The Very First Financial Report
Excerpt from a report by Jean Talon, 1673
Reference: Archives nationales d’outre-mer (Aix-en-Provence, France), FR ANOM C11A 4, folios 28-31
This is an excerpt from a report written by Jean Talon, intendant of New France, to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister under King Louis XIV (Controller General of Finances from 1665 to 1683, Secretary of State to the Maison du roi and Secretary of State of the Navy from 1669 to 1683), submitted March 9, 1673.