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Early Detroit
It was in the partial execution of this grand plan of dominion and conquest that a man of De la Motte's capacity, energy and experience was selected to fill the position of the first Governor of Louisiana.
Exaggerated ideas already existed of the boundless wealth of the valley of the Mississippi, ideas that a few years after culminated in the world famous Mississippi scheme of John Law. "Anticipating the future, the French nation beheld the certain opulence of coming ages already within their grasp. "
De la Motte here on this new field manifested the same
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