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Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand Legal Document (Digitized Content)

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The digitized content of the Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand Legal Document is comprised of a legal document transferring ownership of the belongings of Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand to his sister, Marie-Therese Dugué Piot de Langloiserie.

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand (1675-1736) was a French military officer who served as commander of outposts at Mobile, Natchez, Louisiana, and the Illinois Country. In 1719 he led an expedition to the Illinois Country and established an outpost that became the center of military and civilian activity in the area, positioned eighteen miles north of Kaskaskia. Later, Dugué de Boisbriand was appointed the fourth governor, serving from 1724 to 1726.

The digitized content consists of a legal document written in French, specifying the transfer of the entirety of Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand's belongings in Louisiana and Canada to his sister, Marie-Therese Dugué Piot de Langloiserie. The document was written at Kaskaskia in the absence of a notary on March 10, 1721, and ratified in Montreal before a notary on March 30, 1722.

The Illinois History and Lincoln Collections unit at the University of Illinois Library manages the physical items of the Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand Legal Document (MS 943). The collection was completely digitized in 2023. For more information, contact an archivist at ihlc@library.illinois.edu.