Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Scope and Content
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Abbé Forget du Verger petition
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Abbé Forget du Verger petition
- Dates
- 1763 Nov 12-1787 Mar 3
- Creator
- Verger, Forget du
- Creator
- Cruzat, Francisco
- Creator
- Catholic Church, Mission of Illinois
- Size
- 1 item (3 p.)
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Accession information not specified.
Scope and Content
Contemporary copy of petition from Fort de Chartres, by Abbé Forget du Verger, Vicar General of the Mission of Illinois, to manumit three enslaved African American people belonging to the Mission; petition addressed to Neyon de Villiers an Bobé Desclouseaux. Petition granted. Rewritten by Bobé. Further certification signed by Francisco Cruzat, Mar. 3, 1787.