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 G27 THE ExVELY HISTOEY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
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 LETTER 
 
 FROM £^ .> , L . ■ r 
 
 MR. CHARLES GAY ARRE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 HOX. RANDALL L. GIBSOX, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
 
 RELATIVE TO 
 
 The early history of Louisiana. 
 [To accompany bill H. R. 4191.] 
 
 February 2, 1880. — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 
 
 printed. ^ 
 
 New Orleans, January 13, 1880. 
 
 Dear Sir : I now present to you, at your request, in the shape of a 
 letter, wliat information I can give about the documents of importance 
 to her colonial history which the State of Louisiana had procured from 
 the archives of France and Spain, and which were destroyed at Baton 
 Eouge, or carried away, when that capital of the State was taken by 
 the Federal troops in our late civil war. Some of them, however, I have 
 lately recovered from Mr. Draper, Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical 
 Society, who tendered them to me with much kindness and liberality. 
 They are now deposited in the State library, New Orleans. 
 
 It is easy, on proper apjilication, to examine the French archives for 
 any historical investigations. Every facility is even thrown in the way 
 of the explorer. 
 
 Governor Morton, when in office, bought, on my recommendation, for 
 the sum of $1,000, from Mr. Magne, one of the proprietors and editors 
 of the New Orleans Bee, a valuable manuscrii)t volume of documents 
 which that gentleman had obtained permission to copy from the French 
 archives in Paris. 
 
 Mr. Edmund Forstall, now dead, one of our public- spirite<l citizens, 
 having sojourned some time in France, examined or caused to be ex- 
 amined the archives of that country in relation to her former colony of 
 Louisiana, and on his return i)reseuted to the State an important col- 
 lection of materials for the use of her futiu'e historians. 
 
 Hon. John Perkiii^-;, who was for several years one of the representa- 
 tives of the State in Congress, also enriclied the archives of Louisiana 
 with two large manuscript volumes handsomely bound and treating of 
 our former colonial relations with France. 
 
 As to the Spanish archives concerning Louisiana, there wa«; an ab- 
 solute l)lank until lately. Nothing had been left liere nor in Cuba, 
 and it was. positively ascertained that it was only in Spain that our 
 State could obtain some information as to the records of her colonial ex- 
 istence under the new government to which she had been transferred 
 by France. 
 
 \ 
 
2 t\ early history of LOUISIANA. C ll 
 
 In 1849, when secretary of state, I obtained an appropriation of $2,000 
 from onr general assembly to procure documents from the archives of 
 Spain. It led to a prolonged correspondence which I had with Mr. 
 Komulus Saunders, our minister plenipotentiary at the time in Spain, 
 and with Don Pascual de Gayangos, a Spanish man of letters, who has 
 immortalized himself by his works, and with whom I became acquainted 
 through my friend Mr. Prescott, the historian. Without the influence 
 and the persistent exertions of Mr. de Gayangos I believe that the 
 archives of Spain would not have been examined as I desired. My 
 private correspondence with Mr. de Gayaugos and Mr. Prescott on the 
 subject is curious and amusing. AVhat was of a nature to be published 
 in a report which I made to our legislature I lay before you. You will 
 find the inclosed printed document quite instructive on the condition of 
 the Spanish archives and on the difficulties to be encountered as to 
 their examination. I hope that this document contains sufficient in- 
 formation to answer your purposes, and I think that it is not necessary 
 for me to add any thing beyond what is therein to be found. 
 
 I will, however, say that my private correspondence on the subject, 
 without the knowledge of Mr. Saunders, and to remove from his path 
 difficulties unsusitected by him, is a chapter of secret history which, as 
 usual, is more interesting and more illustrative than what is generally 
 to be met under the statelj' dress and form of j></i//c history. For in- 
 -stance, to begin with Mr. cle Gayangos. He had written to Mr. Pres- 
 cott that he was willing to serve me as he had served him, Prescott, 
 " because there was all over the world a freemasonry and a fraternity 
 among men of letters which was to be sacredly kept up," but he was 
 not disposed to put himself in contact with the American minister, "who 
 is not one of us." This was the language of that punctilious gentle- 
 man, and his objection was to be removed. Then a great personage, 
 whom I did not kno^^ personally, but who had traditionally been con- 
 nected with my family by the bonds of friendship, was approached by 
 me. He replied that he would do any thing to oblige me, but could 
 not assist ]Mr. Saunders. Therefore he would send his secretary to Mr. 
 Saunders to guide him, if I desired it, but would have no personal in- 
 tercourse with him. Is it not ludicrous ? Besides, there was the tooth 
 and nail opposition of the Duke of Sotonrayor, who was determined 
 that it should not be known that through the manii)uiations of his 
 father, (iardogui, the Si>anish minister at Washington, AVilkiuson had 
 become a traitor and sold himself, to a foreign government. He main- 
 tained that it would be a breach of faitli. I had to argue that question 
 at length. I really believed at the time that had I not been of Sjianish 
 origin [my great grandfather having come as contador with the first 
 Spanisn governor, in 17()5, to take possession of Louisiana) our negotia- 
 tions to examine the archives miglit have failed. This accident of birth, 
 and the fact of a kinsman of mine having been a member of the regency 
 of Spain during tlie Frencli invasion, with the Duke of Infantado 
 and others, being skillfully i)ara(led, had no little influence, I am con- 
 vinced, in ajiijcasing the susjjicions which had been roused by the formal 
 and otticial ajjplication of our minister to examine tlie archives. I men- 
 tion these things to make you aware of the secret as well as of the piihlic 
 dilliculties Avhich may have to be en('(mntere<l by our government when 
 attempting to make a tlioroiufh examination of the archives of Spain con- 
 cerning Louisiana. They are in great confusion and scattered about; 
 much work for a full investigation will have to be done, not only in 
 ^ladrid, but also in Seville, Simancas, Cadiz, and other places. As to 
 the archives of France, their examination is comi>aratively an easy task. 
 
 I beg leave to call your attention to the n)anuscrii»t history of Loui- 
 
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 6 
 
 siana by Senlis, mentioned by Mr. de Gayangos in his letter to Mr. 
 Saunders, dated July 13, 1841). In a subsequent letter of a private 
 nature to me, Mr. de Gayangos, as far as I can recollect, for it would 
 give me too much trouble to look for that letter in a mass of papers, 
 stated his belief that the manuscript alluded to could be had for a trifling 
 sum. Mr. de Gayangos is dead ; but by inquiring at Cuen9a, where 
 the descendant of the author still lives, or for any of the Senlis family 
 now in existence, througii the channel of the Spanish ambassador at 
 Washington, perhaps something might be done, and that manuscript 
 procured, if found to be valuable. 
 
 In conclusion, I must say that all which was really interesting in those 
 copies from the French and Spanish archives to which I have alluded 
 in this letter has been embodied in my history of Louisiana. But, at 
 the same time, I cannot but assure you that this mine of historical 
 wealth thus opened to us by imperfect researches is far from being ex- 
 hausted. 
 
 Respectfully and truly vours, 
 
 CHARLES GAYARRE, 
 Post-Office, Keic Orleans, hox 1797. 
 
 General Randall L. Gibson, M. C, 
 
 St. Charles Hotel. 
 
 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE STATE LIBRARY.— BATOIf 
 
 ROUGE, 1850. 
 
 To the senate and house of representatives qf the State of Louisiana in gen- 
 eral assembly convened: 
 
 1 have the honor to transmit to your honorable body the annexed doc- 
 ument, marked A, showing the situation of the State library for the year 
 1819. Of the money annually appropriated for the purchase of books, 
 the sum of $1,016.11 has been invested this year in the acquisition of 
 210 volumes. The balance, $1.02, will be refunded to the treasurer of 
 the State. 
 
 On the eve of retiring from the office which I have filled for four years 
 it gives me satisfaction to have, either by purchase, exchange or other- 
 wise, acquired some valuable and rare works for the State library, which 
 I shall deliver to mj- successor with an increase of 1,091 volumes. I beg 
 leave to recommend that the same annual appropriation of $1,000 be at 
 least continued, if not made greater. Under the liberal patronage of 
 the legislature, with i)roper management, and with the api^lication of 
 salutary regulations, I have no doubt that the State library will become 
 still more respectable, and worthy of its destination. 
 
 The boxing up and the transportation of all the books appertaining 
 to the State library has been a serious work, which the State librarian 
 has had to perform in addition to his ordinary duties. The salary, which 
 consists of $50 per month, has not been proiwrtionate to the obligations 
 of that office, and I beg leave respectfully to suggest that the regular 
 salary be increased, and that an extra compensation, suited to the extra 
 work I have mentioned, be granted to the present incumbent, who has 
 always discharged his duties with zeal aiul ability. 
 
 I feel no small degree of satislaction in informing your honorable body 
 that I have lately received several bundles containing copies of Spanish 
 documents of anliistorical nature, for the procuring of which the State had 
 niade an appropriation in 1817. I have not yet had sufficient time to exam- 
 ine them and to ascertain whether they are such as to meet the expectations 
 of your lionorable body. The document hereunto annexed and marked 
 B contains the correspondence which I had on the subject with Mr. 
 
4 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Saunders, the United States minister plenipotentiary at the court of 
 Madrid. It is not destitute of interest, and gives the history of the many 
 difliculties which had to be overcome to procure those documents. As 
 you will see by the statements and accounts furnished by Mr. Saunders, 
 the whole of the sum appropriated ($3,(100) has been disbursed, and I 
 gather from the letters now submitted to your consideration that we 
 have a right to expect some more coi)ies which seem to have not been 
 as yet ready when Mr. Saunders left Spain. The investigations made in 
 the archives of that country are not complete, and further discoveries 
 remain to be made. It is for your honorable body to decide whether an 
 additional appropriation to continue the researches already begun would 
 l)e judicious. I cannot but hope that you will come to the conclusion 
 that any money employed in the elucidation of our history would be a 
 useful application of the public treasure. 
 
