MF 1096, C13A, Volume 52, Bobine 61, 1819

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Microfilm 8

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Amnesty granted to deserters. Nomination of General Victor to take possession of Louisiana. Deplorable situation of Louisiana expedition personnel delayed at Helvoetsluys without means of subsistence. Laussat requests additional information on certain points of the treaty ceding Louisiana to France. Certain problems of logistics solved. Medals struck for Indian chiefs. Decisions relative to payment of officers and men. War breaks out between England and France; the Louisiana expedition is cancelled; orders sent to that effect. Meanwhile at Helvoetsluys extreme cold may block the Louisiana fleet by ice; report on storm damage as well. Laussat's correspondence from Rochefort, Santander, La Balise, New Orleans; Spanish piastres embarked at Santander as well as orders from the Crown to colonial authorities in Havana and in Louisiana; accounts of his arrival, his reception by Spanish officials and by the population, measures taken for Louisiana's transfer to France; estimated cost; inventories; tobacco production and market; needs of the colony; reforms to be undertaken. A plan of New Orleans is sent to the Minister. Reports on the Anglo-Americans and their "entrepot" rights at New Orleans. Laussat receives from Washington the news of the cession of Louisiana to the United States; his and the population's reactions. Rochambeau, commanding at Saint Domingue, requests 600,000 francs from Laussat who refuses. Reports covering French administration on the transfer of sovereignty; reactions of public opinion. Ratification of the treaty in 1803. Revolt of Negroes at Saint Domingue. Le Moniteur de la Louisiana. Pichon's letters to Louisiana officials.

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