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Pierre Clement de Laussat was the last representative of a foreign
power to exercise authority in Louisiana. Appointed colonial
prefect by Napoleon Bonaparte, Laussat departed for Louisiana in
January 1803 to preside over the formal retrocession of the colony
from Spain to France, only to have his mission altered entirely by
the Louisiana Purchase on April 30,1803. These memoirs, covering
the period from January 1803 to July 1804, provide a unique
firsthand perspective on the momentous transaction that doubled the
size of the United States. Laussat pens very personal observations
on Louisiana's people and customs, Spanish and American officials
with whom he had frequent contact, the local physical environment
and economic system, and the formalities involved with the transfer
of the colony. Reissued in paperback just in time for the Louisiana
Purchase bicentennial, Memoirs of My Life furnishes rare insights
into culture, politics, and everyday life in
early-nineteenth-century Louisiana.
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