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title: Vue de la colonie espagnole du Mississipi, ou des provinces de Louisiane el Floride Occidentale, en L'année 1802
Subject: Louisiana, Description and travel, To 1803, Mississippi River Valley, Description and travel, To 1803, West Florida, Description and travel, To 1803
Date created ms: 1803
Abstract: Vue de la colonie espagnole du Mississipi, ou des provinces de Louisiane el Floride Occidentale, en L'année 1802, par un observateur résident sur les lieux. Ouvrage accompagné de deux cartes dressées avec soin, et artistement gravées et enluminées. Contents: Table des chapitres -- Carte detaillee de la basse-Louisiane et Floride occidentale -- Avant-propos, dependance, position, et etendue de la colonie -- Fleuve du Mississipi, et ses rapports avec la colonie, qu'il traverse et partage -- Etablissemens sur les bords du Fleuve, dans la partie inferieure de la colonie, et description de la Nouvell-Orleans -- Suite des etablissemens sur les bords du Fleuve, et dans la partie inferieure de la colonie -- Etablissemens separes des bords du Mississipi, dans la partie inferieure et interne de la colonie -- Etablissemens de la partie superieure de la colonie, ou haute-Louisiane, sur les rives du Mississipi -- Carte reduite de la haute-Louisiane et pays circonvoisins -- Etablissemens de la parti inferieure de la colon ie, sur les bords du Golfe du Mexique -- Nature et qualities du sol, sur les bords due Mississipi -- Climat et temperature du pays dans la partie infericure de la colonie -- Influence du climate et de la constitution naturelle du pays, sur le corps humain -- Productions du pays, dans les trios regnes de la nature. Celles du regne animal -- Suite de chapitre precedent -- Cultures et productions colonials. Quantite des habitations formees sur les bords du fleuve, et leurs cultures principales -- Culture de la canne a sucre, et ses produits -- Coton, indigo, tabac, pelleteries, riz, bois de charpente, etc. -- Avantages et desavantages inherens aux plantations formees sur les bords au fleuve -- Commerce du pays, et ses resultats -- Population des parties inferieures et superieures de la colonie -- Gouvernement -- Administration domaniale, fiscale, et commerciale -- Culte public -- Ordre judiciaire -- Police generale et particuliere -- Moeurs et usages. Observations sur les hommes qui habitent cette contree -- Continuation du chapitre precedent. Observations sur les Creoles blancs -- Continuation du chapitre precedent -- Suite du chapitre precedent. Opposition de la conduite des Americains et de celle des Louisianais envers les Colons de St. Domingue, refugies parmi eux -- Observations sur les Creoles blanches -- Observations sur les etrangers blancs -- Observations sur les Affranchis -- Observations sur les Negres esclaves -- Continuation du chapitre precedent -- Observations particulieres sur les moeurs et usages du pays -- Continuation du chapitre precedent -- Precis de l'ouvrage, et conclusion -- Table Abregee des matieres, par supplement a celle des chapitres

title: Voyage dans les deux Louisianes
Subject: Louisiana, Description and travel, To 1803, Mississippi River Valley, Description and travel, To 1803, Ohio River Valley, Description and travel, To 1803, Indians of North America
Date created ms: 1805
Abstract: Voyage dans les deux Louisianes, et chez les nations sauvages du Missouri, par les États-Unis, l'Ohio et les provinces qui le bordent, en 1801, 1802 et 1803; avec un apperçu des moeurs, des usages, du caractère et des coutumes religieuses et civiles des peuples de ces diverses contrées.

title: Bernardo de Galvez, New Orleans, to Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge
Subject: Favrot, Pierre-Joseph, 1749-1824, Louisiana, History, To 1803, Spain, Colonies, North America, Governors, Louisiana, Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803
Date created ms: 1780-05-26
Abstract: Letter informing Favrot that it is impossible to close off the Mississippi River, because it is essential to transporting travelers and supplies.

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.

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.

