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Lives of Fort de Chartres : Commandants, Soldiers, and Civilians in French Illinois, 1720–1770 / David MacDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacDonald, David, 1943- author.
- Series:
- Shawnee books.
- Shawnee books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- French--Illinois--Biography.
- French.
- French--Illinois--History--18th century.
- Illinois--History--To 1778.
- Illinois.
- Fort de Chartres Site (Ill.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner, ISHS Annual Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2017 Fort de Chartres, built in 1719-1720 in the heart of what would become the American Midwest, embodied French colonial power for half a century.
- 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 Dugue de Boisbriand (1718-24)
- Second and fifth commandant: Claude-Charles Dutisne (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 Buissonniere (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 Veniard 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 Buissonniere and Marie Therese 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3461-5
- OCLC:
- 940964449
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