Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed J. Edgar, Kaskaskia, to Hon John Lucas, Esq., member of House of Representatives, Washington. Opinion that residents of the Illinois Territory and Indiana should be joined with the Louisiana Territory. Recites anxiety of area residents concerning the future status of their Territory under the United States, as they are “rather predisposed to entertain an unfavorable opinion of it from the experience of misfortunes predicated on Gen. Clark’s expedition against this country.” It has been suggested that they will be attached to the Indiana Territory, which would be an injustice. (4 pages, includes typed transcription), 1803 Sept 25
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates:
1803 Sept 25