LEADER 04343nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910810109903321 005 20230410234442.0 010 $a1-283-53060-0 010 $a9786613843050 010 $a0-7735-8350-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773583504 035 $a(CKB)2670000000148980 035 $a(OCoLC)767670831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10580862 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000688671 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688671 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10612702 035 $a(PQKB)11633469 035 $a(CEL)435911 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00230135 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332296 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577880 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384305 035 $a(OCoLC)923236509 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/psd1kk 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332296 035 $a(DE-B1597)658021 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773583504 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000148980 100 $a20790315d1978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||a|| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDugard of Rouen $eFrench trade to Canada and the West Indies, 1729-1770 /$fDale Miquelon 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d1978. 215 $a1 online resource (295 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aLater version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.), University of Toronto, 1973 presented under the title: Robert Dugard and the Socie?te? du Canada of Rouen, 1729-1770. 311 0 $a0-7735-0299-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aI. Introduction: The Context of Prosperity, 1715-1770 -- II. The Founders and Their City -- III. The New Company, 1729-1742 -- IV. Questions of Finance, 1729-1741 -- V. Cargoes Outward -- VI. Quebec: A Colonial Trading Factory -- VII. Trade in the West Indies -- VIII. Destructions and Diversions -- IX. The Lord Taketh Away -- X, Conclusion: From Business History to the History of Society -- Appendix A. Profiles of the Dugard Fleet -- Appendix B. The Ships and Their Voyages -- Appendix C. Voyages: Chronological List -- Appendix D. Investment, Outlay, and Profit. 330 $aIn 1953 the proprietor of the chateau of Bonneval at La Haye-Aubrée par Routot in the Norman department of Eure presented the French National Archives with a collection of eighteenth-century papers. They had been brought to the chateau by previous owners at the time of the French Revolution. The proprietor was unrelated to these shadowy figures, and the papers concerned neither his family nor the estate. Now deposited at the Archives Nationales in Paris, the 45 cartons of letters and business papers tell the story of the business activities of the Dugard family of Rouen. The earliest item in the collection is a bill of exchange dated 3 January 1658/59, and the last letter is from 1794. Most of the papers concern Roben Dugard, 1704-70, and a number of companies formed by him and several other Rouen merchants, among them the societé du Canada. Dugard and Company, as the societé may be called with less formality, was founded in 1729 to exploit the trade of Canada with France and the West Indies. Soon it directed its attention to the development of a Franco-Caribbean trade independent of its North-Atlantic commerce. The present history is a case study of a business partnership. The size and structure of eighteenth-century French business enterprises, the nature of French business finance, methods and maritime insurance, French commodities of trade and markets, and the relation of French business to government are all examined. So too is the manner and extent of the penetration of French business into Canada and the West Indies. 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / General$2bisacsh 607 $aFrance$xCommerce$zCanada$xHistory 607 $aCanada$xCommerce$zFrance$xHistory 607 $aFrance$xCommerce$zWest Indies$xHistory 607 $aWest Indies$xCommerce$zFrance$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / General. 676 $a380.1/06/544 700 $aMiquelon$b Dale$f1940-$01694010 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810109903321 996 $aDugard of Rouen$94072234 997 $aUNINA