Louis Vilemont collection [1794-1795] Vilemont, Louis collection

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Louis Vilemont collection [1794-1795] Vilemont, Louis collection

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This collection is made up of 2 items related to Louis Vilemont: a bound journal that he composed while traveling in North America around 1795, with essays, and a letter by the Baron de Carondelet dated June 28, 1795. In his journal, Vilemont commented on the scenery, white residents, and Native Americans.

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Carondelet, Luis Héctor, barón de, 1748-1807

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Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, was the Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1792-1797. From the description of Francisco L.H. Carondelet papers, 1791-1819 (bulk 1792-1796). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122467738 Spanish colonial governor of Louisiana. Name in full: Francisco Luis Héctor, barón de Carondelet. From the description of Order of Luis Héctor, barón de Carondelet, 1795. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455717 ...

Vilemont, Louis

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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 Ma...