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An Account of Louisiana : being an abstract of documents, in the offices of the departments of State, and of the Treasury.

Other author/creatorSibley, John, 1757-1837.
Other author/creatorUnited States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson)
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress (8th, 1st session : 1803-1804)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.?] : [publisher not identified], [1803]
Description48 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, xc pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 5196. ^A575643
General noteCompiled by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., and others. Cf. Jefferson's Writings, edited by P.L. Ford, v. 10, 1899, p. 338, and Mitchill, S.L. Discourse on ... Jefferson, 1826, p. 27.
General noteTransmitted to Congress Nov. 14, 1803. Published in American state papers; Miscellaneous, v. 1, Washington, 1834, p. 344-356, with title: Description of Louisiana.
General note"Appendix to an Account of Louisiana ..."--[2], xc p., with separate title page. Appendix no. I is a digest of the laws of Louisiana. Appendices II-VI include census and population statistics.
General noteSome copies may have been issued without the Appendix. The American Antiquarian Society has a copy which lacks the Appendix. Shaw & Shoemaker make separate entries for versions of 48 p. (Shaw & Shoemaker 5196) and of 48, xc p. (Shaw & Shoemaker 5199).
References Shaw & Shoemaker 5196
References Shaw & Shoemaker 5199
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 5196).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 5199).
Contains title Appendix to an Account of Louisiana ...