1014 Memo ires et Documents 
slave trade (ff. 199-202). 
[n.d.]. Reply of merchants of Nantes to Maurepas; 
Canadian vessels may no longer sell their merchandise to 
islands (f. 333). 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir concerning Newfoundland cod 
fisheries (f . 395) . 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on unwise French cession of 
Newfoundland to British; discovery and possession of this 
territory by France (ff. 430-432). 
[See MVC, 1731, 1739.] 
1991 (1680-1740) 
1727, Nov. Maurepas, memoir on partition of control 
of company of Indies between controller general and minister 
of marine; La.; tobacco culture; mines; slave trade; beaver 
trade (ff . 191-218) . 
1729, Sept. 18. Desruaux, memoir on necessity of 
suppressing company of Indies and granting its privileges 
to a new company made up of ablest merchants of France; 
La. (ff . 317-341) . 
1739, [n.s.]. Memoir on tobacco trade and means of 
supplanting 3ritish trade with tobacco grown in French 
islands; British legal encouragement of tobacco culture 
in their colonies; exportation to Europe; French purchases 
of English tobacco; methods of establishing tobacco culture 
in French colonies; means by which Maryland and Virginia 
are furnished with slaves; concessions that should be made 
to establish tobacco culture in La.; negroes to be purchased 
in Santo Domingo (ff. 125-152). 
[n.d.]. Palerne, memoir on Martinique ; proposal for 
settlement on lie Royale (ff. 13-18). 
[n.d. or s.]. Settlement of lie Royale, in French 
North America (ff. 39-42). 
[n.d.]. Abbe Raguet, memoir on domain and boundaries 
of La.; account of French explorations and boundary settle- 
ments with British and Spanish (ff. 43-77). 
[n.d. or s.]. General statement of annual expenditures 
to be made for La. (ff. 79-83). 
[n.d. or s.]. General statement of actual expenditures 
of company of Indies in La. year by year (ff . 85-90) . 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on La.; efforts at settlement 
by company of Indies; jealousy of British; settlement of 
forts and outposts; maintenance of cavalry units near British 
settlements; population (ff . 91-101) . 
[n.d.]. Plissay, reply to memoir on La.; danger of 
placing defense of La. to account of government; tobacco 
trade; garrisons; imposts (ff. 103-108). 
[n.d. or s.]. Observations on memoir on La. and reply 
thereto (ff . 109-112) . 
[n.d..]. Noguichart, secret memoir on trade of La. 
and Mexico; efforts of viceroy of Mexico to assure friend- 
ship of La. and Mexico against British and Indian attacks; 
attack from Natchez; request for permission to obtain 
supplies for La. from England (ff. 113-117). 
[n.d. or s.]. Proposal for attack from La. upon New 
