Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre Officer, Gentleman, Entrepeneur |
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| Editor:
| Peyser, Joseph L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87013-418-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Publisher: | Michigan State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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The documentary biography of Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, an officer in the Troupes de la Marine, who served throughout New France, sheds new light on the business activity of French colonial officers stationed in the West. Many of the eighty previously untranslated documents in Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre demonstrate the extent and profitability of Saint-Pierre's pursuit of business activities while performing official duties in eighteenth-century French...
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The documentary biography of Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, an officer in the Troupes de la Marine, who served throughout New France, sheds new light on the business activity of French colonial officers stationed in the West. Many of the eighty previously untranslated documents in Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre demonstrate the extent and profitability of Saint-Pierre's pursuit of business activities while performing official duties in eighteenth-century French North America.