 In a report which, at the request of the senate, I made in 1848 to that 
 honorable body, and which was published with their journal, I demon- 
 strated how defective was the organization of the department of the 
 secretary of state. The reformation which it demands is so necessary 
 that I deem it my duty to call your attention to that document. I hope 
 that, if taken into consideration and acted upon, it will be the means of 
 securing to my successor greater facilities for the discharge of his duties. 
 
 Eespectfully submitted. 
 
 CHAELES GAYAEEE, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian during the four last years, under the direction of Hon. 
 Charles Gayarre, secretary of state. 
 
 BOOKS PURCHASED DURING THE TEAR 1846. 
 
 Authors' name.s. 
 
 Works. 
 
 McCuUoi'h ... 
 Ricbardsou . . . 
 
 Dallas ... 
 C'rancli .. 
 Wli(>at..ii 
 Howard.. 
 
 Charlt^voi.'w 
 
 Laval do 
 
 D(! Sulis I Conquest of Mexico. 
 
 Story 
 
 Encyclopedia Americana 
 
 (iazcttct-r 
 
 Eugii.sli Dictionary 
 
 National Portiaits 
 
 Views of Central America (atlas) 
 
 Reports 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do i.. 
 
 J'ictorial History of Fiance and En<;laud 
 Soutlievn Review 
 
 Prcscott ... 
 
 Martin 
 
 Loii^ 
 
 AValUcnaer 
 
 Lonfi 
 
 Aaron Bun 
 Golden 
 
 Stoddard 
 
 Bradford 
 
 Robin 
 
 Bossu I do 
 
 Perrin du Lac do 
 
 I History of the Jesuits 
 
 Mirirelet lilstory of I'Yance. . . . 
 
 Thiers I Consulate and Empire 
 
 I Universal Biograjiliy. 
 
 AVorks . 
 
 History of Ore;ron and California 
 
 Conquest of Mexico 
 
 Rei)orts 
 
 Kxpeditinn to the Rocky Mountains 
 
 Collection tif Travels 
 
 Exi)edilion to tlie Sources of the St. Peter 
 
 Memoirs 
 
 History of the Five Nations 
 
 Si'cret Procei'dinas and Debates of the Convention of 178" 
 
 History of Louisiana 
 
 .\ineriian .\nti(iuities 
 
 Travels in Louisiana 
 
TUE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of ihe State Uhmrian, ifc. — Coutinuetl. 
 PURCHASED DUKING THE YEAR 1846— Contintied. 
 
 TibLins 
 
 Thierry 
 
 Do. 
 
 Biography of the Great ATea of the Day 
 
 Dictionary of the French Academy 
 
 English and French Dictionary 
 
 History of the Conquest of England by the Normans (with an atlas) 
 Historical Essays 
 
 PURCHASED DURIXG THE TEAR 1847. 
 
 McKenny. 
 
 Harrisson . . 
 Ang. Ames . 
 
 Greenleaf ... 
 
 Kent 
 
 E. Salverte . 
 
 Spark... 
 Tliiers . . 
 DeBow. 
 Monette 
 
 Blackstone 
 
 Benjamin and Slidell . 
 
 Deslis 
 
 Do 
 
 Greiner 
 
 Rayer 
 
 Paiicoast 
 
 Gross , 
 
 Dunglison 
 Story 
 
 Prescott . . 
 
 Moreau 
 
 History of the Indians 
 
 Statesman Manual 
 
 United States Dijjest 
 
 Digest of Cases Decided in the House of Lords 
 
 On Corporations 
 
 United States Laws 
 
 Evidence (On) 
 
 Commentaries 
 
 Occult Sciences 
 
 Poets and Prose "Writers of America 
 
 The Bible 
 
 Biography (new series) 
 
 Consulate and Empue (continuation) 
 
 Commercial Review, from 1st Januarj', 1846, to Ist of January, 1848. 
 
 Valley of the Mississippi 
 
 Early Jesuit Mission in America 
 
 Commentaries 
 
 Digest 
 
 .... .do 
 
 Annotations 
 
 Code of Practice 
 
 Diseases of the Skin 
 
 Operative Sureery 
 
 Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine 
 
 Pathological Anatomy 
 
 Medical Dictionary 
 
 On Sales 
 
 Southern Quaiterly Review 
 
 Conquest of Peru 
 
 Memoirs of the French Academy 
 
 Practical Midwifery 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 2 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 11 
 
 I 
 2 
 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 2 
 164 
 1 
 
 PURCHASED DURING THE YEAR 1848. 
 
 Howard 
 
 De Bow 
 
 Marshall 
 
 Thiers 
 
 Bruyeres 
 
 Holcomb 
 
 Loudon 
 
 Douming 
 
 Lindley 
 
 Bousin'gault . 
 Scott 
 
 Chambers . . . 
 McCulloch . . 
 C. Pritchanl . 
 
 EUicott . , 
 
 Pike 
 
 Pittman 
 
 Hawkin 
 
 Brodhead — 
 
 Silliman 
 
 "Woodbury. .. 
 Howard 
 
 Reports 
 
 Review 
 
 Encyclopedia Brilaunica 
 
 Astronomical Map and Key 
 
 Atlas to the History of the' Consulate and Empire 
 
 Phreuologie 
 
 United States Farm Book 
 
 Digest 
 
 Loudon's Magazine of Gardening 
 
 Fruits and Fruit Trees of America 
 
 Vegetable Kingdom 
 
 Rural Economv 
 
 Engineer's and Machinist's Assistant 
 
 Pearls of American I'oetry 
 
 Naturalist's Libraiy 
 
 Southorn Review 
 
 British Encyclo])edia of Literature 
 
 Principles of Political Economy 
 
 Researches into Philosophical History of Man 
 
 Journal and Atlas 
 
 Expc<lilioii ■. 
 
 European Settlement of the Mississippi 
 
 Quebec 
 
 Letters from an American Farmer 
 
 Final Report 
 
 Continuation of the Memoirs of the French Academy. 
 
 Journal of Sciences 
 
 Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley 
 
 Reports (vol. Ist) 
 
 Reports (vol. Cth) 
 
 1 
 2 
 
 21 
 2 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 9 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 
 40 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 130 
 54 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian, ^-c. — Coutiuued. 
 PURCHASED DURING THE TEAR 1849. 
 
 Lamartine 
 
 Irving 
 
 Burnet 
 
 Michaux 
 
 Oxmelin 
 
 Plumier 
 
 Ulloa 
 
 Ulloa 
 
 Voluey 
 
 Milfort 
 
 Dumont 
 
 Thomas 
 
 N. de Taboada 
 
 Do 
 
 B6rangcr 
 
 Humboldt 
 
 Layard 
 
 "Woodswoith 
 
 Hallam 
 
 Do 
 
 Thieve 
 
 De Bow 
 
 LyeU 
 
 Testut 
 
 Hawk 
 
 Girondins (lea) 
 
 Cromwell's Speeches 
 
 Bracebiidge Hall 
 
 Notes ou North-'Westeru Territory 
 
 Lives of the Loi'ds Chancellors of England . 
 
 Chenes d' Amerique et Flora Borealia 
 
 Recueil des voyages 
 
 Plantes de 1' Amerique 
 
 Voyage dans 1' Amerique ni6ridionale 
 
 Transactions of the Royal British Society. . 
 
 Drayage 
 
 American State Trials 
 
 Memoires 
 
 Tableau du climat d' Amerique 
 
 Vue de la Colouie Es])aguole du Mississippi 
 
 Memoire sur les Cieeks J> 
 
 Aventures de Beauchene I 
 
 Memoires sur la Louisiaue I 
 
 Culture des bois J 
 
 Dictiounaire Fran§ais-Espa^ol et Espagnol-rran9ais 
 
 Dictionuaire de 1' Academie Espagnole 
 
 ffiuvres ill nst tees 
 
 Cosmos 
 
 Niniveh and Remains 
 
 Greece 
 
 Middle Ages 
 
 Ecclesiastical History 
 
 De la propriete 
 
 Commercial Review 
 
 Second Tour 
 
 Southern Review " 
 
 Veill6es Louisianaises 
 
 Dictionary of Americanisms 
 
 Eg 
 
 w. 
 
 Civil Engineering 
 
 The Presidents 
 
 Shipmasters' Assistant... 
 
 Commercial Digest 
 
 School Architecture 
 
 Chemistry of the Seasons . 
 Modem British Essayist . 
 
 Drayage '. 
 
 Binding of Books. . . 
 
 Total. 
 
 Number of volumes bought in 1846 . 
 
 Do 1847. 
 
 Do 1848. 
 
 Do 1849. 
 
 Total. 
 
 $6 00 
 
 2 50 
 1 50 
 
 3 00 
 8 00 
 
 13 33 
 
 13 20 
 
 779 03 
 1 50 
 6 00 
 
 17 18 
 
 6 00 
 5 00 
 
 10 00 
 
 7 00 
 
 4 50 
 14 00 
 
 2 00 
 7 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 5 00 
 
 1 50 
 28 50 
 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 
 24 00 
 3 50 
 5 00 
 5 00 
 
 2 00 
 
 1 50 
 18 75 
 
 50 
 
 2 50 
 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 4 
 3 
 4 
 1 
 2 
 164 
 
 1, 016 14 I 1, 008 
 
 250 
 227 
 291 
 240 
 
 1,008 
 
 BOOKS ACQUIRED PER EXCHANGE DURING THE TEAR 1846. 
 
 Authors' names. 
 
 "Works. 
 
 til 
 
 ll 
 
 3 p 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 ;< 
 
 L<page 
 
 Hennepin 
 
 do 
 
 3 
 
 do 
 
 1 
 
 do 
 
 •> 
 
 
 do 
 
 ;t 
 
 Laharpe 
 
 do 
 
 1 
 
 do 
 
 1 
 
 Trtvoux 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian, cfc. — Coutiuued. 
 BOOKS ACQUIRED PER EXCHANGE DURING THE TEAR 1847. 
 
