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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 8 8 Browse Search
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3 Laussat, the prefect appointed by Napoleon, arrives at New Orleans......March 26, 1803 By treaty at Paris, Napoleon cedes Louisiana to the United States for 60,000,000 francs......April 30, 1803 Casa-Calvo and Salcedo, Spanish commissioners, present the keys of New Orleans to citizen Laussat, who takes possession of Louisiana in the name of France......Nov. 30, 1803 Gen. James Wilkinson encamps on the Mississippi near New Orleans, and the Spanish troops sail for Havana......Dec. 18, 1803 Citizen Laussat as commissioner for France delivers New Orleans to General Wilkinson and W. C. C. Claiborne as commissioners for the United States, leaving left bank of Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain to the Spanish......Dec. 20, 1803 Congress divides Louisiana into a southern territory of Orleans and a northern district of Louisiana......March 26, 1804 Territorial government in Orleans begins: William C. C. Claiborne governor......Oct. 1, 1804 Vessel bringing nearly 200 Fren