[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]
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- Title
- [Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]
- Author
- Father Marquette
- Publication year listed
- 1903
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- Public domain eBook
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[Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]
Author: Beckwith, H. W. (Hiram Williams), 1833-1903
Year: 1903
Introduction--1673. Of the first voyage made by Father Marquette toward New Mexico, and how the design was conceived.--1671-1678. French plans of conquest. La Salle's letters patent, etc.--1679-1680. Hennepin's narrative from his "La Louisiane" of 1683.--La Salle's voyage down the Mississippi. "The process verbal." Taking possession of all the country drained by that river for the King of France. La Salle's will, etc.--1678-1691. Henry De Tonty's memoir of 1693.--The Aubry manuscript. [1758]--General George Rogers Clark's conquest of the Illinois [with documents, including Clark's memoir 1779]--[Documents relating to Illinois 1772-1780, from] Canadian Archives.--Appendix. Clark's capture of Kaskaskia.--Indexes