 Chitty . 
 Elliott's 
 
 Story . . 
 DaUoz . 
 
 Medical Jurisprudence 
 
 Burr's Trials 
 
 Diplomatic Code 
 
 Robinson's Penal Laws 
 
 Lives of the Lords Chancellors 
 
 Popular and Practical Introduction to Law Studies . . . 
 
 Reports 
 
 Holmes' Stat esnian 
 
 Jurisprudence geuerale 
 
 Total 
 
 Number of volumes acquired per exchange, 1846 
 Do ...W47 
 
 Total 
 
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 a 
 
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 a 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
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 1 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 29 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 12 
 
 83 
 
 
 28 
 
 
 55 
 
 83 
 
 BOOKS SENT BY OTHER STATES AND PRESENTED TO THE STATE LIBRARY, 1846. 
 
 Norman . . . 
 
 Napier. .. 
 
 Hotchkiss . 
 Washbiirn . 
 
 "Walker 
 
 Harrington 
 
 Spencer 
 
 Lieber 
 
 C. Gayarre 
 
 Eock' 
 
 J. F. Neigebaur . 
 
 Menzel 
 
 New Orleans and EnVirons 
 
 Report of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 Laws of Indiana (1846) 
 
 Remarks on Prison and Prison Discipline in the United States 
 
 Peninsular "War and Atlas 
 
 Debates of Pennsylvania State Convention 
 
 Life of R. H.Lee! 
 
 Statute Law of Georgia 
 
 Digest of Vermont 
 
 Chancery Reports of Michigan 
 
 do .' 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives and of Senate of Illinois, 1844. 
 
 Reports made to the House of Representatives and Senate of Illinois, 1844 
 
 Acts of South Carolina, 1846 
 
 Revised Statutes of Illinois 
 
 Laws of Mis.sissippi, 1846 
 
 Laws of Indiana, 1846 
 
 Laws of Kentucky, 1845-'46 
 
 Laws of New York 
 
 Laws of New Jersey 
 
 Reports Communicated to the Legislature of Kentucky 
 
 Reports of New Jersey, 1843-'44 
 
 Seventeenth Annual Report of the State Penitentiary of Pennsj'lvania 
 for 1846 
 
 Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital in Pennsylvania, February, 1846.. 
 
 Popular Essay on Subjects of Penal Law, 1847 
 
 History of Louisiana 
 
 Die Preussischen Universitaten 
 
 Die Preussischen Gymnasium 
 
 Das Botts Eschu vesen 
 
 Die Drei Roniglick Preussischen 
 
 Statuten der Juristischen Faculta, &c., &c 
 
 RAglement 
 
 United States Statutes at Large 
 
 1st Auditor's Annual Report, 1846, Kentucky 
 
 Report of a Minority of the Special Committee of the Boston Prison 
 Discipline Society, 1845 
 
 Statistics of the Condition and Products of Certain Branches of Indus- 
 try in Massachusetts for the year ending April 1, 1845 
 
 American Archives, fourth series, vol. vi, 1779 
 
 Laws of Ohio, vol. xliv, 1845-'4C 
 
 Laws of Michigan, 1846 
 
 Laws of Vermont 
 
 Laws of Maine 
 
 Laws of Pennsylvania, 1846 
 
 Laws of New Hampshire, 1846 
 
 Laws of Arkansas. 1846 
 
 Laws of Fhnida, 1846 
 
 Laws of Illinois, 1847 
 
 Laws of New Jersey, 1847 
 
 Laws of Michigan, 1847 
 
 Laws of Ohio, 1847 
 
 Laws of Dela war.', 1847 
 
 Laws of Texas, 1846 
 
 Laws of North Clarolina, 1846-'47 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian, tj'o. — Continued. 
 BOOKS SEXT BY OTKER STATES, &c.— Continued. 
 
 Authors' names. 
 
 Works. 
 
 
 3 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 3 
 3 
 150 
 154 
 3 
 1 
 
 1 
 3 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 
 Griswold ... 
 
 "Washburn . 
 
 Gillman 
 
 Stringfellow 
 
 T. Toucey. 
 
 Eichardson 
 
 Laws of Xew Hampshire, 1847 
 
 Laws of Iowa, 1847 
 
 Laws of Connecticut, 1847 
 
 Laws of Indiana, 1847 
 
 Laws of Massacliu.setts, 1847 
 
 Laws of Missouri, 1847 
 
 Laws of Congress, 1846, 1st Session, 39th Legislature 
 
 Laws of Congress, 1847, 2d Session, 39th Legislature 
 
 Laws of Massachusetts, 1847 
 
 Ohio Reports, vol. xiv 
 
 Report of the Trees and Shrubs growing naturally in the Forests of 
 Massachusetts 
 
 House Journal, 1st Session 29th Congress, 1845-'46 
 
 Vermont's Reports, vol. ii 
 
 Illinois Reports. 1846 
 
 Missouri Reports, 1846 
 
 Alabama Reports, vol. vii and viii, new series, 1846 
 
 Resolutions and Private Acts of Connecticut, 1846 
 
 Reports of the Commissioners of the School Fund, Connecticut, 1846. .. 
 
 Report of the Quartermaster-General, May Session, 1846, Connecticut.. 
 
 Message of the Governor of Connecticut in relation to the "War with 
 Mexico 
 
 Report of the Bank Commissioners to the General Assembly, Connec- 
 ticut, 1846 .' 
 
 Message to the Legi.slature of Connecticut, May Se.s.sion, 1846 
 
 Report of the Directors of the Connecticut State Prison, 1846 
 
 Statistics of the Condition of Certain Branches of Industry in Connec- 
 ticut for the year ending October 1, 1845 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives of Connecticut, May Session, 
 1846, 
 
 Spencer's . . 
 C. Oilman . . 
 
 S. Green . . . 
 J. Shepley . 
 Blackford . . 
 
 T. Metcalf . 
 
 Journal of the Senate of Connecticut, 1846 
 
 Annual Report of the Controllers of the Public Schools of the City and 
 
 County of Philadelphia, for the year ending June 30, 1845 
 
 The 19th Annual Report of the House of Refuge of Philadelphia, with 
 
 an appendix, 1847 | 
 
 Reports of South Carolina, vol. ii 
 
 Geological Map of Massacliusetts 
 
 Resolutions and Private Acts of Connecticut, 1847 j 
 
 Report of Cases argued in the Supreme Court of Floiida for 1847, vol. i, i 
 
 No. 11 
 
 Reports of New Jersey, vol. i, part 3. from 1844 to 1845 
 
 Report of Cases argued in the Sa])reuie Court of Illinois, 1847, 3d vol. . . 
 Minutes of the Votes and Proceedings of the 71st General Assembly of 
 
 New Jersey, 1847 
 
 Revised Statutes of Michigan, 1846 
 
 Reports of Maine, vol. xxv 
 
 Reports of Indiana, vol. vii 
 
 Reports of Alabama, new series, vols, ix and s 
 
 Reports of Massachusetts, vol. ix 
 
 BOOKS SENT BT OTHER STATES AND PRESENTED TO THE STATE LIBRARY, 1848. 
 
 Humphrey. 
 Tredell's... 
 
 Kichardson 
 
 Smedes and Marshall 
 
 Morris. 
 
 Kelly 
 
 Kichardson 
 
 Repoi ts, vol. vi, Tennessee 
 
 Equity Cases, North Carolina, Reports of, vol. vii 
 
 New Hanijjsh ire Reports. 2d series, vol. i 
 
 Reports of Soiitli Carolina, vol. iii '. 
 
 House .lournals of Congress, 2d Session 29th Congress, 1846-'47 
 
 Reports of Arkansas, vol. i, 1846 
 
 Reports of Arkansas, vol. ii, 1847 
 
 Reports of Mississippi, vols, ix and x 
 
 Messages and documents of the State of Virginia for the year 1847 
 
 Laws of New York. 70th Session, vol. i ". , 
 
 Laws of New York. 70th Session, vol. ii 
 
 Iowa Reports, vol. i, 1847 
 
 Acts and Resolves of Maine, 1847 
 
 Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Institu- 
 tion for the Deaf and Dumb for 1H47 - 
 
 Twentietli Annual IteiKUt of the House of Krfuge of Philadelphia, 1848. 
 
 Acts and Resolves of Vermont 
 
 Journal of f lie Proceedings of the Second Senate of New Jersey, 1846 .. 
 
 Minutes of the Votes and Proceedings of the 70th General Assembly of 
 New Jersey, 1846 '..... 
 
 Reports, Supreme Court of (ieorgia, 1847, 1st and 2d vols 
 
 i Equity Reports, vol. ii. South Carolina 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian, ijc. — Continuecl. 
 BOOKS SENT BY OTHER STATES, &c.— Continued. 
 
 Authors' names. 
 
 Works. 
 
 'I 
 
 Stem.... 
 Cobb .... 
 Strobhart 
 
 Monroe . . 
 Do... 
 
 Griswold 
 
 Hutchinson . 
 
 Deslix . 
 Do. 
 
 History of Georgia, vol. i 
 
 Analysis auil Fomis of Georgia, auil State Papers . , 
 
 Law Eeport, Soutli Carolina, 1st 
 
 Acts of 1 847 Kentucky '. . 
 
 Reports, vol. vii 
 
 Reports, 1847-48 
 
 Senate Journal of 1847-48 
 
 Ohio Reports, 16th, 1848 
 
 Laws of Ohio, vol. xvi, 1847-'48 
 
 Journal of Senate and House of Representatives, Iowa. ., 
 
 Iowa Laws 
 
 First Report of the Commissioners on Practice and PBeadings, State of 
 
 Kew York 
 
 Laws of Pennsylvania, 1848 
 
 Laws of Michigan, 1848 
 
 Laws of Connecticut. 1848 
 
 Laws of Georgia, 1847 
 
 Laws of Congress, 1848 
 
 Resolutions and Private Acts of Connecticut 
 
 Pennsylvania Jouiual of Prisou Discipline and Pbilanthrophy 
 
 Mississippi Code 
 
 Twenty-third Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison 
 
 Discipline Society, Boston 
 
 DiMst •; 
 
 Inae 
 
 C.C.Koyer .... 
 Alphonse de P . 
 
