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Proclamation, 1803 May 18
title
Proclamation, 1803 May 18
Subject
Ximenez, Carlos, Proclamations, Spain, Colonies, Louisiana, France, Colonies, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, To 1803, Louisiana Purchase
Date created ms
1803-05-18
Abstract
Photostatic copy of a proclamation issued by Spanish Governor Manuel Salcedo and the marques de Casa Calvo at New Orleans to the people of the Province of Louisiana on behalf of the King of Spain, concerning the transfer of the province, which had been under the control of Spain, to France, and detailing changes that will occur under French control of the territory.
Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
title
Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
Subject
North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Engravings, France, Colonies, North America, Spain, Colonies, North America
Date created ms
1733
Abstract
Across top: "America Septentrionalis." Creators: Popple, Henry (1743-); Toms W. H., (William Henry), (ca.1700-ca.1750) (Engraver). Relief shown pictorially. Insets: Fall of Niagara -- Mexico -- Quebec -- New York -- Placentia -- Annapolis Royal -- Boston -- New York -- Charleston -- Bermuda -- S. Augustine -- Providence -- Havana -- S. Jago -- Kingston -- Port Antonio -- Port Royal in Martinica -- Barbadoes -- Antigua -- Cartagene -- Porto Bello. Note by Edmund Halley at the bottom verifies the accuracy of the map.
Proces-verbal of the delivery of the forts of Plaquemines to Gilberto Leonard, Frigate Captain and Agent of the French Republic, by Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Commandant of Plaquemines, Fort St. Philip
title
Proces-verbal of the delivery of the forts of Plaquemines to Gilberto Leonard, Frigate Captain and Agent of the French Republic, by Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Commandant of Plaquemines, Fort St. Philip
Subject
France, Colonies, North America, France, Foreign relations, Spain, Laussat, Pierre-Clement de, 1756-1835, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Plaquemines (La.), History, Spain, Colonies, North America, Spain, Foreign relations, France
Date created ms
1803-12-07
Abstract
Account of the actual process of taking over the fort from the Spanish.
Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril, Marques de Casa Calvo, and Juan Manuel de Salcedo, New Orleans, to Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Plaquemines
title
Sebastian de la Puerta y O'Farril, Marques de Casa Calvo, and Juan Manuel de Salcedo, New Orleans, to Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Plaquemines
Subject
Favrot, Pierre-Joseph, 1749-1824, Laussat, Pierre-Clement de, 1756-1835, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Spain, Colonies, North America, France, Colonies, North America
Date created ms
1803-12-02
Abstract
Order by the Spanish to turn Louisiana over to the French.
Decree of Pierre Clement Laussat upholding the Code Noir
title
Decree of Pierre Clement Laussat upholding the Code Noir
Subject
Colonial administrators, France, Colonial administrators, Louisiana, Laussat, Pierre-Clement de, 1756-1835, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Louisiana Purchase, African Americans, Legal status, laws, etc, America, France, Colonies, Law, African Americans, Louisiana, France. Code noir, Slavery, Law and legislation, France, Colonies
Date created ms
1803-12-16
Abstract
From the Papers of Pierre Clement Laussat. Laussat decreed that the Code Noir promulgated at Versailles in March 1724 for the administration of justice, police, discipline, and commerce of Negro slaves in the province and colony of Louisiana was in effect except for any provisions that contradicted the Constitution of the United States. Broadside. Signed: Laussat. Countersigned: Daugerot. With the seal of the Colonial Prefecture of Louisiana. Printed in New Orleans by Beleurgey & Renard, printers of the municipality.
Possession of Louisiana by the French, considered, as it affects the interests of those nations more immediately concerned, viz. Great Britian, America, Spain, and Portugal
title
Possession of Louisiana by the French, considered, as it affects the interests of those nations more immediately concerned, viz. Great Britian, America, Spain, and Portugal
Subject
Louisiana, History, To 1803, French, Mississippi River Valley, Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803, France, Colonies, North America, France, Foreign relations, 1789-1815, Great Britain, Foreign relations, France, Spain, Foreign relations, France, Portugal, Foreign relations, France, United States, Foreign relations, France, France, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Louisiana Purchase
Date created ms
1803
Abstract
Description of the political atmosphere surrounding the Louisiana Purchase in relation to France, Great Britain, The United States, Spain, and Portugal.
