Fur trade contract between François Francoeur and four "voyageurs" for transport of goods and purchase of beaver pelts in Michilimackinac and Chicago

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Title: Fur trade contract between François Francoeur and four "voyageurs" for transport of goods and purchase of beaver pelts in Michilimackinac and Chicago
Alternate Title: Francoeur Fur Trade Contract
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Francoeur, François, dit Lavallée, 1660-1695
Maugue, Claude, 1646-1696, notary
Saint-Jean, Marie-Madeleine
Date Issued: 1692-11-15
Region: New France
City: Ville-Marie
Chicago
Fort Michilimackinac
Coordinates: 45° 30′ 12″ N, 73° 33′ 14″ W
41° 52′ 55″ N, 087° 37′ 40″ W
45° 47′ 02″ N, 84° 43′ 40″ W
Type of Resource: Manuscript document
Language: French
Genre: Legal document
Physical Description: Folio: paper, 19.3 x 31.8 cm
Marginalia: Marginal annotations by Francoeur
Topic: Economy
Family
Gender
Subject: Fur trade--Economic aspects
Fur traders' writings
North America--New France
Great Lakes
Note(s): Forms part of the Rudy Lamont Ruggles Collection at the Newberry Library; Signatures: Legras, Marie-Magdelaine St-Jean, Simon Guillory, Maugue
Repository: The Newberry Library
Call Number: Newberry VAULT Ruggles 419
Provenance: Lande, Laurence M., former owner
MacDonald, Archibald de Léry, former owner
Purchased by the Newberry from Martayan Lan Rare Books, New York, in 2001
Digital Image Rights Holder: The Newberry Library
Reading Difficulty: Intermediate
Time Period: 1650 or Later