 L.Moll 
 
 De Puibusque . 
 
 Cs. Ladoucette. 
 
 M.Picbat 
 
 J. P. Bompart . 
 J. A. Schlipf . . 
 
 De Torcy 
 
 Do.: 
 
 A. Sauzeau . . . 
 P. A. Morin . . . 
 H. Bouley 
 
 De Gasparin 
 
 L.Moll 
 
 Picard , 
 
 N. de Buffon ... 
 
 Ephrem Houel . . 
 Ms. de Travanet 
 
 L.L*** 
 
 Cte. Odard 
 
 Chas.de Boigne. 
 
 O. Delafond 
 
 E. Jacquemin... 
 E. Lecouteux . . . 
 A. If. Derotrie. . 
 
 La.Cossin 
 
 C. C. Rover 
 
 T. Lavall6e 
 
 A. Malo 
 
 Dombasle 
 
 Stud Book frangais, Registre des chevaux de pur sang n^s ou import^s 
 
 en France 
 
 Routier des iles Antilles , 
 
 Notes 6conomiques sur radmini-stration des richesses 
 
 Des irrigations suivant la loi du 16 Septembre, 1807 
 
 Manuel d'agriculture 
 
 Dictionnaire municipal 
 
 Annales de la Soci6t6 S6ricole, fondle en 1837, pour la propagation et 
 
 I'amelioration de I'industrie de la sole 
 
 De rintiueuce ties divers modes de location 
 
 Manuel 61ementaire du cultivature alsacien 
 
 Pratique des semailles a la vol^e 
 
 Abr^ge sur la culture de I'olivier 
 
 Manuel i>opuIaire d'agriculture 
 
 An pays et aux chanibres — le cornice hippique 
 
 Des remontes- de I'armee 
 
 Vingt pages k lire, ou la question cbevaline 
 
 Agriculture de partie du Poitou 
 
 Notice sur la castration des vaches 
 
 Discours jirononce h la distribution des prix de I'ficole Royale d'Alfort. 
 Reportof the Joint Library Committee of tlie Legislature of New York 
 
 on the subject of the International Exchange 
 
 Cours d'agi'iculture 
 
 Guides des cornices et des propiietaii'es 
 
 Agiiculture fran9aise — par les directeurs de 1' Agriculture 
 
 Tableau geni^ial du commerce de la Fiance avec sea colonies et les 
 
 puissances etrangi'^res pendant les annees 1843-'44-'4r) 
 
 Rapports g^n^-raux des travaux du couseil de salubrity pendant les 
 
 annees 1829 a lfi:i9 
 
 Colonisati(m et agriculture de I'Alg^rie 
 
 L'agriculture raisounee 
 
 Des eanaux darroHage de I'ltalie septeotrionale dans leur rapport avec 
 ceux de la Franc 
 
 Trait<^! complet de 1 el^ve du cheval en Bretagne 
 
 Prescrvatitd'agi'omanie empirique 
 
 fipargnc et Prevoyance 
 
 Ami)el()giiii)hie, ou traite des ceepages 
 
 Du cheval en France 
 
 Trait<< sur la maladie de i)oitrinedu gros betail 
 
 L'Anemagne agricole, iudustrielle etpoliti(|ue 
 
 Trait(' elementaire du departement de la Seine 
 
 Comnieiitaire s\ir les lois rurales frauQaises'. 
 
 Les avantages de hi reunion territoriale 
 
 Notes economiques sur radministratiou dcB richesses (atlas) 
 
 Histoiie des Fran^ais 
 
 MiuistO-re de la marine — conipte rendu an roi de I'emploi des fonds 
 alloues depuis 1839 pour I'en.seignement religieux et elementaire des 
 noirs '. 
 
 Elements de comptabilitc rurale, theoritiue et ]>rati(iue 
 
 Calendrier du bon cultivateur 
 
10 
 
 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State Ilhraiian, ^-c. — Continued. 
 BOOKS SENT BY OTHER STATES, &c.— Continued. 
 
 Authors' names. 
 
 Works. 
 
 ^ a 
 
 Ministeie de la marine et de.s colmiios, rommi.ssion in.stituoe par d^ci- 
 I sion royale du 20 mai 1840, pour rexamen des que.itions relatives k 
 
 \ lesclavao'e 
 
 Eoyer Des institutions du cr6dit foncier 
 
 Annales des haras 
 
 L. Bentz i Premiers elements d'asriculture 
 
 V. Rendu ' Manuel d'asrieulture 
 
 Julien ■ Resume sur la culture des vers k sole 
 
 L. Estancelin Eecherches sur les Toyajjes et d6couvertes des navigateurs Normands. . 
 
 Conegliano ' De la fabrication du fromage 
 
 j Ministere de rint6rieur — projet de loi sur les prisons 
 
 J. Lechevalier I Rapport sur les questions coloniales 
 
 Rapport sur les marches publics en Angleterre, en Belgique, en Hol- 
 
 lande et en Alleniagne 
 
 Questions relatives al'aboUtionde I'esclavage 
 
 Couseils gen6raux de I'agricalture, des manufactures et du commerce.. 
 
 BOOKS SEXT BY OTHER STATES AXD PRESENTED TO THE STATE LIBRARY, 1849. 
 
 C. Gourault. 
 Strobhart . . . 
 
 Warfield 
 
 Gill 
 
 Metcalf 
 
 Zabriskie 
 
 HaiTLngton 
 
 English 
 
 "Wharton 
 
 Iredell 
 
 Griswold 
 
 Smedes & Marshall 
 A. Vattemare 
 
 ■Washburn . 
 
 Doano . 
 
 Histoire du calcul des probabilites 
 
 Equity Reports, South Carolina, Vol. 1 
 
 Acts of Virginia, 1847, 1848 
 
 Acts of Wisconsin, 1848 
 
 Acts of Massachusetts, 1849 
 
 Acts of New Jersey, 1849 
 
 Acts of Delaware, 1849 
 
 Acts of Ohio, 1848, 1849 
 
 Acts of New York, 1849 
 
 Acts of New Hampshire, 1849 
 
 Acts of Michigan. 1849 
 
 Acts of New York, 72d session, 1849 
 
 Acts of Vermont, 1848 
 
 Acts of Missouri, 1849 
 
 Acts of Illinois, 1849 
 
 Acts of New York, 71st session, 1848 
 
 Acts, Reports, and Resolutions of South Carolina, 1848 
 
 Digest 
 
 Reports, Vols. 1 and 2 
 
 Twenty-lhird Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison 
 
 Disci)>liue Society (Boston) 
 
 Southern Quarterly Review, 1848 
 
 Reports, II '. 
 
 Reports, Vol. 1, part 1 and 2 
 
 Reports, Vol. IV, 1848 
 
 New Jersey — Cases Determined in the Supreme Court, 1845 
 
 Reports of Arkansas, 1849 
 
 State Trials of United States 
 
 Equity Reports, Vol. V 
 
 Ohio Reports, Vol. VII 
 
 Pennsylviiiiia Reports, 1849 
 
 Mississippi Kejjorts, 1849 ^ 
 
 Addre.s.s on International Exchanges 
 
 Report of the Board of Visitors and Tru.stees of the New Hampshire 
 
 Asylum for the Insane, 1849 
 
 Report of the'Bank Commissioners, 1849 
 
 Report of tlie Warden, Physician, and Chaplain of the State Prison, 1849. 
 
 Hou.se Journal, 2(1 .si'Ssion, liOtli Congress 
 
 Journal of tlie Ilousr of R('])roseutatives of Connecticut, 1849 
 
 Reports of Vermont, Vol. IV 
 
 Journal of the Conventiim of Wisconsin 
 
 Reports of Missouri. 1848 
 
 Thirty-tirst Annual Report of tlie Controllers of the Public Schools of 
 
 the City and County of Philailelphia 
 
 Texas Reports, Vol. l' 
 
 Itevi.s.a Statutes of Connecticut, 1849 
 
 Dociiiiients ot tlic lirst s>-ssi(iii of tlie 30th Congress 
 
 Itiitmiial KrgittiT ol Olliieis in tlie .Service of the United States 
 
 Thiited States P^xjiloriiig Expedition, Vol. VIII 
 
 Atlas connected with the Ex]>loring Expedition of the United States.. 
 Journal of Congress, 1843 
 
 Total 
 
 1,027 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 11 
 
 Transactions of the State librarian, ife. — Continued. 
 
 NUMBER OF VOLUMES SENT BY OTHER STATES AND PRESENTED TO THE STATE 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 II 
 
 41 
 437 
 393 
 156 
 
 Number in 1846 
 Number in 1847 
 Number in 1848 
 Number in 1849 
 
 . Total .... 
 
