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1728 | Melun accused of stealing bacon | FRENCH
In this record, the king's attorney accuses a man named Melun (aka Bourguignon) of stealing pieces of bacon from the house of la Coupart. The notary records details about other complains made against Melun, and it mentions that he was brought to Louisiana against his will. The attorney requests...
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1739 | chase by pirates | FRENCH
The WPA abstract included with this record tells us that on December 14, 1739, the crew of the SS. Conte de Maurepas described their encounter with pirates to the notary of the French Superior Council. You can help us know more about this record by transcribing and translating parts of it...
1739 | contract for trade with Choctaw people | FRENCH
This is a contract from 1739 is signed by Bellair, Roumier, Lenormand, Lahan, and Henry and describes a plan for trade with Choctaw people. Help find more details about this record by transcribing/translating it or by looking up a summary of it written by Heloise Cruzat and published in the...
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1740 | report of deaths of three Black men enslaved by D'Alcourt on expedition against Tchikachas or Chicasaws | FRENCH
This document records a report about the death of three Black men enslaved by D'Alcourt. They died while transporting supplies during a military campaign against Chickasaw people in April of 1740. The WPA abstract (from the 1930s) included with this record notes that a summary of this record...
1743 | order regulating the practice of medicine | FRENCH
This record from January 19, 1743 includes an order that prohibits anyone from practicing medicine, surgery, or mid wifery with having been examined and approved by the King’s Physicians and Surgeons and without having been vested with certificates. According to the WPA abstract included here,...
1747 | action to prevent inheritance by so-called illegitimate son | FRENCH
This record is dated October 7, 1747. According to the WPA abstract included here, it describes an action to prevent "an illegitimate son" from inheriting property "to the detriment of other heirs." What is the name of this person who is called "an illegitimate son" by a WPA worker? What are the...
1748 | complaint of La Croix because his wife left him and refuses to return | FRENCH
This record is dated April 30, 1748. The WPA abstract included here tells us that it is an incomplete twelve-page manuscript "evidently left by Mr. La Croix, relating to Council all of his marital difficulties and his wife's departure from home and refusal to return." What did Mr. La Croix tell...
1763 | order to expel Jesuits from Louisiana | FRENCH
This document was created on July 9, 1763. The WPA abstract included with this record tells us that these pages attempt to enact the "EXPLUSION OF JESUITS FROM LOUISIANA PETITION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL." The unidentified WPA worker who wrote this abstract includes a note to observe that "while the...
1765 | interrogation of Bochom, Chercher Confort, Jean Tomasson, Arriba, Cesar, Ouatel, and Nanan | FRENCH
The WPA abstract (from the 1930s) included with this record explains that Judge Foucault ordered Charles Marie Lelande to interrogate Bochom, Chercher Confort, Jean Tomasson, Arriba, Cesar, Ouatel, and Nanan after they were found at sea in November of 1765. The abstract also indicates that...
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1767 | depositions against alleged criminal baker | FRENCH
November 9, 1767. depositions again Jacques Toussains Baude, who was accused in 1765 of "putting a man, who was consumed, into a bakery oven where he was employed, and later stabbing to death a man in [the] street in Havana, also charged with shooting to death a Grenadier in a Marseille...
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