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France's Forgotten Legion : Service Records of French Military and Administrative Personnel Stationed in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast Region, 1699-1769 [Paperback]

Carl A. Brasseaux (Author)

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Paperback
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (January 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807124834
ISBN-13: 978-0807124833
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,900,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Louisiana was established at a time of French colonial expansion in the New World, and the mother country's policy regarding its colonies dictated that overseas settlements "should be extensions of the mother country, 'New Frances,' very much like old France, but improved." Read the first page

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colonial garrison, royal payroll, metropolitan provinces, des colonies, superior council, military retirees, general discharge, marine companies

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New Orleans, Native American, Company of the West, Mississippi Valley, Council of the Navy, Gulf Coast, Pointe Coup�e, Soulier Rouge, Mississippi River, Minister of Marine, New France, North American, Company of the Indies, Fort Toulouse, French Louisiana, Fort Tombekb�, Ministry of Marine, Ile de France, Fort de Chartres, Fort Maurepas, Dauphin Island, Fort Duquesne, War of the Spanish Succession, Fort Rosalie, German Coast

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This book cites 17 books:

A History of French Louisiana: Years of Transition, 1715-1717 by Marcel Giraud on 4 pages
The History of the American Indians by James Adair on page 80, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
A History of the Bouligny Family And Allied Families by Fontaine Martin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Kaskaskia Under the French Regime (Shawnee Classics) by Natalia Maree Belting in Front Matter
Cavalier in the Wilderness by Ross Phares in Back Matter

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