Signed at Saint Malo, France, by Bodinier, and by many of the 32 crew members, for fishing at the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland; also provides that if the fishing catch is unsatisfactory, the ship will take on a cargo of tobacco.
Creator:
Bodinier, Toussaint
Created:
1775
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Biography/History: The Corsair Archive is a collection of manuscript and printed documents about and from the French privateering enterprise that originated from St. Malo, France. The Corsairs were privateers who actually received a license from the King of France, their "Lettre de Course." Working as "privateers", they were expected to attack s...
Creator:
Bourdet, Gilles Louis (compiler)
Created:
1780
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A summary of plans drafted about 1720, calling for action with regard to colonial and church administration, boundary definition, military policy, settlement and land culture, commerce and supply of the French colony of Louisiana. Also included is the suggestion for bringing Germans over as colonists.
Created:
1720
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A letter patent granting Pierre Chauvin de Tonnetuit (-1603) the right to explore and colonize French North America. This was not to be done to the detriment of Troilus, Marquis de la Roche-Mesgouez (-1606), the governor-general of New France, who had received a general patent in 1598 giving him full powers over the territory of French held Nort...
Creator:
Henry IV of France (1589-1610)
Created:
1600
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This manuscript, written in Portugal, represents itself to be the reminiscences of a Swiss soldier in British service during the French and Indian Wars. Bernard was captured by the Indians, and was taken westward perhaps as far as the Lake Superior region.
Creator:
Bernard, François, active 1780
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Record of a voyage from Rochefort to Quebec, from June 10 to November 19, 1750. The journal was written by La Fillière who was the Diane's second in command.
Creator:
de La Fillière, Alain Nogeret
Created:
1750
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Leaf [2] recto: "A tres illustre Prince Henry de Bourbon, fils du Roy de Nauarre, François Deserpz ... salut ..." Illustrations: 121 three-quarter page woodcuts on 61 leaves, each cut with 4 lines of descriptive verse printed in "caractères de civilité" by Robert Granjon at bottom. Each page with woodcut border.
Creator:
Deserps, François, active 1562; Granjon, Robert, active 1523-1588
Created:
1562
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Manuscript, translated to French ca. 1372 from the original Latin of the mid-thirteenth century. An important medieval encyclopedia that covers all of the sciences known at that time, including theology, philosophy, medicine, chronology, zoology, botany, geography, astronomy, and mineralogy. Dedicated to King Charles V of France (d. 1280).
Creator:
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, active 13th century
Contributor:
Corbichon, Jean (translator)
Created:
1372 - 1400
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
Twenty-two separate items pertaining to the French ship Le Comte de Virlade, owned by Guillaume Tennet and captured by English corsaires on January 20, 1744. Documents include insurance policies for cargo, receipts for insurance money paid to policy holders, and official correspondence regarding the capture of the ship.
Creator:
Comte de Virlade (Ship); Tennet, Guillaume
Created:
1744
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
A report on the commerce within the jurisdiction of the customs inspector of La Rochelle, including information on the privileges of the various trading companies, merchant trade in Sainte-Domingue, and the Canadian beaver trade.
Creator:
Ricoul, François
Created:
1689
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
![[Corsair collection].](https://dkp5i0hinw9br.cloudfront.net/82ded9ddd5f8eff5a016a852066e30ba99c0536e.png "[Corsair collection].")
![[Proclamation reaffirming the freedom from slavery of Africans and their descendants in Saint-Domingue]](https://dkp5i0hinw9br.cloudfront.net/14e6c25aa90899bcc72822519bde505940cd935f.png "[Proclamation reaffirming the freedom from slavery of Africans and their descendants in Saint-Domingue]")
