[Papers]
Published: 1875
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Louisiana -- Discovery and exploration.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Table of contents: value: Memoir of Robert Cavalier, sieur de La Salle, addressed to Monseigneur de Seignelay, on the discoveries made by him by order of His Majesty Louis XIV, king of France. Tr. from a copy of the original manuscript deposited in the Marine department, Paris.; value: Narrative of the expedition of M. Cavalier de La Salle to explore the (Mississippi) Colbert River, and take possession of Louisiana, under the orders and letters patent of Louis XIV, king of Fance, in 1682. Tr. from a copy of the original manuscript (procès verbal) deposited in the archives of the "Ministère de la marine et des colonies," Paris.