Records relating to French Lousiana in the Archives nationales, 1694-1803 [microform].

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Records relating to French Lousiana in the Archives nationales, 1694-1803 [microform].

Records (1694-1803) in the Archives nationales in Paris relating to French Louisiana, which were microfilmed under the aegis of the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

102 reels of mircofilm.

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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The Manuscript Division was one of several "departments" established in 1897 when the Library of Congress moved from the United States Capitol to a separate building nearby. Its staff of four assumed custody of a collection of twenty-five thousand manuscripts which had accumulated throughout the nineteenth century, chiefly through the purchase in 1867 of Peter Force's collection of Americana, the gift in 1882 of Joseph M. Toner's collection relating to George Washington and American medical hist...

Archives nationales (France)

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The Archives nationales (National Archives) of France began in 1790 during the French Revolution. A state decree of 1794 mandated that all pre-French Revolution archives, both private and public, that were seized by revolutionaries be centralized. Through a law passed in 1796 creating department archives, the Archives nationales was created. From the description of Archives nationales (France) collection on the Siege of Savannah, 1779. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record i...