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Letter from Basile d'Ireland and André Laplante, 3 April 1772
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CA RBD MSG 1310-2-01-002
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1 folded sheet
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(Approximately 1722-1805)
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Basile Riel dit l'Irlande was a voyageur and guide who lived in La Prairie, Quebec. He was born in approximately 1720, the son of Jean Baptiste Riel dit l'Irlande and Marie -Louise Cottu. He was an ancestor of famous Métis leaders Louis Riel Sr. (1817-1864) and Louis Riel Jr. (1844-1885), who were descended from his brother, Jacques Michel Riel dit L'Irlande. He died in La Prairie on 6 May 1805.
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(Active 1775-1797)
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André Laplante was likely a voyageur in the Canadian fur trade, and visited the fur trade depot in Grand Portage, Minnesota in 1772.
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Letter from Sieur Basile d'Irelande and André Laplante attesting that on Monday a week previous, Mr. Finley told them that he had forbidden all fur traders at Grand Portage from hiring François Ledoux (Latreille).
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In French with a typed English translation.