French and Spanish records of Louisiana : a bibliographical guide to archive and manuscript sources/ Henry Putney Beers

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Book

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English

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x, 371 p.

ISBN

0807114448

Notes

Includes index.

A concise account of the history and government of Louisiana [Territory] concentrating on the formation of a record-keeping bureaucracy. -- cover.

Contains history of land records, military records, parish records, ecclesiastical records, birth registers, marriage and death records from what are now known as the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri and Arkansas. Provides a complete history and description of these records and their past as well as current locations. Includes information on available archival reproductions, documentary publications, and the nature and size of holdings in pertinent manuscript collections. -- cover.

Bibliography p. 289-339.

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