Intendant Bégon’s benefit, according to Hawkins, or for that of

Bégon* and his family took refuge when they were driven out of the palace on the tragic evening of 5 or 6 January 1713. La

].” After Le Picard’s death in 1713, the governor and Intendant Bégon* wrote that “he had served his majesty in this country with

he tried to execute his orders to oversee the grain trade and to prevent the export of flour. The intendant, Michel Bégon

these fiefs and Abbé Resche, whom the habitants refused to recognize as parish priest. From 1721 to 1727 intendants Bégon and Dupuy* issued

honest and diligent,” Intendant Bégon said of him, “well acquainted with

was awarded to Claude-Michel Bégon, whom Deschaillons replaced in February 1731 as town major of

daughter of Michel Bégon. He thereby became related, by marriage, to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the great minister of Louis XIV. At that time family ties were very close and men in high places were

, but also demanded restitution of his losses. After Vaudreuil’s death in October the intendant, Michel Bégon

. “Correspondance de Mme Bégon” (Bonnault), APQ Rapport, 1934-35, 37, 42. Documents relating to Canadian currency during the French period (Shortt), I, 452. (Shortt incorrectly identifies Lestage as

Bégon* de La Cour as governor of Trois-Rivières. He was thus in a good position to engage in the fur trade; he obtained a grant for two years of the post of Baie-des-Puants (Green Bay, Wis

Bégon* confidentially with the true character of the tribes that were allies or enemies of France, and with the kind of relationships that should be maintained with them. He recounted what he

original location the intendant’s palace, which had burned [see Michel Bégon]. The palace was

. Pierre-L. Côté AN, Col., B, 95–97, 99; C11A, 99, 100. Bégon, “Correspondance” (Bonnault), ANQ Rapport

Hervieux*, and François-Marie de Couagne, and he was thus indirectly a significant contributor to the Canadian side of the colonial economy. His position was such that when Mme Bégon

, Carton 1, no.48; 2, no.157; 3, no .180; 8, no.28; 20, no.40. Private archives, J.-B. Porlier (Boucherville, Qué.), Lettres de la famille Gamelin, 1764–77. Bégon, “Correspondance” (Bonnault), ANQ

. During a journey to Paris in 1702 La Potherie submitted his manuscript to the royal censor, who received it favourably. But Jérôme Phélypeaux, the minister of Marine, in a letter to Michel Bégon

baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de Sainte-Anne-de-Michillimakinak, 1695–1821. “Correspondance de Mme Bégon” (Bonnault), APQ Rapport, 1934-35, 53, 178. Découvertes et établissements des Français

.” Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Bégon* offered only 800 livres, and even then this was in the form of an advance

. Bégon, “Correspondance” (Bonnault), ANQ Rapport. 1934–35, 1–277. Bougainville, “Journal” (A.-E. Gosselin), ANQ Rapport, 1923–24, 202–393. [Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de