Box OS
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Contains 1 Result:
Document signed Laussat and D. Angerot, proclamation to the people of Louisiana encouraging them to be loyal to France and announcing the appointment of the new captain general of the territory. Original (2 copies) in French. Includes typescript. (1 page) (Oversize), 1803 Mar 27
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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 Mar 27