Records of the transfer of Upper Louisiana to the United States, 1803, 1804, 1879.

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Records of the transfer of Upper Louisiana to the United States, 1803, 1804, 1879.

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Includes two letters, 1803 and 1804, in Spanish, from Manuel De Salcedo, Spanish Governor General, regarding the transfer of land to the French. Official order, in French, of Pierre Clement de Laussat, Jan. 12, 1804, to Dehalt de Lassus, transferring Illinois lands, or upper Louisiana, to the government of the United States. An 1897 St. Louis Republican article, on the 75th anniversary of the transfer. Photocopies of documents. Copy of a typed translation and some handwritten translations of the order.

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Laussat, Pierre-Clément de, 1756-1835

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Pierre Clément de Laussat, born at Pau, was receiver-general at Pau in 1789, arrested in 1793, released, became paymaster general of the army of the Pyrénées Orientales in 1793, and was a member of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents in 1797. In 1802 he was appointed préfet coloniale de la Louisiane and from 1823-25 he was commandant and administrator of French Guiana. From the description of Actes publics de la domination française, Nouvelle Orleans, 1803-1804 /by Pierre Clément Laussa...

Salcedo, Juan Manuel de.

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