1020 Memoires et Documents 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on whale fisheries in America 
and elsewhere (ff. 251-253). 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on French trade with Russia; 
sale of Canadian beavers to Russia (ff. 314-317). [See 
also f. 325.] 
2010 (1713-1773) 
1727, June 11. Statement presented to stockholders 
of company of Indies of use made of company funds to 
Apr. 22, 1727; references to Canada and La., as well as to 
British colonies in America (ff. 366-375). 
1769, Aug. 27, [n.s.]. Memoir on different categories 
of French commerce; La. tobacco (ff. 222-223). 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on French council of commerce; 
ignorance of council concerning colonial affairs (ff. 282- 
290) . 
[n.d. or s.]. Memoir on French West India company 
founded in 1664; commerce from northern Canada to Virginia 
and Florida (ff. 342-344). 
[See MVC, June 11, 1727; Aug. 27, 1769.] 
2011 (1781-1784) 
1781, Dec. 15. Saint Maur to Vergennes, sending 
memoir (f . 5) ; enclosing: memoir on decline of trade of 
Bayonne and St. Jean de Luz, and on means of reviving it; 
British harm to cod fisheries; decline of whale fisheries; 
tobacco trade (ff. 6-36). 
1782, May 2, Sept. 7. Dupont de Nemours to Vergennes, 
two letters on whale and cod fisheries; advantages to be 
derived from making Bayonne a free port instead of Lorient 
or La Rochelle as Franklin requests (ff. 54-56, 60-61). 
Nov. 6. Boyetet, reply to memoir of Farm General; 
necessity of making Bayonne and Laboure free ports for 
American trade (ff. 86-92). 
1782, [n.s.]. Memoir on request of Bayonne, St. Jean 
de Luz, and Laboure to be free ports for American trade; 
cod fisheries (ff. 96-140). 
1782. Memo ire de la ville, .jurisdiction consulaire 
et Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne . ♦ . ; request that city 
be made free port (ff . 143-156) . 
1782, [n.s.]. Memoir on various attempts to have 
Bayonne and Laboure designated as free ports for U.S. 
trade, and upon limits which good commercial policy should 
set to any privileges conferred (ff. 209-257). 
1783, [n.s.]. Memoir on Bayonne as free port for 
Americans (ff . 260-261) . 
1783. Dupont de Nemours, memoir on reasons which 
have led to designation of Bayonne as free port for U.S. 
trade, and upon those which might also lead to similar 
privileges at St. Malo and Lorient (ff. 264-270). 
1784, July 4, Sept. 25. Lettres patentes _ 1 _ ii portant 
confirmation et interpretation des Privileges de la ville 
