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xiiPREFACE OF THE FIRST EDITION.director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Archives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Marine <strong>and</strong> Coloniesat Paris, whose labors as an investigator <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> maritime <strong>and</strong> colonial history <strong>of</strong> France canbe appreciated only by those who have seen <strong>the</strong>irresults. In <strong>the</strong> department <strong>of</strong> American colonialhistory, <strong>the</strong>se results have been invaluable ;for, besides several private collections made byhim, he rendered important service in <strong>the</strong> collection<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French portion <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Brodhead documents,selected <strong>and</strong> arranged <strong>the</strong> two <strong>great</strong>series <strong>of</strong> colonial papers ordered by <strong>the</strong> Canadiangovernment, <strong>and</strong> prepared with vastlabor analyticalindexes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> supplementarydocuments in <strong>the</strong> French archives, as well as acopious index <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mass <strong>of</strong> papers relating toLouisiana. It is to be hoped that <strong>the</strong> valuablepublications on <strong>the</strong> maritime history <strong>of</strong> Francewhich have appeared from hispen are an earnest<strong>of</strong> more extended contributions in future.The late President Sparks, some time after <strong>the</strong>publication <strong>of</strong> his Life <strong>of</strong> <strong>La</strong> <strong>Salle</strong>, caused acollection to be made <strong>of</strong> documents relating tothat explorer, with <strong>the</strong> intention <strong>of</strong> incorporating<strong>the</strong>m in a future edition. This intentionwas never carried into effect, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> documentswere never used. With <strong>the</strong> liberality whichalways distinguished him, he placed <strong>the</strong>m at my

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