Louisiana papers, 1767-1816.

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Louisiana papers, 1767-1816.

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This collection of papers consists of correspondence, reports, printed pamphlets, and broadsides relating to Louisiana after its occupation by Spain. The Louisiana territory comprised the Lower Mississippi River Valley, upstream to St. Louis and the Illinois country, as well as West Florida and the Texas and Arkansas area. Much of the correspondence is that of the Spanish governors or lieutenant governors with their superiors in Spain, as well as with local commandants of remote trading posts, Indian agents, squaw-men, untutored men of the border, or Indians (speaking through interpreters) The manuscripts reflect the trilingual character of the inhabitants-Spanish, French, and English-and the international conflict for possession of the lower Mississippi Valley, i.e., French Louisiana. As New Orleans was the capital of the province, most of the letters and reports are dated there, but others came from agents and correspondents throughout the entire region. Many of the documents through 1794 have been published in transcribed or translated form in Lawrence Kinnaird's Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794, volumes 1-3 (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1949) The papers are arranged for the most part according to administrations of the governors. Included are papers relating to Antonio de Ulloa, Alexander O'Reilly, Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga, Bernardo de Gálvez, François Hector Carondelet, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, and Manuel Juan de Salcedo.

Originals : 5 boxes, 16 v. and 1 oversize folder ; Many sizes, mostly 25 to 32 cm.Copies : 5 microfilm reels (2204 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:14-18) and positive.

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O'Reilly, Alejandro, 1725-1794

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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 ...

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Gayoso de Lemos, Manuel, 1747-1799

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Governor of Louisiana. From the description of Papers of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, 1794-1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453621 Manuel Gayoso de Lemos was the Spanish Governor of the Natchez District, 1792-1797. Major Stephen Minor (1760?-1815) was a planter of Natchez, Mississippi. From the description of Manuel Gayoso de Lemos papers, 1792-1799. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519472 Manuel Gayoso de Lemos was the Spanish Governor of the Natchez ...

Salcedo, Manuel Juan de.

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Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farrill, Sebastián.

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Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786

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Bernardo de Gálvez, born in Marchavariaya, Spain, July 23, 1846, to Matias de Gálvez and Josefa Gallardo Madrid, served as a Spanish military officer and as the fourth Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana. From the description of Bernardo de Gálvez letter, 1779. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70831364 Spanish governor of Louisiana. From the description of Bernardo de Gálvez letter, 1778 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690371 ...

Unzaga y Amézaga, Luis 1717-1793

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Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga was the first Spanish Louisiana governor (1769 - 1777). Born in Malaga, Spain, he joined the military early in his life, taking part in the military operations of Charles of Naples against Austria. In 1769 he was appointed governor of Louisiana to succeed Alexander O'Reilly, who had incurred the disfavor of creoles and was removed by home government. After service in Louisiana, he was promoted and appointed captain general of Caracas. Unzaga y Amézaga later headed the ...

Ulloa, Antonio ˜deœ 1716-1795

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