Letter XX [on his 1721 visit to Wisconsin]
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- Created Date
- 1721-07-21
- Description
This is one of many letters that Charlevoix wrote to a correspondent at Paris to try to convey what the New World was like. He was refined and well-educated, and his letters are marked by charm, grace and humor. He went on to write a multi-volume history of New France based on interviews with traders and priests and on unpublished records, which remains one of our best historical sources on early Wisconsin. All his letters are given elsewhere on the Turning Points site.
- Creator
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Rare Book Collection
- Publisher
- Printed for R. and J. Dodsley
- Subjects
- Native Americans
French Americans
Mammals
Marine animals
Indian dance
Hunting
Missions
Priests
Rites and ceremonies
Islands
Lakes
Landscape
Rivers
War
Fox
Ho-Chunk
Illinois
Iowa
Menominee
Potawatomi
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- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761. Letter XX [on his 1721 visit to Wisconsin]. 1721-07-21. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39541. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761, (1721-07-21) Letter XX [on his 1721 visit to Wisconsin]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39541
- MLA citation style
- Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39541>.