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

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Joseph Allard Duplantier, 1793 May 24
Subject: Carondelet, Luis He?ctor, baro?n de, 1748-1807, Louisiana, Politics and government, To 1803, France, Politics and government, 1789-1799
Date created ms: 1793-05-24
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier, New Orleans, writes his father, Joseph Allard Duplantier, care of Messrs. Lille Sarpy and Barrière. He reports on the 'sad situation of this colony,' which he says has suffered for eighteen months under the Baron de Carondelet, whom the author compares to Alejandro O’Reilly. Duplantier complains about the governor's policies concerning slaves and free colonists and argues that most Louisianians want to be reunited with France. The writer enumerates the advantages that France would gain in reacquiring Louisiana, and he describes the growing American presence in the region. At the same time, he comments on French internal politics. He relates that his Guimard aunt has sent her procuration to Mr. 'Blan' (Joseph Etienne Blanc) and Mr. Gariot. He suggests sending mail through the Cambon brothers in Bordeaux, Lille Sarpy, Messrs. Henry and Gros, and Barrière. He closes by listing the types of seeds he would like to have sent to him.

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

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

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

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

title: Description de la Louisiane, nouvellement decouverte au sud'oüest de la Nouvelle France, par ordre du roy
Subject: Indians of North America, Mississippi River Valley, Louisiana, Description and travel, Mississippi River, Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803
Date created ms: 1864
Abstract: Louis Hennepin, a Recollet Friar (member of an order of reformed Franciscans), arrived in New France in 1675. After spending four years as an itinerant missionary, Hennepin joined an expedition of the great French explorer Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle, intent on probing the Mississippi. Hennepin and two companions ventured up the Mississippi as far as the Falls of St. Anthony (the site of Minneapolis), and returned to the Great Lakes by an alternate route. In 1683, Hennepin published an account of his adventures, Description de la Louisiane. An immediate best-seller, the book went through numerous editions and was one of the most widely read first-hand descriptions of New France. The map that accompanies the volume, entitled "Carte de la Nouvelle France et de la Louisiane Nouvellement découverte," makes it the first cartographic appearance of Louisiana as a place-name.

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

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

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

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Guy Allard Duplantier, 1803 Feb. 04
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Louisiana, Politics and government, To 1803
Date created ms: 1803-02-04
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier, New Orleans, expresses to his brother, Guy Allard Duplantier, impatience for news of his sons in France. He mentions sending cotton to France care of Gachet in Bordeaux and Messrs. de l’Arbre in Le Havre and indicates a growing friendship with Mérieult in New Orleans. Duplantier continues to comment upon how the local economy is suffering from Louisiana's being between Spanish and French rule. He conveys his concern for his sons in the postscript and also mentions the 'pennaillon' there. He closes by speaking of a young Mr. Vauquelin whom the son Armand knows well and who stayed with the Duplantiers at one time.

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.

title: Letter, 1801 Feb. 9
Subject: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813, Military deserters, United States, Desertion, Military, United States, History, Louisiana, History, To 1803, Loftis Heights (Miss.), Rapides Parish (La.), History, 19th century
Date created ms: 1801-02-09
Abstract: Valenten Layssard, was a Spanish army captain at Rapides Post, Louisiana. Letter from Valenten Layssard, Rapides, Louisiana, to Major Pike [i. e. Zebulon M. Pike], the American commandant at Loftis Heights, Mississippi, concerning the return of American military deserters captured by Layssard to American jurisdiction.

title: Mémoire historique et politique sur la Louisiane
Subject: Louisiana, History, To 1803, India, Haiti, Corsica (France), French Guiana, Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne, 1727-1781
Date created ms: 1802
Abstract: Mémoire historique et politique sur la Louisiane, par m. de Vergennes, ministre de Louis XVI, accompagné d'un précis de la vie de ce ministre, et suivi d'autres mémoires sur l'Indostan, Saint-Domingue, la Corse et la Guyane.

title: Mississippi question: Report of a debate in the Senate of the United States on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, of certain resolutions concerning the violation of the right of deposit in the Island of New Orleans.
Subject: Mississippi River, Commerce, Louisiana, History, To 1803, New Orleans (La.), Commerce, Spain, Foreign relations, United States, United States, Foreign relations, Spain
Date created ms: 1803
Abstract: Mississippi question. Report of a debate in the Senate of the United States, on the 23d, 24th, & 25th February, 1803, on certain resolutions concerning the violation of the right of deposit in the Island of New Orleans.

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