Louis Vilemont traveled from Madrid, Spain, to Louisiana in the mid-1790s. He visited Philadelphia, Louisiana, and Kentucky on his journey.
Francisco Luis Héctor Carondelet was born in Noyelles, Flanders, around 1747, the son of Jean Louis Nicolas de Carondelet, baron de Carondelet et Noyelles, and Marie-Angélique Bernard de Rasoir. The family retained its loyalty to the Spanish crown, and Luis Héctor Carondelet served in a Spanish guard regiment and in the Knights of Malta during the 1770s. In 1777, he married Maria de Castaños y Aragorri. Carondelet fought in the American Revolution, served as intendant of San Salvador in the late 1780s, and became governor of Louisiana and West Florida in 1791. He held the governorship until 1797. The Baron de Carondelet died in Quito, Ecuador, on August 10, 1807.
From the guide to the Louis Vilemont collection, Vilemont, Louis collection, [1794-1795], (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)
