French ship Pélican (1702)

Pélican was a ship in French service for colonial duty in the transport of colonists to French North America.

History
France
Name: Pélican
General characteristics

History

In January 1704, the ship left Loire, France for La Mobile, La Louisiane, New France.[1] The ship that brought additional pioneers and yellow fever to the French colony of the original Mobile site, arriving in August 1704. The ship brought filles à la cassette|filles à la casquette to help found the colony with womenfolk for the menfolk; also called Pelican Girls, after the ship they were transported on; and Casket Girls or Cassettes, for the boxes, called casquettes, used to carry their belongings. The yellow fever had been acquired in a stopover in Cuba on the way to Mobile.[2]

References
  1. La Salle, Nicolas de, "Lettre", Correspondance au départ avec les colonies (première partie) / Régime d'administration royale directe / Correspondances adressées aux colonies / Amérique du Nord / Louisiane / Lettres aux autres administrateurs et personnalités - Archives Nationales du France (in French), Secrétariat d'État à la Marine
  2. Kelly Kazek (14 September 2015). "When French orphans called Casket Girls came to Alabama as wives for colonists". AL.com. Alabama Media Group.

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