Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers
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Description
- Title
- Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers
- Contributor
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Bradley, W. A
Bringier, Louis
Louisiana.--Governor (1791-1797 : Carondelet)
Louisiana.--Surveyor General's Office
Trudeau, Charles
Valliere, Joseph,---approximately 1799
Williams, H. H.
Wilson, John,--active 1841 - Published / Created
- [ca. 1840-1841]
- Abstract
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Manuscript copy in Spanish of a 1793 Spanish land grant by Louisiana Governor Francisco Louis Hector Carondelet to Don Joseph Valliere, and signed by Carlos Trudeau, Royal and Private Surveyor of the Province of Louisiana. The grant contains a map showing the location of the land on the White River in the present-day states of Arkansas and Missouri, and is impressed with the seal of the State of Louisiana, certified in English, dated December 7, 1840, and signed by L. Bringier, Surveyor General of Louisiana. The land grant copy is accompanied by an English translation of the grant and copies in an unidentified hand of three letters regarding the property including that of John Wilson to W. A. Bradley, Washington City (October 17, 1841); a letter to Wilson from [Beragency?], New Orleans (undated); and to John Wilson from H. H. Williams, New Orleans (June 19, 1841).
- Description
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Joseph Valliere was a Captain in the Spanish Army and served in Louisiana; he died in 1799.
Purchased from Fred A. Rosenstock on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1975. - Extent
- 5 items ; 39 x 31.5 cm and smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Spanish; Castilian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-2050 J774
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Legal documents--United States--19th century.
Manuscripts
Maps - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Bradley, W. A
Bringier, Louis
Louisiana.--Governor (1791-1797 : Carondelet)
Louisiana.--Surveyor General's Office
Trudeau, Charles
Valliere, Joseph,---approximately 1799
Williams, H. H.
Wilson, John,--active 1841 - Subject (Topic)
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Land grants--Arkansas.
Land grants--Missouri.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Joseph Valliere Spanish Land Grant Papers. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4087119
- Object ID (OID)
- 16568571