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Author MacDonald, David, 1943- author.

Title Lives of Fort de Chartres : commandants, soldiers, and civilians in French Illinois, 1720-1770 / David MacDonald.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Shawnee books
Shawnee books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I. French Illinois -- The land -- The native peoples -- The settlers -- The slaves -- The French settlements -- The administration: military and civilian -- The four Forts de Chartres -- The convoys -- The end of French Illinois -- Part II. Commandants of Fort de Chartres -- First commandment: Pierre-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand (1718-24) -- Second and fifth commandant: Claude-Charles Dutisné (1724-25, 1729-30) -- Third commandant: Jean-Charles de Pradel (interim 1725) -- Fourth commandant: Pierre-Charles Desliette (1725-29) -- Sixth commandant: Robert Groston de St. Ange (1730-33) -- Seventh commandant: Pierre d'Artaguiette d'Itouralde (1733-36) -- Eighth commandant: Alphonse de la Buissonnière (1736-40) -- Ninth and eleventh commandant: Jean-Baptiste Benoist de St. Clair (1740-42, 1749-51) -- Tenth commandant: Jean-Gaspard de Bertet de la Clue (1742-49) -- Twelfth commandant: Jean-Jacques de Macarty Mactique (1751-60) -- Thirteenth commandant: Pierre-Joseph Neyon de Villiers (1760-63) -- Fourteenth and last French commandant: Louis Groston de St. Ange de Bellerive (1764-65) -- Part III. People of Fort de Chartres -- Marie Rouensa: the mother of French Illinois -- Étienne de Véniard de Bourgmont and Ignon Ouaconisen (Françoise Missouri): an Indian in Paris -- Terrisse de Ternan: a restless and worrisome personality -- Claude Chetivau: the man who wanted to go to Canada -- (François- ) Pierre Boucher de Boucherville: escape to Fort de Chartres -- Alphonse de la Buissonnière and Marie Thérèse Trudeau: marriage woes -- Jacques-Sernan Voisin: a hero of the Chickasaw wars? -- Jean Ducoutray: the chicken thief of Kaskaskia -- Jean-Bernard Bossu: officer and travel writer -- Philippe-François de Rastel de Rocheblave: a man of many flags.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Fort de Chartres Site (Ill.)
French -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century.
French.
Illinois.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject French -- Illinois -- Biography.
Illinois -- History -- To 1778.
Chronological Term To 1778
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Chronological Term To 1799
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: MacDonald, David, 1943- Lives of Fort de Chartres 9780809334605 (DLC) 2015027260 (OCoLC)907161623
ISBN 9780809334612 (electronic book)
0809334615 (electronic book)
9780809334605
0809334607

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