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The Pontiac Manuscript
Note. —The original of the following document is written in French, and it is conjectured to have been the work of a French priest. It was preserved in a Canadian family at Detroit and afterwards presented to the Historical Society. A copy of this manuscript was furnished by General Lewis Cass to Mr. Francis Parkman, Jr., who makes frequent reference to it in his " History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac. " In a note, Mr. Parkman says concerning this manuscript: "As a literary composition, it is quite worthless, being very diffuse and encumbered with dull and trivial details; yet this very minuteness affords strong internal evidence of its authenticity. Its general exactness with respect to facts is fully proved by comparing it with contemporary documents. * * *
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