 1,087 
 
 DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA RECEIVED IN THE STATE 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 "Works. 
 
 la 
 
 Durins the year 1846 : 
 
 Debates of Louisiana State Convention ; Engliab, 97 ; French, 98 
 
 L a w s o f 1 846 
 
 Journal of Senate 
 
 Journal of Hou.se of Representatives 
 
 Robiu.son's Reports, 11th vol 
 
 Robinson's Reports, 12tb vol 
 
 During the year 1847: 
 
 Laws of 1847 
 
 Journal of the Senate of Louisiana, 1847 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives, 1847 
 
 Executive Journal of the Senate, 1847 
 
 Executive Journal of the vSenate, French, 1 847 
 
 Louisiana Annual Reports, 1st vol 
 
 Durina: the year 1848: 
 
 Laws of 1848 
 
 Journal of the Senate of Louisiana, 1848 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives of Louisiana, 1848 
 
 Executive Journal of the Senate, 1848 
 
 During the year 1849 : 
 
 Laws of 1848, extra ses.sion of December 
 
 Journal of the Senate, 1848, extra session of December 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives, 1848, extra session of December 
 
 Executive Journal of the Senate, 1848, extra session of December 
 
 Bertin, Repertoire des successions 
 
 Third annual reports 
 
 Total 
 
 Number of documents published by the State of Loiiisiana: 
 
 Received in the State library during the year 1846 
 
 Received in the State library during the year 1847 
 
 Received in the State library during the year 1848 
 
 Received in the State library during the year 1849 
 
 Total number 
 
 195 
 529 
 1,401 
 486 
 200 
 200 
 
 1,945 
 248 
 246 
 236 
 
 245 
 918 
 
 2,000 
 250 
 250 
 250 
 
 2,000 
 230 
 230 
 200 
 300 
 800 
 
 12, 559 
 
 3,011 
 3,838 
 2,750 
 3,760 
 
 12, 559 
 
 BOOKS DELIVERED TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PURCHASERS. 
 
 During the year 1846: 
 
 Civil Code 
 
 Code of Practice 
 
 Moreau's Digest 
 
 BuUard & Curry's Digest 
 
 Greiner's Digest 
 
 Martin's Reports 
 
 Louisiana Reports 
 
 Robin.son's Reports 
 
 Robinson's Penal Laws 
 
 Journals of the Legislature 
 
 Report of the Board of Currency 
 
 45 
 6 
 
 50 
 7 
 4 
 
 69 
 131 
 273 
 
 44 
 
 38 
 1 
 
12 
 
 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State lihrarian, <^c. — Coutiuued. 
 BOOKS DELIVERED TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PURCHASERS— Continued. 
 
 Works. 
 
 'I 
 
 During the year 1847 : 
 
 Civil Code 
 
 Code of Practice 
 
 Moreau's Digest 
 
 Greiner's Digest 
 
 Martin's Reports (new series, 3 sets) 
 Louisiana Reports, Volume 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 
 Robinson's Penal Laws 
 
 Robinson's Reports, Volume 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 American State Papers 
 
 Louisiana Convention Journal 
 
 Debates of Louisiana Convention 
 
 Journal of the Senate of 1846 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives of 1846 . 
 
 Partidas 
 
 Laws of Louisiana from 1817 to 1840, inclusive . . . 
 During the year 1848 : 
 
 Civil Code 
 
 Code of Practice 
 
 Moreau's Digest 
 
 Louisiana Reports, Volume 1 
 
 3. 
 
 Robinson's Penal Laws. 
 
 Debates of Louisiana Convention, 1845 
 
 Louisiana Convention Journal, 1845 
 
 Laws of Louisiana from 1807 to 1848, inclusive . 
 During the year 1849: 
 
 Civil Code ~. 
 
 Code of Practice 
 
 Moreau's Digest 
 
 Deslix's Digest 
 
 Deslix's Index 
 
 Robinson's Reports, Volume 1 
 
 7& 
 1 
 36 
 2 
 24 
 4 
 6 
 8 
 11 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 11 
 11 
 12 
 11 
 11 
 11 
 11 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 12 
 51 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 38 
 17 
 20 
 21 
 34 
 10 
 1 
 
 546 
 
 47 
 3 
 5 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 22 
 3 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 13 
 
 Transactions of the State lilrarian, <j-c. — Coutiuued. 
 BOOKS DELIVERED TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PURCHASERS— Coutinued. 
 
 Works. 
 
 During the year 1849 — Coutinued. 
 
 Robinson's Reports, Voiumo 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 Annual Reports, Voiumo 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Bullard & Curry's Digest 
 
 Pallidas, 10 set's 
 
 State Convention Debates, 1845 - 
 
 Journal, 184.5 
 
 Constitution of Louisiana, 184.5 
 
 Journal of the House of Representatives, 1827 
 
 1828 
 
 1840 
 
 1841 
 
 1844 
 
 1846 
 
 1847 
 
 1848 
 
 1849 
 
 Journal of the Senate of the State of Louisiana, 1841 
 
 1842 
 
 1844 : 
 
 1846 
 
 1847 
 
 1848 
 
 1849 
 
 Benjamin's and Slidell's Digest 
 
 Acts of Congress, 1847 
 
 1848 
 
 Executive Doctinient of Senate, 1848 ; extra session 
 
 Louisiana Laws, from 1807 to 1848 (extra session), including 1807, 1808, 1809, 1816, 1817, 1825, 1826, 
 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1846, 
 1847,1848 (1848, extra session) 
 
 a 2 
 
 Total. 
 
 5 
 4 
 
 46 
 184 
 
 90 
 3 
 
 20 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 3 
 2 
 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 4 
 5 
 7 
 
 25 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 5 
 6 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 292 
 
 3,647 
 
 NUMBER OF BOOKS DELIVERED TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PURCHASERS. 
 
 During the year 1846 
 
 1847 , 
 
 1848 
 
 1849 
 
 Total 
 
 968 
 1,151 
 
 747 
 781 
 
 3,647 
 
 DOCUMENTS OF LOUISIANA DISTRIBUTED. 
 
 During the year 1846: , ^, 
 Louisiana convention, 1845. Debates to be forwarded to governors of States and to the conven- 
 tion of the State of New York • 
 
 Laws of 1846 dtlivere<l to the sefietarv of .state to he forwarded to members of the legi.slature . . . 
 
 Journals of the Senate (ISJO) forwanl'cd l)y the State librarian to members of the legislature 
 
 Journals of the Senate (184G) dcliv. red to the .secretary of state 
 
 Journals of the House of Representatives delivered to the secretary of state 
 
 During the year 1847 : 
 
 Laws of 1847 delivered to the i)rivate secretary of the governor to be forwarded to members of 
 tlu" legislature and pulilir oiticiTs 
 
 Journals of the Senate of Louisiana (1847) delivered to Z. Ledoux, private secretary of the gov- 
 ernor, to be forwarded to iiK^iiilifis of the legislature 
 
 JouiTialsof the House of llepre.siiitatives (1847) delivered to the private secretary of the gov- 
 ernor for members of the hgi.shi line 
 
 Executive Journals of the Senate delivered to the private secretary of the governor for mem- 
 bers of t he legislature 
 
 Journals of the Senate delivered by the State librarian to members of the legislature and a few 
 public otlicera - 
 
 20 
 133 
 128 
 3 
 133 
 
 920 
 112 
 112 
 112 
 18 
 
14 
 
 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 Transactions of the State Uhrarian, c^c — Continued. 
 DOCUMENTS OF LOUISIANA DISTKIBUTED— Continued. 
 
 "Worts. 
 
 Dnrinfr the year 1847— Continued. 
 Journals of tlie House of Representatives delivered by the State librarian to members of the 
 
 legislature and a few public officers 
 
 Executive Journals of the Senate delivered by the State librarian to members of the legislature 
 
 and public officers 
 
 Louisiana Annual Reports, 1st vol., 1846 
 
 During the year l!S48 : 
 Laws of 1848 delivered to the private secretary of the governor to be forwarded to members of 
 
 the legislature 
 
 Journafs of the Senate (1848) delivered to the private secretary of the governor for members of 
 
 the legislature 
 
 Journals of the House of Representatives T1848) delivered to the private secretary of the gov- 
 
 emor to be forwarded to niemV)ers of the legislature 
 
 Executive Journals of Senate delivered to the governor's private secretary to be forwarded to 
 
 members of the legislature 
 
 Jouraals of the Senate delivered by the State librarian to members of the legislature and a few 
 
 public officers ■ 
 
 Journals of the House of Ri'jncspiitatives delivered by the State librarian to members of the 
 
 legislature and a few publiL- oUici'rs 
 
 Executive Journal of the Stuate delivered by the State librarian to members of the legislature 
 
 and public officers -' 
 
 Louisiana Annual Reports, 1st vol., 1846 
 
 During the year 1849 ; 
 Laws of 1848 (extra .session, December) delivered to the private secretary of the governor to be 
 
 forwarded to members of the legislature 
 
 Total 
 
 Number of ilocunicnts distributed: 
 
 1846 
 
 1847 
 
 1848 
 
 1849 
 
 Total 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 102 
 
 400 
 
 132 
 
 132 
 
 132 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 80 
 
 3,601 
 
 BOOKS DELIVERED DURING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1848 
 AND NOT RETURNED BY THE MEMBERS TO WHOM THEY WERE LENT. 
 
 Revised Statutes of Michigan 
 
 Acts of Congress, 1843 
 
 Histoire des voyages, vols. 38 et 41 
 
 Debates of the Convention of Louisiana, 1845 
 
 Statutes at Large, vol. 5 
 
 Civil Code 
 
 Deslix Supieme Court Digest 
 
 Statutes of Louisiana 
 
 Second Annual Rep(n-ts 
 
 Journals of the Legislature 
 
 Total 
 
 13; 
 30 
 
 179 
 
 GENERAL REC Al'lTU L ATION . 
 
 Bool<a purchased during the years 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 ] 1,008 
 
 Books inisiiitcd to tlio State librai-y and received during the same four years 1, 027 
 
 J'.ddUs ;i<i|iiii((l during the same years per exchange ' 83 
 
 Iiuriiisc-iir Uh- liluaiy during those four years ,2, 118 
 
 Niiiiibir 111 iliKiiint iits published by the State during those four years and sent to the library ... 12, 559 
 
 Nuiiilici- iif lMHili> delivered to public otficers and purchasers during the four years '■ 3,647 
 
 DoiiiiiKntsdistiibiited i 3. 601 
 
 ISooksdelivcii'd in 184!Mo members of tlic legislature and not returned 179 
 
 In 1847 $100 had liecii received bv tbi- St;ili- lilniMian, as api)eiirs from the report I made in the 
 year 1848 (Januar\ », out of which .ffJ.'iii b:i\ iug bei-u spent in 1847, and $49.1'. in 1848, a balance 
 of $8.65 remained in my hands; 1 have sixjut tbcni to have the library swept and cleaned in ] 
 New Orleans. 
 
