Amerique, 1834-1845 925 
1799; boundaries; New Archangel; Imperial Russo-American 
Company; relations with Hudson Bay Company; whale fisheries; 
fur trade (ff. 224-239). 
General summary; future of northwest coast of America; 
British and American conduct; conspiracy of Aaron Burr; 
Spanish-American treaty of 1819; U.S. offer to purchase 
Texas, 1827; U.S. -Mexican treaty of 1828; role of France 
(ff . 240-245) . 
Memoir on Indians of northwest coast of America, of 
Oregon or Columbia River territory, and of California, 
with botanical and zoological notes on these areas; Indian 
customs, mythology, and languages; Father Ugarte ; list of 
tribes; list of plants and animals (ff. 247-318). 
45 (1845) [Isthmus of Panama] 
1845, Oct. 12. Napoleon Garella, project for Panama 
canal; history; topography of Isthmus of Panama; geology; 
route of projected canal; water supply for canal; estimate 
of costs of construction; probable revenues; methods of 
construction; . notes and calculations (ff. 3-154). 
46 
This volume was not accessible to investigators in 
1939. It probably deals with Panamanian affairs. 
47 (1834-1844) [Panama] 
Correspondence of Arnous, Bacourt, Barruel-Beauvert , 
Baudin, Broglie, Chamber of Commerce of Le Havre, Dalmatie, 
Delisle, Dumon, Garella, Gros, Guizot, Jacquemont, La 
Forest, Lavergne, Lecomte, Le Moyne , Levraud, Louis Philippe, 
Mackau, Marcescheau, Moges, Mole, Morel, Ozpina, Pallais, 
Rigny, Roussin, Sabla, Salomon, - Saint-Aulaire, Thiers, 
Vallat, Vigneti 
Other Material 
1835, June 14. Gazeta de la Nueva Granada , printing 
official decree bestowing privilege for opening of Pana- 
manian inter-oceanic canal (f. 22). 
1841, Mar. 26. Lecomte, memoir on transatlantic 
navigation; history of English ship lines; Great Western 
Company, Boston-Liverpool; projected French lines in 
Atlantic and Caribbean; Haiti; Isthmus of Panama; Havre- 
New York service (ff. 59-72). 
1841, [n.s.]. Report on Biddle concession; his death; 
activities of Salomon and Joly de Sabla (ff. 53-58). 
1842, Feb. 1. Salomon, memoir on Panamanian canal; 
British plans; English .possessions in America; operations 
of Salomon et Cie. (ff. 104-108). 
1843, Oct. 7. Extract from Colonial Gazette ; Panama 
canal (ff . 223-226) . 
[1843]. Pallais, memoir on possibilities of inter- 
oceanic canal by way of Nicaragua, and on commercial ad- 
vantages which would result from such a canal (ff . 156-170) . 
[1843?]. Lecomte, memoir on project for Nicaraguan 
