MF 1097, C13A, Volume 53, Bobine 62, 1819
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Laussat reports on the cession of the colony to the United States; profound disappointment of the population. Financial settlements; sums of money to be transferred to Saint Domingue and to la Martinique. News from Saint Domingue; Rochambeau said to be a prisoner of the English. Violent incident opposing Laussat and Candon, captain of the cutter la Terreur. The U.S. commissioners, Clairborne and Wilkinson, request documentation on Louisiana borders. Evacuation of Louisiana; situation of refugees from Saint Domingue in U.S. ports. Laussat feels certain that the introduction of U.S. administration in Louisiana will cause revolt among the inhabitants. Tra vel expenses of Landais, officer courier entrusted with the official documents concerning Louisiana. Inventories and accounts. Report on navigation on the Louisiana coast and on the Mississippi. Pichon's correspondence: the United States takes possession of the Louisiana territory; news received of the evacuating of Cap Francais and of Hole Saint Nicolas. Talleyrand's correspondence to the Minister of the Navy; litigations with Spain. Issues of the Moniteur de le Louisiane. Instructions concerning artillery and heavy equipment. Richelieu protests (1817) against exorbitant port fees in the United States. Report on New Orleans in 1817. Books closed on Louisiana accounts in 1819.
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