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inhabitants of Acadia upon taking oath of allegiance to 
Britain (f . 243) . 
Nov. 15. Perier, extract of letters written 
to company of Indies; British collaboration with Indians 
to attack Spaniards in Florida; Perier' s Indian policy; 
officer sent to St. Augustine in search of cattle; raising 
of siege of Pensacola; tobacco culture; trade with Span- 
iards (ff . 244-246) . 
1727. Reply to British memoir on Fort Niagara (ff. 
247-253) . 
1728, Apr. 25. Extract, Perier, letter from New 
Orleans; governor of St. Augustine requests aid against 
British attack upon St. Augustine from Carolina; British 
Indian activities; counter-measures taken (ff. 254-255). 
May 14. Extract from king to Beauharnais; 
British fort at Choueguen (f. 256). 
May 17. Extract, Perier to company of Indies; 
British efforts to win over Indians; loans from Pensacola; 
travels of Livandais among Indians (ff . 257-259) . 
June 12. Maurepas to Polignac, powers for 
apostolic prefects (f . 260) . 
Aug. 8. Le Peletier to [?] (f. 261). 
1728, [n.s.]. Observations on squadron arming in 
England; suggestion that Britain may be planning to take 
Havana and Key West (ff. 262-265). 
1729, Mar. 2. Desruaux to Fleury, memoir on trade 
of French islands; requests permission to present memoir 
on his services in American colonies (ff . 268-269) . 
Mar. 2. Desruaux to Fleury, on his services 
to commerce in American colonies (ff. 270-275). 
1730, Jan. 30. Buache , map of Gulf of Mexico and 
French islands in America, with a memoir on method of 
constructing this map and correction of previous maps; 
remarks on errors in previous maps; observations on 
Mississippi and Florida (ff. 282-291). 
Apr. 10. Baron to Fleury; brief account of 
La.; fertility; situation; Indians (ff. 292-295). 
1730. Company of Indies to Perier, British, Spaniards, 
and La.; necessity of supporting Spaniards lest English 
secure Florida; Indian policy (ff . 341-345) . 
1730. Company of Indies, memoir urging that king 
undertake expense of protecting La. against English; com- 
pany will meet expenses of commerce; British desire to 
attack Mexico by way of La.; their attempts to win over 
Indians; location of necessary fortifications; other 
measures of defense (ff. 346-352). 
1730. Company of Indies, memoir on La.; measures to 
be taken by king for defense of La.; annual payment of 
royal contribution for defense of La.; seven means of 
protecting colonies: Canadian immigration, importation of 
negroes, free trade, subsidies for trade with Spaniards, 
etc.; exemptions and privileges requested by company (ff. 
353-354) . 
1730. Plissay, reply to memoirs from company of 
Indies; inexpedient for king to undertake defense of La.; 
should official subsidies be insufficient, colony would be 
