Lot 1014
Frontiac, Comte de Louis (1622-1698), Colonial Governor of New France.
ALS, one page, 6¼" x 4¼", letter in French dated December 30, 1644, addressed on reverse to his uncle, Monsieur d'Humieres, signed my Dear Uncle, Your Obedient & humble servant, "Frontiac", Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
The letter transcribed reads, "My Dear Uncle, You will find it good that I serve myself with the letter of Monsieur Dobasine to assure you that he cannot adjust anything, for certainly I will devote all my life to your person and to the passion which I have to serve your friendship for my services…I am ever happy for the occasion to render that which I am able without conditions and without reserve."
Frontenac was a French courtier and Governor of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 until his death in 1698. He established a number of forts on the Great Lakes and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois during King William's War, a successful campaign that resulted in the elimination of the Iroquois threat against New France, and a large expansion of the fur trade using Canadian coureurs des bois.
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