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Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 12



A Survey of Louisbourg Gunflints

by T. M. Hamilton and Bruce W. Fry

References Cited

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France. Archives Nationales. Colonies.
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B, Vol. 81, pp. 395-7, Bigot to Ricouart, 22 February 1745.

C11B, Vol 22, ff. 82-83v, Bigot and DuQuesnel to Minister of Marine, 5 December 1740.


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