Louisiana

Manuscripts, 1787-1802
101 items

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Scope and Contents:

Collection of surveys, grants, and petitions for land along the lower Mississippi during the Spanish rˇgime. Most of the documents include well-executed maps of the land being granted. Fifty-six of the surveys are certified by Carlos Trudeau, Spanish surveyor general, and 13 by William Dunbar (1749-1810), surveyor general of the district of Natchez.

Provenance:

Purchased, 1922

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