Stephen Wante property description, circa 1840-1850.

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Stephen Wante property description, circa 1840-1850.

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Document concerns the legal status, ownership, and authenticity of title of lands along the Ouachita River purchased by Stephen Wante from Baron de Bastrop, a Dutch immigrant who had been granted the land by Baron de Carondelet, colonial governor of Louisiana under Spanish rule. A subsequent section concerns legal wrangling over lands owned by Wante in Virginia.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Bastrop, Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de, 1759-1827

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A Dutch contractor who established a colony in what is today Morehouse Parish. He did this at the suggestion of Gov. Carondelet. Bastrop built Point Plantation with large warehouses along Bayou Siard, La. He conducted an extensive mercantile business and Indian trade under an exclusive concession given to him by Casa Calvo in 1801. From the description of Felipe E.N. Bastrop papers, 1796-1829. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70665737 From the description of...

Wante, Stephen

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