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Documents relating to the French settlements on the Wabash. Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855–1924 
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INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS.
VOLUME II. NUMBER II.
DOCUMENTS
RELATING TO THE
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS
ON THE
WABASH.

BY

JACOB PIATT DUNN.

INDIANAPOLIS: THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY. 1894.

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INTRODUCTORY.

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THE following papers relate to Vincennes and the Wabash country, and more or less to the entire Ohio valley. They almost cover the period of English possession of this part of the United States, the first being the last orders of the last French commandant of Post Vincennes, and the last being a letter of the last English commandant. With the exception of the Gage correspondence and papers they are arranged in order of date. The Gage papers; beginning with the letter of Ste. Marie, or Jean Baptiste Racine, acting commandant of Post Vincennes, to General Haldimand, and closing with the letter of General Haldimand to General Gage, in regard to the matter, show the proof of legal title and right of settlement in the French people of Vincennes which was demanded by the famous letter of General Gage in 1773. This letter will be found in Dillon's History of Indiana at pages 86-88.

I obtained copies of these various documents when writing my "Indiana" for the American Commonwealth series. The farewell proclamation of St. Ange was furnished to me by Hon. C. B. Lasselle, whose ancestors were among the ancient residents of the Wabash country. The remainder were obtained from the Canadian archives. I have reproduced the originals as nearly as possible in spelling and punctuation. In translating I have endeavored to give the ideas that the writers, in my opinion, endeavored to convey.

J. P. DUNN.

Indianapolis, January 22, 1894.

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