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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Republican government. (search)
each parish in the colony, which resolved to ask the King of France to observe their loyalty, and not sever them from his dominions. They sent John Milhet, a wealthy merchant of New Orleans, as their envoy to Paris, to present their petition to Choiseul; but that minister said, It may be France cannot bear the charge of supporting the colony's precarious existence. On July 10, 1765, Antonio de Ulloa wrote a letter in Havana to New Orleans, and announced to the authorities there that he had reccted their own treasurer, and syndics to represent the mass of the colony. They sent envoys to Paris bearing a memorial to the French monarch (Louis XV.), asking him to intercede between them and the King of Spain. Du Chatelet, the French ambassador in London, wrote to Choiseul, Feb. 24, 1769: The success of the people of New Orleans in driving away the Spaniards is at least a good example for the English colonies; may they set about following it. See Choiseul, ÉTitenne Francois; New Orleans