Jean Claude Trénonay to Joseph Allard Duplantier, 1787 Jan. 03
title
Jean Claude Trénonay to Joseph Allard Duplantier, 1787 Jan. 03
Subject
French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Politics and government, To 1803, Spain, Colonies, America
Date created ms
1787-01-03
Abstract
Claude Trénonay, Pointe Coupée, writes Joseph Allard Duplantier, discussing the ways to send correspondence to Louisiana, the seeds he has received from France, his finances and business affairs (including slaves), indigo, and an eventual exit from the colony. He mentions his late brother Montferra and the fact that the recipient's son has two children. He relates his eye problems and states that he is still bleeding sick slaves. Trénonay discusses 'Chanfret,' which he learned his brother in Paris would consider transferring to him, and he explains how the vicinity of Moirans, France, would not suit him after having spent the greater part of his life in a 'country of liberty.' He insists that, contrary to popular belief, the Spanish government (at least in Louisiana) is not hard and that the colony enjoys more freedoms than 'English America' does. He claims that the people in Louisiana are more decent than those in French colonies and that while religion is rigorously enforced in Spain, there are few constraints in the colony. Trénonay speaks more favorably than before about Louisiana, relates how it is changing, and becomes so optimistic about the colony's future that he says he would never leave if his family were there.
Charles Gayarré commission, an 12 frimaire 11 [1803 Dec. 3]
title
Charles Gayarré commission, an 12 frimaire 11 [1803 Dec. 3]
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1803-12-03
Carte de la Louisiane Colonie Francaise avec le cours du fleuve St. Louis
title
Carte de la Louisiane Colonie Francaise avec le cours du fleuve St. Louis
Subject
France, Colonies, Maps, Louisiana, Maps, Early works to 1800, Facsimilies, Mississippi Valley, Maps, Early works to 1800, Facsimilies, Louisiana Purchase, Maps
Abstract
Map of the Louisiana Purchase territory. Sub-Title: les Rivieres Adjacentes, les Nations des Naturels, les Establissems Français et les Mines Par l'Auteur de l'Histoire de cette Province.
Kaart van Nieuw Vrankryk en van Louisiana Nieuwelyks Ontdekt
title
Kaart van Nieuw Vrankryk en van Louisiana Nieuwelyks Ontdekt
Subject
North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, France, Colonies, Maps, Louisiana, Maps, Early works to 1800, New Spain, Maps, Early works to 1800, Mississippi Valley, Maps, Early works to 1800
Date Issued
1683
Abstract
Alternate title: [Map of New France and Louisiana, Newly Discovered]. This Dutch edition of Hennepin's map features a title cartouche depicting the the triumph of Christianity in Louisiana. The coat of arms of the French House of Bourbon decorates the upper left. While René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle explored the lower Mississippi Valley, Louis Hennepin (1640-c.1705), a Recollect priest, traversed the Illinois River territory. He went west with La Salle, but was dispatched to the Illinois area to make friends with local Indian tribes. On his way, he investigated the Mississippi River. After living among the Indians for eight months, Hennepin returned to Paris. His 1683 book about the expedition, "Description de la Louisiana Nouvellement Découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France," included what is believed to be the first printed map, made from on-the-spot observations, bearing the name "Louisiane." Because he did not actually descend the Mississippi River to its delta, Hennepin depicted the river "Colbert" [Mississippi River] straight south and with a dotted line continued it to the Gulf at almost the same spot where the mouth empties into the Gulf of Mexico today. When his superiors ordered Hennepin to return to America, he refused and subsequently pledged his allegiance and dedicated a revised edition of his earlier work to King William III of England. In this version, Hennepin described himself as a leader of the expedition. He claimed he traveled the entire three-thousand-mile length of the Mississippi River in forty-seven days (to its mouth and back) two years before La Salle. To support his contention, Hennepin included a map depicting the entire course of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. This work received great attention because its author urged William III, and thus England, rather than France, to colonize the Mississippi Valley. The British soon came to realize the economic and political potential of the vast territory described in Hennepin's work. The exaggerated and often fictional account of Hennepin's adventures was among the most widely read books of the period and was subsequently translated into several languages.
