Compagnie des Indes orientales records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 619", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"619", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Compagnie des Indes orientales records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1700-1710", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1700/1710"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1700

date_inclusive_end

1710

origination

{"value"=>"Compagnie des Indes orientales", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Compagnie des Indes Orientales, or the French East India Company, was a member of the consolidated European trade corporation known as the East India Company. The Compagnie des Indes Orientales was organized in 1664 by Jean Baptiste Colbert, the chief advisor to King Louis XIV of France, and was dissolved in 1769 when its possessions were officially annexed to the French crown.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of seven volumes relating to the administration of Sieur Jean Baptiste de Villers, governor of the French East India Company, 1701-1709, at the Ile de Bourbon (now Réunion), an island of the Mascarene Group in the Indian Ocean. Volumes include accounts of administrative matters, legal records, personal diary of de Villers, company ordinances and documents, census of island inhabitants, and description of island.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 88M76"}

{"date"=>"1908", "source"=>"Draper, Anna P", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Draper, Anna P, 1908"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consists of seven volumes relating to the administration of Sieur Jean Baptiste de Villers, governor of the French East India Company, 1701-1709, at the Ile de Bourbon (now Réunion), an island of the Mascarene Group in the Indian Ocean. Volumes include accounts of administrative matters, legal records, personal diary of de Villers, company ordinances and documents, census of island inhabitants, and description of island."}

langmaterial_code

fre

keydate

1700

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Collection is in French"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Compagnie des Indes orientales records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1700

date_end

1710

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