 Bato.\ Roloe, January 23, 1850. 
 
 H. PAUL CAIRE, 
 
 JSUite Librarian. 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 15 
 
 B. — Corresjjondefice annexed to the report of the secretary of state on the 
 
 State library. 
 
 Madrid, January 1, 1849. 
 Hon. Charles Gayarre, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 Dear Sir : I have duly received your favor covering a bill of ex- 
 cliange on Messrs. Bariug & Co., at sixty days, and dated the 17th of 
 November, to be applied to the expense of copying documents for the 
 State of Louisiana. 
 
 I inclose a note just received from M. Gayangos, which will inform 
 you as to the progress of the business. On his return to Madrid you 
 shall have a full account of his expenses. You will please inform me as 
 to your wishes in having the documents forwarded — or would you pre- 
 fer having them kept until the whole shall be complete 1 As it is my 
 purpose to return to the United States in the course of the year, I might 
 bring them with me, unless some safe opportunity should before accrue. 
 I am, &c., 
 
 E. M. SAUXDERS. 
 
 Madrid, October 21, 1848. 
 Hon. Chas. Gay^arre, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 Dear Sir : I wrote you a few days since informing you of M. Ga- 
 yangos' operations. Inclosed is a letter I have just received from him. 
 In my last I requested you to forward as heretofore the balance of 
 the api)ropriation, as it will be wanted. On M. Gayangos' return you 
 shall have accounts of his expenses. 
 Kespectfullv, 
 
 E. M. SAUXDEES. 
 
 Sevilla, Fonda de la Union, 
 
 Angust 31, 1848. 
 To E. M. Saunders, 
 
 Minister Plenipotentiary : 
 
 Sir : I have until now delayed giving you an account of my opera- 
 tions in this place, because I was told you were coming with the rest of 
 the diplomatic corps. 
 
 After some delay, and in order to give the chief archivero time to 
 look for and to bring out to me the papers, if any, which relate to Lou- 
 isiana, I had the satisfaction to hear that there was a large room full of 
 them that came from Madrid in 1828. I was accordingly installed in 
 the said room, and allowed to begin my search. I soon found that the 
 papers were precisely in the same state as when they came from the 
 capital, tied in bundles, most of which were not ticketed, and without 
 the least order or clasification. I began, however, my search, and 
 among a mass of useless trash was lucky enough to discover, at the 
 end of some days, some bundles or liasses containing the correspond- 
 ence of Unzaga, Navarro, Eendon, Morales, ]Miro, Carondelet, &c., who 
 were either military governors or intendents of Louisiana. I continued 
 my researches, and was agreeably surprised to find part of the secret 
 correspondence of General Wilkinson, Dr. White, Colonel Dunn, and 
 other parties, who offered to annex Kentucky, Ohio, and other States, 
 and were undoubtedly in the pay of the Spanish Government, as may 
 
16 THE EARI.Y HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 be fully proved by their own eorre.s])on(leuce. Tliouoli these papers, as 
 far as I can judge, are not complete (some of the jiublic officers at Mad- 
 rid having neglected toseudjtheir contingent at the time), I have no 
 hesitation to say thai much interesting matter may be selected from 
 those I now have in hand; and, moreover, as on my return to Madrid I 
 shall not fail to look also in the archives of the war office and in those 
 of the Siqfrimido Consejo de Tndias, I have no doubt we shall find there 
 whatever is wanting here. 
 
 So far with regard to the papers themselves. With regard to my 
 proceedings here, I deem it necessary to call your attention to the fol- 
 lowing facts. The papers, as I said before, are in the greatest j)ossible 
 disorder, no attempt having been made to classify them since they came 
 from Madrid. Most of them have no other inscription but this : Lou- 
 isiana, Florida Occidental ; a few only have the year marked on the 
 outside, in red letters, and the greater part, not to say all of them, con- 
 tain such heterogeneous matter that it requires a good deal of time and 
 considerable patience to ascertain their contents. The archives are open 
 only five days in the week, from ten to one. No transcripts are allowed 
 except those made by the clerks of the establishment, and that accord- 
 ing to a tariff which is more than double the price usually i^aid at 
 Madrid. 
 
 The above circumstance will naturally retard my operations, and in 
 order to examine 285 bundles and mark out what is worthy of transcript 
 it will be necessary for me to devote at least four months. In order to 
 save expenses, I make, as I go on, extracts of such papers as are not 
 sufficiently interesting to be transcribed at full. All together, and when 
 the copies here being made are paid for, I calculate that it will cost 
 about $500, or one-fourth of the sum allowed by the State of Louisiana; 
 but, on the other hand, I feel confident that the documents obtained 
 will be found to be highly interesting, and that after this the expense 
 to be incurred at Madrid will be proportionately small. 
 
 Not knowing for certain whether you will decide to visit this place, 
 I have thought proper to address you on this subject. 
 I remain, &c., 
 
 PASCUAL DE GAYANGOS. 
 
 Cadiz, October 14, 1848. 
 To E. M. Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minister Plenipotentiary : 
 
 Sir : I write from Cadiz, where I have found in the government 
 archives some papers relative to Louisiana. It would appear, as they 
 inform me, that they came here from the Island of Cuba, together with 
 others about Florida, and were destined to Seville; but either from the 
 officers carelessness or some other cause they were never sent to their 
 <lestination, and here they are. As soon as 1 have ascertained whether 
 there is anytliiug in them worth transcribing T sliall go back to Seville. 
 
 Thinking that you may wish to write to M. Gayarre, I inclose you a 
 coi)y of the letter which 1 wrote to you wJiilst in Seville, where 1 thought 
 you were not coming. 
 
 About the end of the month, or beginning of next, I shall want more 
 funds; but I will let you know in tinu'. 
 
 Trusting that all vour family are doing well, I remain, «S:c., 
 
 PASCUAL DE GAYANGOS. 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 1( 
 
 Xew Orleans, January (I, 184:9. 
 To ]{. M. Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minister rienipotentiury : 
 Sir : I have received with gieat pleasure your letter dated Madrid, 
 October 21, 1818, iiielosiiif>- two letters from ^f, (layangos, by which I 
 see that I am soon to l)e put in possession of a rich harvest of docu- 
 ments. I am expecting- them with all the impatience of an historian 
 wlio has become enamored of the subject on which his attention has 
 been fixed so long. 
 
 In my letter of the 2()th (►f ISTovember last I informed you that I had 
 Transmitted to you directly, au<l to Messrs. Baring, Brothers & Co., of 
 London, triplicate drafts drawn by Schmidt & Co., of this city, on John 
 Louis Emme «S: Co., London, for £300 o-S sterling, of which I hope that 
 you will soon acknowledge the receipt. 
 Very respectful! v, •.^c, 
 
 CHAELES GAYARRE. 
 
 London, December 29, 1848. 
 To the Hon Charles Gayarre, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 Sir : We have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th ult., 
 inclosing a remittance on account of Mr. Romulus M. Saunders, IT. S. 
 Minister at Madrid, of £206 5-8 sterling-, on J. L. Einme & Co., for 
 .vhich we shall understand with him. 
 We remain, &c., 
 
 BARING, BROTHERS & CO. 
 
 Seville, December 25, 1848. 
 To R. M, Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minister Plenipotentiary : 
 
 Dear Sir : I suppose Mrs. de Gayangos has informed you of my trip 
 to Gibraltar and the African coast. Finding that, according to an old 
 practice, the archives at this place were to be shut up to the public for 
 three weeks, I availed myself of the opi)ortuuity to visit the African 
 shores. I was absent about a month, the expenses of which I shall not, 
 of course, charge to Mr. Gayarre. 
 
 Your letter of the 25th of October was not delivered to me until a few 
 days ago, when, hearing from Mrs. de Gayangos that you had written 
 to me, 1 applied to tlie post-office, and found that it had laid there for 
 about six weeks. I see by its contents that you authorize me to draw 
 upon you at three days' sight for the funds I may require; but I .shall 
 not have occasion to do so, as, not knowing your intentions, I had taken 
 my measures accordingly and procured the sum required, engaging 
 myself to paj" the- same on my return to Madrid. 
 
 I shall not, therefore, trouble you until I go back, which will be at 
 the beginning of next month. Everything was finislied, and I ready to 
 depart by the 15th, when a sudden and unexpected discovery of some 
 important pa]>ers obliged me to devote a few days more to their perusal, 
 and the holidays coming on before I had finished my new task I was 
 unfortunately detained nuich longer than I expected. But whoever 
 has anything to do with Spanish aifairs must needs have patience and 
 resignation if he intends to accomplish his object. I cannot tell you 
 the exact sura which I may retpiire shortly after ray return to the cap- 
 H. Mis. 22 2 
 
18 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 ital, as the chief archiveio has not .sent me his bill for the last two 
 months, and I have agreed to pay the money into tlie liauds of his 
 brother at Madrid, but I presume the balance in my favor may be from 
 50 to 60 pounds sterling. 
 
 Believe me, &C., 
 
 PASCHAL I)E GAYANGOS. 
 
 Xj:av Oii leans, Febrnary 10, 184'J. 
 To R. M. Saunders, Esi^,, 
 
 Minister Plenipoteniiary : 
 Dear Sir: I hasten to acknowledges the receipt of your letter of the 
 1st of »Tanuary, inclosing one from Mr. de Gayaugos dated at Seville on 
 the 25th of Decend)er last. 1 am delighted at the information that his 
 researches have been so very successful, and that he has again discov- 
 ered some important i)apers. 
 
 As to your inquiry whether the documents already procured sluill be 
 kept until the whole be complete, I think the best plan wimhl be to send 
 by the first safe conveyance whate>'er may be on hand. On your re- 
 turn to the United States, to which you allude, you might then bring 
 with you either the balance or whatever might be ready at the time. 
 