Luis Héctor, barón de Carondelet circular, 1794 Feb. 12.
title
Luis Héctor, barón de Carondelet circular, 1794 Feb. 12.
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1794-02-12
Arrêt de la cour de Parlement, 1788 Sept. 29
title
Arrêt de la cour de Parlement, 1788 Sept. 29
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1788-09-29
Pierre Marigny letter, 1796 Jan. 29
title
Pierre Marigny letter, 1796 Jan. 29
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1796-01-29
Sénatus-consulte of 6 floréal X (26 April 1802) published in Moniteur de la Louisiane, 1802 Oct. 2
title
Sénatus-consulte of 6 floréal X (26 April 1802) published in Moniteur de la Louisiane, 1802 Oct. 2
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1802-08-21
Act of the Bureau du Citoyen, an 3 ventôse 11 [1795 Mar. 1]
title
Act of the Bureau du Citoyen, an 3 ventôse 11 [1795 Mar. 1]
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1795-03-01
Act of the Bureau du Citoyen, an 3 ventôse 11 [1795 Mar. 1]
title
Act of the Bureau du Citoyen, an 3 ventôse 11 [1795 Mar. 1]
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1795-03-01
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton letter, 1793 Aug. 29
title
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton letter, 1793 Aug. 29
Subject
Louisiana, Social life and customs, 19th century, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 19th century, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Influence, Political culture, History, 19th century, Spain, Colonies, North America, Louisiana, History, To 1803
Date created ms
1793-08-29
Order, 1802 July 9
title
Order, 1802 July 9
Subject
Orders, Spain, Colonies, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, To 1803, DeBlanc, Carlos Luis, Carrick, Santiago
Date created ms
1802-07-09
Abstract
Order (in Spanish) to Carlos Luis DeBlanc from Manuel de Salcedo, Spanish governor of Louisiana, 1801-1803, to inform Santiago Carrick of his obligation to pay promissory notes, New Orleans.
Letter, 1810 Jul. 30
title
Letter, 1810 Jul. 30
Subject
Letters, Florida Parishes (La.), History, 19th century, Florida Parishes (La.), Politics and government, Spain, Colonies, North America
Date created ms
1810-07-30
Abstract
Letter to the representatives of the people of West Florida from Charles Dehault Delassus, commandant of the Spanish Fort at Baton Rouge, 1807-1810, in response to a letter he received from the representatives. Delassus expresses his pleasure at their loyalty to the Spanish flag and desire to retain him as their leader. He also reminds them of their duty to provide him with information about those inciting the people and mentions rumors in the district that "the flag of independence" had been raised at musters of the militia.
Histoire de la Louisiane, Contenant la decouverte de ce vaste Pays;...[v. 1-3]
title
Histoire de la Louisiane, Contenant la decouverte de ce vaste Pays;...[v. 1-3]
Subject
Louisiana, History, To 1803, Louisiana, Description and travel, Natural history, Louisiana, Indians of North America, Mississippi River Valley, France, Colonies, America
Date created ms
1758
Abstract
Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terres; l'histoire naturelle, les moeurs, coûtumes & religion des naturels, avec leurs origines; deux voyages dans le nord du nouveau Mexique, dont un jusqu'à la mer du Sud; ornée de deux cartes & de 40 planches en taille douce. Par m. Le Page du Pratz. 3 vols.

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