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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 Record 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 Se'minaire, of the archives and of the religious 

 communauUs, 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 writing, inspect the localities. To that end I have 



