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question ; but, as I have just stated, documents of 

 paramount importance were not then available. I have 

 completed this collection by having transcribed all the 

 records relating to the same epoch — 1755-1760 — which 

 are deposited at the Marine. Colonial and other war 

 departments in Paris. This series alone comprises 

 nineteen large folio volumes. I also dived into the 

 Archives Rationales, and into the leading libraries in 

 Paris, in addition to some provincial libraries and 

 family archives. I have already mentioned the Mont- 

 calm library ; let me add that of de Bougainville. The 

 copy of the MSS. of the famous navigator, which relate 

 to Canada, is made up of his journal and of his corres- 

 pondence. It contributes two large folio volumes of 



1184 pages of close writing other searches were 



made in England, chiefly in the British Museum and at 

 the Public Eecord Office, in London. 



" The correspondence between de Montcalm and 

 Bourlamaque, acquired a few years back by a wealthy 

 and cultured Englishman, Sir Thomas Phillips, of 

 Cheltenham, was transcribed under the auspices of 

 Mr. Parkman, who kindly allowed me to have a copy 

 made. In the United States and in Canada I had access 

 to innumerable letters and documents written during 

 the seven years war. In Quebec, the archives of the 

 Quebec Sdminaire, of the archives and of the religious 

 commune/Lute's, supplied me with valuable data. I may 

 add to the mass of manuscript records the innumerable 

 books, brochures and newspapers relating to that era — 

 which I have carefully scanned. I think I can say that 

 no work of any importance on those times has escaped 

 my attention. Among the printed works I am bound 

 specially to name Desandrouin's Journal and Malartic's : 

 the first, of 416 pages, was printed in 1887, and was 

 previously unknown ; the second, printed in 1890, of 

 370 pages, was known through some fragments only. 



" Search for materials is insufficient ; one must also, 

 in w T riting, inspect the localities. To that end I have 



