[77]Hamilton to Haldimand, July 6, 1781, Haldimand Papers, II, British Museum.
[78]Michigan Pioneer Collections, XIX, 699. For LaBalme’s dramatic speeches to the French, see the Illinois Historical Collections, II, p. xci. For other information concerning LaBalme, see the Virginia State Papers, I, p. 380. The complete papers of LaBalme were forwarded to the war ministry in London and together with the map carried by LaBalme at the time of his death are available in the Haldimand Papers, II, 13, British Museum (London).
[79]“LaBalme Papers”, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, XIX, 578-8.
[80]“Haldimand Papers”, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, XIX, 582.
[81]Capt. A. Thompson to DePeyster, Mar. 14, 1781, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, XIX, 589-600.
[82]DePeyster to Haldimand, Apr. 22, 1782, Haldimand Papers, II, British Museum.
[83]Wayne Steven, “The Northwest Fur Trade” University of Illinois Studies in Social Sciences, XIV, p. 513.
[84]Milo Quaife, op. cit., p. 209.
[85]Major Smith to Dorchester, Oct. 16, 1790, Public Records Office, (Colonial Series) CO-42 73, London.
[86]Dorchester to Grenville, October 17, 1790, Public Records Office, (Colonial Series) CO-42 73.