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- ↑ d'Eschambaul, Antoine (December 1951). "La Vie Aventureuse de Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Dulhut". Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française. 5 (3): 320–339. doi: 10.7202/801714ar .
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