 1 am exceedingly anxious to lay my hands on the long expected his- 
 torical treasure, whicli I owe to your kind exertions and to the en- 
 lightened researches of ]\rr. de Gayangos, to whom I beg you to present 
 my warmest acknowledgments. 
 1 am, »S:c., 
 
 CHAKLES GAYARKE. 
 
 Madrij), January I'o^ 1849. 
 To the Honorable Charles Gayarre, 
 
 Secretary of Staie : 
 
 Sir: I herewith inclose Mr. Gayangos' statement of his accounts. 
 He informs me he has copied everything to be found in Seville — that 
 there are some of the i)apers not sent from liere, which he will forthwitli 
 examine and have coi)ied. 
 I am, «&c., 
 
 ]{. M. SAUNDEKS. 
 
 Mr. (1(11/(1 II t/on' account. 
 
 Received a (haft i n May on Messrs. O'Shea & Co : 5, (joo 
 
 ill August 7,0.^)U 
 
 ill Seville, !|2.'$9.7.'j 4,79.5 
 
 ill Matlrid *. l' 000 
 
 17,845 
 
 For tlire*' c|nartei\s' salary, at the rate of $1,000 a year, fnnii the Lst of April to 
 
 the :31at of December, 1848 if,, 000 
 
 Journey to Siiiianeas andltaek, iiicliiding traveling and other expenses diirinj; 
 
 an absence of Ki days 1, '^oo 
 
 Journey to Seville and baik L 000 
 
THE EARLY HLSTORY OF LOUISIANA. 19 
 
 Keiils. 
 Extiiioidiuarv expenses duriug four luontlis speut at Seville, from the 7th of 
 
 An<> list to the 7th of December, 1848, at the rate of $1.50 per day 4, 000 
 
 Discount on bauk notes received in May, 6 per ceut. on 5,000 180 
 
 Discon ut on 7,050 received in August, at the rate of :{| per cent 245 
 
 Paid for transcripts at Madrid 750 
 
 Simaucas 800 
 
 Seville :i,600 
 
 Amount of expenditure 26, 855 
 
 Money received 17, 845 
 
 Balance due to me 9, 010 
 
 Madrid, A2)}-il 2, 1 849. 
 To Honorable Charles GA^'ARRE, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 
 Dear Sir: I herewith inclose two notes from Mr. Gayangos, that you 
 may see the difficnlties he has to encounter and how the matter stands 
 at present. On the receipt of the first note, I called on the under sec- 
 retary of state, informed him as to what I had heard in regard to the 
 order given by the Duke of Sotomayor, whilst minister of state, that 
 the papers in the archi\'es of the foreign office should not be examined, 
 because of their implicating in some way his father whilst minister in 
 the United States. I told him in plain terms unless I was allowed to 
 have access to those papers 1 should be under the necessity of address- 
 ing a strong note of remonstrance to the minister, stating the grounds 
 of the refusal, aiul that I should send a copy of my note to the governor 
 of Louisiana; that I thouglit it nuich better the papers should be ex- 
 amined, and that copies of such alone should be taken as the mhiister 
 should not ol)iect to. I received, within a few days after, a note from 
 the minister of state, saying there were no papers in the foreign office 
 relating to the history of liouisiana, but that all such were to be found 
 in the office of grace and Justice, to which 1 should ha^•e free access. 
 You will learn by Mr. (rayangos's last note what has been the result. 
 I doubt not the papers which we are most anxious to get have been 
 al)stracted, but I shall not fail, if possible, to get those which relate to 
 the AVilkinson affair. 
 
 I have said toMr. (layangos that you would feel greatly disappointed 
 should you fail to get everything to be had, and that for the sum ap- 
 propriated; that I could not ex('eed that sum, and I yet hoped he 
 might be able to accomplish it. 
 
 1 still tiatter myself that before I may leave for my return to the 
 United States we shall eftect everything which may be practicable. 
 I am, &c., 
 
 K.'M. SAU^^DEKS. 
 
 March U, 1840. 
 To E. M. Saunders, Es(i , 
 
 Minister Plenipotentiarij : 
 
 Dear Sir: 1 have been engaged for the last two weeks in hmkiug 
 
 over the papers in the ar<;hives of the foreign office. The archivero, for 
 
 whom I have procured a letter of introduction, has been exceedingly 
 
 :ind, giving me every facility for investigation. Unluckily, the papers 
 
 V^e now to be removed to another part of the palace, owing to the cir- 
 
 N^stance of a private theater being now built in the very rooms 
 
 jrly occupied by the said archives, which circumstance has not only 
 
20 THE EARLY HlJSTOliY 01' LOUISIANA. 
 
 impeded my researches, but I am afraid will also render them exceed- 
 ingly slow for the future. I mention this because I Avish you to take 
 note of all the difficulties throwu in my way, and the consequent loss of 
 time which they are daily causing- me in the fultillment of the duties 
 which I have accepted. 
 
 I have, however, seen enough to convince me that all the secret pajters 
 concerning Louisiana aTe kept in these archives, and that ^h: Gayarre 
 "will have nothing to wish for if we are allowed to penetrate into it. Of 
 course the archivero has only pennitted me to look at the papers on the 
 outside, saying, as I apprehended he would, that without a .special order 
 from the minister he could not take upon himself to let me take notes. 
 
 You know as well as myself the jealousy and mistrust by which the 
 Spanish Government is actuated in such matters. You know, also, that 
 the Marquis of Casa Irujo would never grant the required permission, 
 and I have been told that he gave strict orders to Senor Oaballero about 
 the matter. Xow, if you think that by making application to Senor 
 Pidal, his successor in oftice, you can get admittance for me into these 
 archives, you had better do it at once. But if you are not sure of suc- 
 cess, I had better try what I can do myself. I Avill call on Senor Pidal 
 and tell him that I am engaged in writing a history of French Louisiana ; 
 perhaps I will raise no suspicions, and we shall obtain what Ave want. 
 Whatever you determine upon I shall be glad to know it as soon as 
 possible, in order to lose no time, &(•. 
 
 PASCUAL 1)E (iAYA:N^GOS. 
 
 Makch 31, 1841>. 
 To K. M. Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minister IHeuipoieniiary : 
 
 Dear Sir: I have been lucky enough to discover, among a mass of 
 papers lying in the greatest possible confusion in the office of the Min- 
 isterio de Grm-ia y Jnstieia, t^'eccion dc Indias^ to Avhich I had free access, 
 duplicates of some of the very pajjers Avhich I saw in the office of foreign 
 affairs, and which ha^e been denitnl to us. Of c<mrse, I have not found 
 the correspondence of ^Martinez de Lmjo, our minister in the United 
 States between the years 1705-78, or that of his suecesstn-, Gardoijui, 
 nor the papers which are missing ujton th.e secret negotiatioiis of LJriga- 
 dier-General Wilkinson, with the court of Si)ain. 
 
 The state of those archives, 1 au) sorry to say, is as lamentably bad as 
 any I have yet seen. Great masses of papers throwu confusedly on 
 large deal tables or covering the lioors of wide, desolate rooms; no 
 indexes whatever, and the clerks as ignorant of Louisiana atl'airs as if 
 that State had never formed ]»art of the Si>anish monarchy, I have, 
 however, gained the i)rincipal point, which is free access to the pajjcrs. 
 and permission to take with me a scribe, to take such transcrii)ts as may 
 be necessary ; although I aj)prehend that, owing to the confusion I allude 
 to, it will give me immense trouble, and will take much more time than 
 I anticipated. The archives, moreo\ er, will be shut till after Easter. 
 
 As the sum apiuopriated by the State of Louisiana may not be sutti- 
 cient to cover all e\[)enses, and it is not i>robab]e that a tVesh grant is 
 made, as I recollect my having told you atone time that J considered tlie 
 $2, ()()() voted quite sullicient for all ])ur]M»ses, i am willing to go oii ' 
 Avorking gratis, and to have transcrij)ts made at my own expense, shouJliO 
 the investigation 1 am Jiow making in the archives of (Irm-ia y ffust' 
 de Indias pioducii nioiii materials than the fun<ls in your hands \v4'y[!2 
 
THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 21 
 
 afford transcribing', &c. ; for, owing- to the dilator}^ proceedings of onr 
 blessed government (1 Avonld rather call it disgovernment), owing to the 
 number of archives scattered over the country, and last, not least, 
 owing to ignorance of the archiveros, I cannot but help tliinkiug that 
 that much time has necessarily been lost which might otherwise have 
 been most usefiilly employed, had all the papers been together in the 
 same place, and kept with anything like order — and although it is no 
 fault of mine nor of yours, yet I consider myself bound to make this 
 sacriiice in behalf of the State of Louisiana. 
 
 I inclose the account for the last quarter, and shall feel obliged if, 
 after your perusal and approbation of the same, jou send me a check 
 for the amount. 
 
 I remain, &c., 
 
 PASCUAL DE GAYA^GOS. 
 
 Reals. 
 Kooei ve<l on the 20tli Febniaiy, on a clieck ou Messrs. O'Sliea 1, 000 
 
 For a (quarter's honorary, at $1,000 a year 5, 000 
 
 Paid for transcripts and paper 1, 425 
 
 Carnage of a package fi"om Seville by coach 39 
 
 Total 6,454 
 
 Deduct 1,000 
 
 Halancidne ^... 5,454 
 
 New Orleans, May 24, 1849. 
 To K. M. Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minister Plen ipotentiary : 
 Dear Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 
 of the Ud of April, in which you inform me of the diiificulties which Mr. 
 de Gayangos has still to encounter. He has already overcome many 
 obstacles, and I hope that those which continue to be in his way will 
 not prevent him from executing the task he has undertaken as com- 
 pletely as may be desired by the State of Louisiana. I cannot under- 
 stand the objection Avhich the Duke of Sotomayor has to the examina- 
 tion of the corresponcU?nce of his father whilst minister of Spain to 
 Washington. That, in connection with the i^rovince of Louisiana, his 
 father should have favored the interests of Spain in i)reference to those 
 of the United States is but what was to be expected from a Si)anish 
 minister. It was his duty; and the proof it, far from committing^ his 
 memory, would raise it higher in the estinmtion of his countrymen, and 
 could not be resented in this country. We are too i^atriotic not to appre- 
 ciate patriotism in others. I still hope that the contracted view taken 
 of this matter by the Spanish ministry will not be of long- duration, 
 and that Mr. de Gayangos Avill in tlie end be allowed to make as full an 
 investigation in the archives as may be necessary for our historical 
 purposes. The information which I have received that the transcripts of 
 valuable papers have been made is highly interesting, and 1 am very 
 anxious that all the copies on hand should be transmitted as soon as 
 j30ssible. 
 
