Box 1
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Letter signed Marbois, Philadelphia, to Major Benjamin Walker, aide-de-camp to General Washington, headquarters, Newburg, state of New York. Letter acknowledges receipt of thirty dollars from Walker. Original in French. Includes translation. (2 pages) Includes Lithograph by Delpech of Barbé Marbois., 1783 July 22
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1783 July 22
Document signed Bonaparte, Anvers, to minister of war [General Mortier] instructing him not to correspond with foreign ambassadors in any manner. If they ask him for an explanation, he is to respond that it is necessary to address the government. The first consul is pained that General Mortier has responded to a letter from the Russian minister for the court of Berlin. It would have been the proper procedure to acknowledge receipt of the letter in sending it to the minister of foreign relations who ought to give it all suitable diplomatic explanation.Original in French. Includes translation. (2 pages), 1803 July 20
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1803 July 20
Letter signed M. Austin [Moses Austin?], Mine à Burton [Mine a Breton], to James Richardson stating that he believes the contemplated change of government demands the attention of every American. Original and typescript. (3 pages), 1803 Aug 2
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1803 Aug 2
Document signed Manuel de Salcedo and El Marquis de Casa-Calvo, New Orleans, to Carlos de Lassus. Order of transfer of Louisiana to France. Original in Spanish. Includes translation. (2 pages), 1803 Dec 31
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1803 Dec 31
Unsigned document to Boré regarding a representative committee of inhabitants of New Orleans. Original in French. Includes translation. (1 page), ca. 1804
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
ca. 1804
Letter signed Gouvernour Morris, Morrisania, to [John Quincy Adams?], on the acquisition of Louisiana and the effect it will have politically, particularly to widen the breach between northern and southern states. Original and partial typescript. (8 pages) [accession number 56-0003], 1804 Feb 19
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1804 Feb 19
Document signed Charles de Hault de Lassus, St. Louis, power of attorney of Pierre Clement Laussat to Amos Stoddard to receive for him, in the name of the French Republic, political and military possession of Upper Louisiana from Spain and authorizes him to receive it for the United States. Original in French. Includes translation. (4 pages), 1804 Feb 20
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1804 Feb 20
Document signed Amos Stoddard, Carlos De Hault De Lassus, Charles Gratiot, Antonio Soulard and Meriwether Lewis, St. Louis. Document of transfer of Upper Louisiana Territory from Spain to France, and then from France to the United States. Original in Spanish. Includes translation. (2 pages), 1804 Mar 9
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1804 Mar 9
Document signed Amos Stoddard, St. Louis, proclamation to inhabitants of the Upper Louisiana Territory regarding concessions of land they received from the Spanish government prior to the transfer of Louisiana. Original in French. Includes translation. (3 pages), 1804 Mar 10
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1804 Mar 10
Document signed Boré and Robelet, New Orleans, from a committee of the assembly of the inhabitants of New Orleans, addresses neighbors and co-citizens on the subject of dividing Louisiana into two territories and details the steps taken to have the law revised. Includes a copy of the petition to be signed by the citizens. Original in French. Includes translation. (5 pages), 1804 July 14
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection is an artificial collection of original documents gathered from a variety of sources that have been filed together because of their connection, or the connection of the documents’ authors, to the transfer of Upper Louisiana from Spain to France and then from France to the United States in 1804 (popularly known as the Louisiana Purchase). The bulk of the collection contains original documents dating from 1783 to 1829. The only...
Dates:
1804 July 14