Louisiana Purchase
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0373
Scope and Contents
The Delassus-St. Vrain Family Collection consists of legal documents, correspondence, land records, journals, and genealogical information. The vast majority of the documents are written in French and Spanish. Despite the poor penmanship, incorrect grammar usage, and use of archaic forms of the languages by the document’s creators, every attempt has been made to provide a complete and correct translation of the documents. It should be noted that many of the documents in the...
Dates:
1544-2001
Louisiana Purchase Transfer Collection
Collection
Identifier: A0937
Scope and Contents
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:
1783-1953
Amos Stoddard Papers
Collection
Identifier: A1577
Scope and Contents
The Amos Stoddard Papers consist primarily of correspondence and documents dated 1796-1809. The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1804 and relates to the transfer of Upper Louisiana to the United States. The papers also include Stoddard's manuscript autobiography written circa 1812 covering events of his life up to 1792.
Dates:
1796-1812