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Did British records from 1758 to 1764 list Acadians sent to France or Louisiana?

Research question: Do Nova Scotia governor's correspondence and British Board of Trade records from 1758 to 1764 list Acadian prisoners or transports bound for France, and do any of them name Louisiana as a destination?

The facts show Acadian prisoners bound for France in 1758: the Richmond and the Britannia carried prisoners from Louisbourg to La Rochelle in September 4, and the British sent Acadians from Halifax to Le Havre in December 5. Acadians from Ile-Saint-Jean were also deported to France after that island's capture in 1758 3. Louisiana appears only indirectly, as a later destination for some exiles who waited in France for a ship there 1. The supplied facts come from secondary chronologies and summaries, not from the governor's correspondence or Board of Trade records themselves 35, and none covers 1759 to 1764 345, so they cannot confirm whether those records name Louisiana as a destination.

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Some Acadian exiles who were waiting for a ship to Louisiana stayed in Brittany and Poitou in France, so Louisiana was a later destination for some of them.
"Dans l'attente d'un embarquement pour la Louisiane , certains patientèrent en Bretagne et dans le Poitou ."
Déportation des Acadiens
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Two of the ships carrying Acadians into exile, the Violet and the Duke William, sank en route, which reduced the number of exiles.
"Their numbers were quickly reduced when 2 of the ships (Violet, Duke William) sank en route."
Acadian History: The Exile: France
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In 1758, after the capture of Ile-Saint-Jean, the Acadians of that island were deported to France.
"Deportation of the Acadians of Ile-Saint-Jean to France."
Chronology of the Deportations & Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816 by Paul Delaney
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In September 1758, the Richmond and the Britannia carried Acadian prisoners from Louisbourg to La Rochelle, France.
"The Richmond with 284 Acadian prisoners and the Britannia with 312 Acadian"
Chronology of the Deportations & Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816 by Paul Delaney
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From Halifax in December 1758, the British sent Acadians captured at Cap-Sable to Le Havre, France, along with Acadians deported from the Maritime islands.
"From Halifax, in December 1758, the British sent the Cap-Sable Acadians to Le Havre, France, with Acadians they were deporting from the Maritime islands."
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