Scope and Contents:
This collection includes transcripts of various sources relating to LaSalle (1643-87), particularly during the period of his early explorations. It also includes lists used to locate the originals of those documents and related correspondence, 1912-15. Finally, it includes translations of selected documents in Pierre Margrey, Decouvertes et etablissements des francais dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'amerique septentrionale (1876-86).