The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents

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Travels and Explorations

of the Jesuit Missionaries

in New France

1610—1791

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Tomasz Mentrak

Vol. LXXI.

Lower Canada, Illinois

1759—1791

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THE JESUIT RELATIONS

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ALLIED DOCUMENTS

Vol. LXXI.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. LXXII.
Preface To Volume LXXI		11
Documents:—
CCXXIX.	Lettre à la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Mères Ursulines de Québec. Alain Xavier de Launay; Paris, February 12, 1759		20
CCXXX.	Lettre au P. Alain de Launay, à Paris. Bernard Well; Québec, October 17, 1759		24
CCXXXI.	Lettre a la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Ursulines de Québec. Ala