...he treaty of Utrecht, expressly asserted in the royal grant of the commerce of the province. Weary of fruitless efforts, Louis XIV. had assigned the exclusive trade of the unbounded territory to Anthony Crozat , a French merchant, who had prospered in opulence to the astonishment of all the editor, world. La Motte Cadillac, now the royal governor of Louisiana, became his partner; and the merchant proprie...