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Early settlements
The Works of Samuel de Champlain
Marc Lescarbot, The History of New France
Jesuit Relations (print)
Jesuit Relations (vol. 1, vol. 2 and vol. 3, etc. - This site contains the entire English translation of the The Jesuit Relations, originally compiled and edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites)
Word from New France: the selected letters of Marie de l'Incarnation, ed. J. Marshall (BX 4705 .M36 A413)
Later settlements
Early Narratives of the Northwest: 1634-1699, ed. Louise Phelps Kellogg (F482 .K29). Also online (Internet Archive). Some narratives also in American Journeys
Cadillac Papers, ed. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society (vol. 33 and 34 - internet archive)
Seven Years' War
Pitt, William, Correspondence of William Pitt (E199 .P68 1969 and online)
Additional sources
For more sources see:
The Works of Samuel de Champlain
- ed. H. P. Biggar (online, subscription-based, Champlain Society)
- free versions (including some volumes of the Biggar edition)
Marc Lescarbot, The History of New France
Jesuit Relations (print)
Jesuit Relations (vol. 1, vol. 2 and vol. 3, etc. - This site contains the entire English translation of the The Jesuit Relations, originally compiled and edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites)
Word from New France: the selected letters of Marie de l'Incarnation, ed. J. Marshall (BX 4705 .M36 A413)
Later settlements
Early Narratives of the Northwest: 1634-1699, ed. Louise Phelps Kellogg (F482 .K29). Also online (Internet Archive). Some narratives also in American Journeys
Cadillac Papers, ed. Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society (vol. 33 and 34 - internet archive)
The Western Country in the 17th Century; The Memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette, ed. M. M. Quaife (E78.N76 C3)
“Documents regarding the French fort at Detroit.” in the Appendix of Vol. 2 of Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit, by T. Kent (F 574 .D457 K46 2001)
Duluth, Daniel Greysolon, Memoir on the Sioux Country (American Journeys)
Dunnigan B.L., Frontier Metropolis : Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838 (F 574 .D443 D86 2001)
Hennepin, Louis, A New Discovery of a Vast Country (American Journeys)
Hennepin, Louis, Narrative of the Voyage to the Upper Mississippi (LOC)
Lahontan, Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, New Voyages to North America, vol, 1 and 2 (Internet Archive)
Lalemant, Jérome, Journey of Raymbault and Joques to the Sault (American Journeys)
La Potherie, Claude Charles Le Roy de, Adventures of Nicolat Perrot (American Journeys)
Marquette, Jacques, Father Marquette’s Journal (Room 154, F 1030.2 .F37 2001)
Nicolas, Louis, Codex Canadensis
“Documents regarding the French fort at Detroit.” in the Appendix of Vol. 2 of Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit, by T. Kent (F 574 .D457 K46 2001)
Duluth, Daniel Greysolon, Memoir on the Sioux Country (American Journeys)
Dunnigan B.L., Frontier Metropolis : Picturing Early Detroit, 1701-1838 (F 574 .D443 D86 2001)
Hennepin, Louis, A New Discovery of a Vast Country (American Journeys)
Hennepin, Louis, Narrative of the Voyage to the Upper Mississippi (LOC)
Lahontan, Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, New Voyages to North America, vol, 1 and 2 (Internet Archive)
Lalemant, Jérome, Journey of Raymbault and Joques to the Sault (American Journeys)
La Potherie, Claude Charles Le Roy de, Adventures of Nicolat Perrot (American Journeys)
Marquette, Jacques, Father Marquette’s Journal (Room 154, F 1030.2 .F37 2001)
Nicolas, Louis, Codex Canadensis
Edge of empire : Documents of Michilimackinac, 1671-1716 (F 572 .M16 E44 2008)
Raymond, Charles de, On the Eve of the Conquest (F 1030.9 .R3913 1997)
Document collections
Women in New France (E 98.W8 W65725 2005 )
Letters from New France: The Upper Country, 1686-1783 (F 352 .L48 1992)
A Few Acres of Snow: Documents in Pre-Confederation Canadian History (F 1032 .F49 2003)
Raymond, Charles de, On the Eve of the Conquest (F 1030.9 .R3913 1997)
Document collections
Women in New France (E 98.W8 W65725 2005 )
Letters from New France: The Upper Country, 1686-1783 (F 352 .L48 1992)
A Few Acres of Snow: Documents in Pre-Confederation Canadian History (F 1032 .F49 2003)
Seven Years' War
Memoirs and Letters of Cardinal de Bernis (Special Collections - Bk. Rm. DC 135 .B5 A3 1901)
Mayhew, Jonathan, Two discourses delivered Oct. 25, 1759 (Special Collections - Bk. Rm. E 199 .M46). Also available online through Early American Imprints.Pitt, William, Correspondence of William Pitt (E199 .P68 1969 and online)
Additional sources
- Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800
This full-text historical collection contains books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries. Take a look at our guide to EAI for an introduction on searching or browsing the imprints. How to export to RefWorks - Eighteenth Century Collections Online
- Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi valley : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay, by J. G. Shea (online through The Making of America)
- Canadiana
- Colonial charters, grants and related documents (Avalon Project)
- Maps: exploration and discovery (American Memory)
- France in America (Library of Congress and BNF)
- Early Americas Digital Archive
- Archive of Early American Images
- Selected documents (DPLA)
For more sources see:
- Kresge Library research guide on colonial history
- Internet History Sourcebooks for Colonial America (Fordham University)
- Internet Archive (some books on the French presence in North America)
Turabian's Manual For Writers of Research Papers at Kresge Library
Turabian Citation Guide (U of Chicago Press)
RefWorks (citation management system)
Turabian Citation Guide (U of Chicago Press)
RefWorks (citation management system)
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