| Summary: | English translations of no. 1, 3, 5 and 6, with two other English documents on the same negotiations, were published by Shea in Collections of the New York Historical Society, 2nd ser., v. 3, pt. 1. Of the 7 pieces here given, the 1st was originally published as "Narré du voyage faict pour la mission des Abnaquiois et des connaissances tiréz de la Nouvelle Angleterre . / par le R. père Gabriel Dreuillette ." [Albanie, N.Y., 1855]; the 2d, as "Epistola Rev. P. Gabrielis Dreuillettes Societatis Jesu presbyteri, ad . Joannem Wintrop . Neo-Eboraci, 1864" [Shea's Cramoisy press series, no. 24] with 2nd edition 1869; the 3rd, in Ferland's "Notes sur les registres de Notre-Dame de Québec" 2nd edition, Quebec, 1863, p. 95-97; the 5th and 6th in Charlevoix's Histoire et description general de la Nouvelle France, Paris, 1744, v. 1. A collection of all documentary material accessible, relating to Dreuillette's two missions to induce the United Colonies of New England to unite with New France against the Iroquois. The first was undertaken alone in September 1650, the second, with sieur Godefroy in June 1651. Narré du père Druillettes -- Lettre du père Druillettes à Jean Winthrop -- Lettre du père Druillettes -- Extraits du journal des supérieurs des missions -- Lettre écritte par le Conseil de la Nouvelle France aux commissionnaires de la Nouvelle Angleterre -- Extrait des registres de l'ancien Conseil de la Nouvelle France, et lettre de m. d'Ailleboust -- Note sur le Narré. Mode of access: Internet.
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