 I am, &G., 
 
 CHARLES GAYARRE. 
 
22 THE EARLY HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 To the Hon. Charles Gayarre, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 
 Dear Sir : The inclosed letter from Mr. Gayanjios I have this moment 
 received. You will see what he says. I have only to remark that I 
 think for the first quarter he did very little — so that, in fact, that should 
 be considered. I have told him I cannot bind you for any further pay- 
 ment; that wlien the whole business was complete tlie legislature would 
 be able to decide what would be right. You will say whether I am to 
 give the price, or what sum, foi- tlie work referred to, should the author 
 consent in discharge of it. 
 
 As I do not expect to leave before September, I may possibly- get your 
 answer. If not, 1 would leave authority with my successor to open it, 
 and follow your directions. I shall likely send the manuscripts with my 
 own baggage to Xew York, wliere I shall leave tliem or have them 
 sent over to you. I have paid to Mr. Gayangos the balance in my 
 hands. A full statement shall be sent you when the matter is closed. 
 Verv respectfullv, iS:c., 
 
 E. M. SAUNi>EES. 
 
 Madrid, July 13, 1<S4(). 
 To U. M. Saunders, Esq., 
 
 Minififer PJenipotenthiry : 
 
 Sir: According to your directions, I have placed in Mr. Sawyer's 
 hands that portion of the Louisiana i>apers which are now ready, being 
 chiefly selections from Seville and Simancas. I still retain some by me, 
 as I hud 1 must refer to them occasionally. I would have sent them 
 much sooner — indeed, almost immediately after you expressed that 
 wish — had I known then where Mr. Sawyer was lodging, but on calling 
 at his old rooms in the Calle de Peligros, I was told that he had left, 
 without any reference to the place of his removal, and I naturally con- 
 eluded he was at Aranjue/. 
 
 That gentleman tells me that your departuie being now ])ostpoued till 
 September, you wish, if possible, to have all the juipers for tlie end of 
 the next luontli, in order to take them with you to America. Ilowsoon 
 the work of revision and selection in which I am now engaged may be 
 completed I cannot exactly say, but I do not think it can be done before 
 the middle of October, owing to many reasons. First of all, 1 find that 
 the archives are about to be shut for three weeks, being what is called 
 summei' vacations. Secondly, this de])artment seems to contain as much 
 interesting matter as any I have yet visited. Thirdly, the papers them- 
 selves are in greater contusion than either at Seville or Simancas, being 
 chiefly remnants of the various colonial othces which ought long ago to 
 have been sent to Seville, but here remained behind by some una<*count- 
 able event. Fourthly, the keeper hardly knows himself what i>ai)ers he 
 has under his care. Every second day I find on my table a large bundle 
 of papers, most times without any label or ticket attached to it, and 
 when that one is examined and dis])osed of another is brought in, with- 
 out the least order as to cliroiiology or subject. 
 
 Vou may easily conceive that under such iiicunistances, ;uid there 
 being not at these archives any sort of registei-book or index to the 
 Lonisiiina ])iii»ers — wliich, by the way. are always mixed with those of 
 I'^loiida, so that I have always to sei)arate them — it is impossible for me/ 
 to calculate the extent of the work to be done, and therefore how loii/ 
 I may be em]»loye<l about it. All I can say is that 1 shall use all d/oo 
 genc«' and spe«'d; indeed, it is my interest to do so, for as you will/ooo 
 
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 THE EARLY HISTORY OF f.OULSIANA. 2.'> 
 
 by tbe iiielosod, being- an account of the expenses incurred in the last 
 (juarter, 1 am actually Avorking without remuneration at all, and I Avill 
 continue to do so for some time to come, besides having- to i)ay out of 
 my pocket all expenses of transcribing, porter's fees, ^:c., wliicli will 
 form on tbe whole a considerable sum. 
 
 As 1 had once the honor of proposing to you, having perhaps impru- 
 dently engaged myself to complete tbe examination and inspection of 
 tbis department [Gracia y Jmtleia de Inclias), I consfder myself in duty 
 bouiul t() complete the same, wha.te\er may be tbe personal inconveni- 
 ence and expense resulting from it. But, at tbe same tinu>, I do not feel 
 myself obliged to do the same in the archives of the foreign department, 
 should an order for admission be at last granted, as J have sonu- reason 
 to believe it will be hereafter, on my personal a])i)lication. Nor do I feel 
 bound to make any further investigations than those actually going on, 
 and which, you may rely on it, will be done in conscience, and as 
 accurately as if they were for myself. 
 
 I lay a stress on this circumstance, because, as I said before, I have 
 some hopes of getting, at a future period, admission to the foreign de- 
 partment, and will perhaps furnish you with a list of the papers relat- 
 ing to Louisiana wliich are to be found there, and which you were oiti- 
 cially informed did not exist in the archives of that office; and I may, 
 likewise, have access to a private collection of original papers belong- 
 ing to a descendant of one of the governors of Louisiana, among which 
 there is, f am told, an xcellent history of Louisiana, written in French, 
 by a gentleman of the name of Senlis, in his own handwriting, being 
 original, and never jn-inted. The gentleman 1 allude to resides at Cu- 
 enca, and is now traveling in France, lie is not ex]»ected till the end 
 of the year; but when he does return 1 will communicate with him, and 
 ascertain wliether he wants to part with the said pai)ers, an^l what price 
 be wants, and I shall not fail to inform Mr. Gayarre of the result. But- 
 should the oAvner of the papers refuse to part Avith them, and consent 
 only to allow the perusal and copying of the same, T do not consider 
 myself bound to incur any more expenses or do any work witliout an 
 adequate renuineration. This being understood, I will finish wduit 1 
 have in hand, and if, on the 1st of September, 1 should find that all tbe 
 papers are not yet transcribed, 1 will only give you what 1 ha\^e, trust- 
 ing to another opportunity for the <leparture of the remainder. 
 
 My account for the last quarter is 4,0lil reals, but as there only re- 
 mains of the a])propriated money in your hands 2,(541 reals, 1 uuist of 
 course be contented with that. If my account of the sums receixed of 
 you at different times be right, ami I beg you to collate it and rectify 
 the mistake if any, I w ill feel obliged by your remitting the said bal- 
 ance, w^hatever i j may be. 
 I remain, &c., 
 
 PASCUAL DE GAYANGOS. 
 
 Washington, Kovcmber 14, 1849. 
 
 To the lion. Charles Gay^akke, 
 
 Secretary of State : 
 
 Dear Sir: I have the pleasure of informing you of my having ship- 
 
 ' y the steamer Ohio, which sailed from New York on the 13th in- 
 
 a box containing- the documents as collected by Mr. Gayaiigos. 
 
 myself you will receive them in due time, and if they shall 
 
24 THE EARLY HISTOEY OF LOUISIANA. 
 
 uuswer your expectations, I shall feel fully compensated for any trouble \ 
 I may have bad in procuring" tbem. I forward a statement of tbe pay- 
 ments. 
 
 Witb great respect, &q., 
 
 R. M. SxVUNDERS. 
 
 7?. Af. SauDders in acconiii, ij'c, ^jc. 
 
 Ma\-, l.-'4";. To bill on liiuing BrotluTS & Co., roceivt'd from Mr. diaries 
 
 Gavarre , $1,000 00 
 
 1849.' Do. on J. L. Emin6 & Co 1,000 00 
 
 2,000 00 
 
 May, 1848. By cash paid to Mr. Gayongas 250 00 
 
 August. Do .' 352 70 
 
 September. Do 239 25 
 
 liOss of exchange 3 15 
 
 Novembers. By cash, do 50 00 
 
 January, 1849. By cash 450 30 
 
 Februaiy 15 : 50 00 
 
 March .". 272 70 
 
 April 200 00 
 
 .Inly 125 00 
 
 1,993 10 
 15y expenses on bf>x 6 90 
 
 2,000 00 
 November 12, 1M\}. 
 
 R. M. SAINDEES. 
 
 New Orleans, November 2G, 1849. 
 ;;o R. M. Saunders, Es(i., 
 
 Washington City : 
 Dear Sir : It gives me pleasure to acknowledge tbe receipt of your 
 letter of tbe 14tb instant, and of tlie box containing tbe documents col- 
 lected by Mr. Gayangos. Being busily engaged in tbe transfer of tbe 
 seat of goA'crnnient, wbicli must be removed tbis week to Baton Rouge, 
 I bave not bad time to look into tbose djQCuments. They sliall be laid 
 before tbe legislature at its regular session in January next, and 1 bave 
 no doubt tbat your services will be fully api)reciated by tliat body. I 
 cbeorfully tender you my tbaidvs for tbe very courteous manner in wbicb 
 yon bave received my ap])lications to you on bebalf of tbe State, and 
 for tbe al)ility and untiring zeal witli wliicb you bave carried on tbe 
 negotiation wbicb it became necessary for you to bav(^ with the Court 
 of Spain. 
 
 I am, «!s:c., 
 
 CHARLES GAYARRE. 
 
 r. S. — I shall be under obligations to you for informing me whether 
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