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[LOUISIANA]. The Present State of the Country and Inhabitants, Europeans and Indians, of Louisiana...By an Officer at New Orleans to his Friend at Paris. Containing the Garrisons, Forts and Forces...also an Account of theoir drunken lewd Lives...To which are added, Letters from the Governor of that Province on the Trade of the French and English with the Natives...Translated from the French Originals. London: for J. Millan 1744. 8vo, half morocco, rubbed, upper inner hinge split, endpapers loose, first few leaves tearing along gutter, two-inch tear to last leaf (X1) affecting 4 letters, title and first few leaves soiled and softened, foxing. FIRST EDITION, 5 pages publisher's ads at end. Attributed by Howes to J. P. Goujon de Gondel; the original manuscript was part of the booty seized from a French ship captured by a Captain Aylmer.
"A rare pamphlet containing several accounts of Louisiana [including the whole Mississippi valley up to Canada] showing it as weakly defended, the population iniquitous and debauched, and as a profitable place to trade with the Indians. The work, published during King George's War, was apparently meant to encourage conquest of Louisiana" --Streeter sale I, 124; Alden and Landis 744/177; Field 955; Howes L509; Sabin 42283.
"A rare pamphlet containing several accounts of Louisiana [including the whole Mississippi valley up to Canada] showing it as weakly defended, the population iniquitous and debauched, and as a profitable place to trade with the Indians. The work, published during King George's War, was apparently meant to encourage conquest of Louisiana" --Streeter sale I, 124; Alden and Landis 744/177; Field 955; Howes L509; Sabin 42283.