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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 4 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
sippi to lat. 33°......1673 Robert Cavalier de La Salle descends the Mississippi to its mouth......1682 A prospecting party sent out by French governor of Louisiana ascends the Missouri River to the mouth of the Kansas......1705 Missouri included in a grant to Anthony Crozat for the exclusive privilege of the commerce of Louisiana for fifteen years, made by Louis XIV......Sept. 14, 1712 Missouri included in a grant to the Mississippi Company on the resignation of Crozat......August, 1717 Lead-mining in St. Genevieve county by Sieur Renault......1720 Pierre Ligueste Laclede, head of Louisiana Fur Company, who in 1763 obtained from the director-general of Louisiana a monopoly of the fur trade with the Indians of Missouri, sends a party under Auguste Chouteau, who lays out St. Louis......Feb. 15, 1764 St. Ange de Belle Rive, the French commander of Fort Chartres, about 15 miles above St. Genevieve, surrendering the fort to the British, removes with officers and troo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Western Company, the (search)
Western Company, the John Law was the successor of Crozat in a commercial scheme in Louisiana (see Louisiana). He formed a company under the sanction of the regent of France (August, 1717), and it was called the Western Company. The grants made to it were for twenty-five years, and the sovereignty of all Louisiana —an undefined region—was given to the company. The sole conditions were homage to the French monarch and a gold crown at the beginning of every reign. With a capital of 40,000,000 livres, Law and his associates entered upon a great scheme of commerce and colonization. Armed vessels bearing troops and colonists were soon seen upon the ocean. Law appointed Bienville governor of the domain, and he selected the site of New Orleans for its capital, where, in February, 1718, he left fifty persons to clear the ground and to build. Great prosperity was promised. The shares of the company rose in value, and in May, 1719, Law obtained from the regent power to join with it