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2ER0X AND PHOTOCOPIES
cnts originating in the office of rsailles, Marly, Paris, or Fontaine-written and consequently quite if many of the copies of official lies, with individuals of both Lou-s of Vaudreuil's personal corre->? instances, incredibly poor hand-tanding impossible. Such occasions
of most letters and replied to each uence of receiving them. Long de-and lengthy ocean crossings. Corre-s of two years and longer on a sub-rae in transit, and thus becoming rties. It is important to follow herefore have been made at the end --or in the index
nch Louisiana history, the papers
11	provide a surprising amount of .ead to further research. While it aments of an official nature origi-inister of the Colonies are extant iris, France, the index and cross assist immeasurably in the pursuit : archives, since 'letters received rv, and the subsequent references at iry indicate additional information ant, however, on close examination, responses to responses which created 5 for a long period of time, and preservation in one or more archival
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CONCLUSION OF THE MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL'S CAREER
The Marquis returned to France late in 1760 following the surren der of New France to the British. He was tried in court for maladministration, along with Bigot, and acquitted. He retired with his brother Francois Pierre de Rigaud to Paris, and to the Chateau du Collier, commune de Muides in Loir-et-Cher, and was known in that area as the Marquis de Rigaud. He died in Paris 4 August 1786 (National Archives, Paris, Cl, 16S, 166, 178; C7, 340; D26, 222).
The author considers it appropriate to acknowledge obligations to his wife and family for their tolerance, to Winston De Ville, the director of Polyanthos, for his encouragement, and to the ever-friendly cooperation of the entire Huntington Library staff
BILL BARRON
Northridge, California, 1975
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