establish the French presence in Canada. The governor advises the king not to draw any attention to the French settlemen...
- Creator
Dubois Davaugour, Pierre, d.1664
- Contributing Institution
- Newberry Library
- Subjects
- Armed Forces
Armies
Armed Forces--Colonial forces
World politics
Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683
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- text
- Format
- Correspondence
- Language
- French
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- Dubois Davaugour, Pierre, d.1664. Memoire sur la colonie de Quebec, Plaisance, Gaspé et Cap Breton. 1663-08-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/55895. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Dubois Davaugour, Pierre, d.1664, (1663-08-04) Memoire sur la colonie de Quebec, Plaisance, Gaspé et Cap Breton. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/55895
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- Dubois Davaugour, Pierre, d.1664. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/55895>.