"Plan for the Population, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense of the Province of Louisiana," [incomplete draft of outline and introduction by Colonel Francisco Bouligny]

Bouligny, Francisco

circa 1798

Bouligny, in his first point, planned to give a description of the topography of the region, its climate, agricultural production, and commercial potential. In the second, he would discuss the importance of Louisiana as a protective buffer for Mexico. The third, fourth, and fifth points would deal with the white, black, and Indian peoples of the territory. The sixth would treat education and the seventh, the number and deployment of troops for defense.

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Autograph document. Unsigned, but [written in the hand of Francisco Bouligny.] In Spanish. [This document is an incomplete draft of an outline and introduction for a memoir containing data and recommendations regarding the Province of Louisiana which Bouligny intended to submit to the Prince of the Peace, Minister of State Manuel de Godoy, through Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos.]

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Rosemonde E. & Emile Kuntz collection: Spanish colonial period, 1769-1803, Manuscripts Collection 600, La Research Collection

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