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National Anthropological Archives
MS 4057 Copies of "Relation or Journal of the voyage of Father Gravier, of the Society of Jesus, in 1700, from the Country of the Illinois To the Mouth of the Mississippi River"
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4057
- Creators:
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Gravier, Jacques, 1651-1708
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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14 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Letter was "written to Father de Lamberville and sent from Fort Mississipi [sic], 17 Leagues from its discharge into the Mexican Gulf or sea, on The 16th of February, 1701." Published in "The Jesuit relations and allied documents; travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791; the original French, Latin, and Italian texts, with English translations and notes," Vol 65.
Father Marest, Father Marguette, Father Pinet, and others mentioned. Refers to emigration of the Kaskaskias.
Administration
Custodial History
Previously titled "Copy of a letter, evidently from the "Correspondence-Document 512," referred to in Pillings Algon. Bibliography under "Correspondence, Document 512, on the subject of the Emigration of Indians between 30th November, 1831, and 27th December 1833"
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4057, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4057
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Migration -- Kaskaskias | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Kaskaskias | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Illinois Indians | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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