In this Book
- Jacques Legardeur De Saint-Pierre: Officer, Gentleman, Entrepeneur
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
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. The quest for profit permeated Saint- Pierre's career, particularly his command of the Western Sea Post after he succeeded the fabled Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye. Saint-Pierre and his secret partner General Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Intendant François Bigot, and Meret, secretary to La Jonquière, used their positions to engage in extensive trade, especially brandy, with the Cree and Assiniboine northwest of Lake Superior. Saint-Pierre's activities provide fresh insights into the North American fur trade.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- p. 8
- Introduction
- pp. 28-35
- Chapter One: First Commands, 1729–1737
- Chagouamigon (La Pointe), 1729–l 732
- pp. 38-51
- Chapter Two: Marriage and New Assignments, 1738–1745
- Marriage at Quebec, 1738
- pp. 68-73
- The Miami Post, 1741–1744
- pp. 75-95
- Chapter Three: King George’s War, 1745–1747
- The Saratoga Campaign, 1745
- pp. 102-107
- The Relief of Fort St. Frédéric, 1745–1746
- pp. 108-111
- The Defeat of the Mohawk Raiding Party, 1747
- pp. 112-113
- Chapter Four: Michilimackinac, 1747–l 749
- Michilimackinac, 1747–l 749
- pp. 125-138
- Petition for the Cross of St. Louis, 1749
- pp. 139-143
- Chapter Five: Beyond Michilimackinac: The Western Sea (Part I), 1750–1751
- The Mythical Western Sea
- pp. 156-158
- La Jonquiére’s Orders, 1750
- pp. 174-178
- Chapter Six: The Western Sea (Part II), 1752–1753
- Meret’s Letter, 1752
- pp. 190-203
- Saint–Pierre’s Journal, 1750–l 753
- pp. 204-220
- Chapter Seven: The Beginning of the French and Indian War, 1753–1755
- The Ohio Valley Command, 1753–1754
- pp. 228-248
- Death at the Battle of Lake George, 1755
- pp. 249-251
- Chapter Eight: Epilogue
- Conclusion
- pp. 271-273
- Bibliography
- pp. 336-345
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1996