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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 28 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
ny as before, and the people institute a republic......Oct. 29, 1768 Don Alexander O'Reilly, captain-general, lands at the Balize, and demands the government in the name of Spain......July 28, 1769 O'Reilly, with twenty-four Spanish vessels, appears before New Orleans, lands 2,600 Spanish troops, and assumes possession of Loug. 18, 1769 Nine leaders of the revolution arrested and brought before General O'Reilly; commissary Foucault sent to France and thrown into the Bastile......Aug. sentenced to be hanged are shot, no hangman being found......Oct. 25, 1769 O'Reilly abolishes by proclamation the superior council, and substitutes a cabildo of svernor presides......Nov. 25, 1769 Black code re-enacted by proclamation of O'Reilly......1770 O'Reilly delivers up the government to Don Luis de Unzaga......OcO'Reilly delivers up the government to Don Luis de Unzaga......Oct. 29, 1770 Unzaga appointed captain-general of Caracas, Don Bernardo de Galvez assumes the government......Feb. 1, 1777 Galvez by proclamation grants privilege
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
When near the end of July, it was told that O'Reilly had arrived at the Balise with an overwhelminI s'acquittat parfaitement de sa commission. O'Reilly to Grimaldi, N. O. 31 Aug. 1769. If you submiists, and Milhet for the merchants, waited on O'Reilly at the Balise, to recognise his authority andenterprise. Aubry to O'Reilly, 20 August. O'Reilly to Grimaldi, 31 August, 1769. It was not easy to arrest them, wrote O'Reilly; but I contrived to cheat their vigilance. On the twenty-first he r, they showed signs of anxiety. For me, says O'Reilly, I now had none for the success of my plan. accused were conducted with ostentation from O'Reilly's presence to separate places of confinement;had not shared in the revolution, appealed to O'Reilly for mercy; but without effect. Tradition wilf an executioner, were shot. At length, said O'Reilly, the insult done to the King's dignity and auevenge. In the several parishes of Louisiana O'Reilly was received with silence and submission. Th[4 more...]