Eighteenth century documents in French and Spanish retracing life in Louisiana have been made available online, free of charge. The Colonial Documents Collection provides a unique window into the ...

New Orleans-- A marathon project is under way in New Orleans to digitize thousands of time-worn 18th century French and Spanish legal papers that historians say give the first historical accounts of ...

Historical Archaeology, Vol. 36, No. 1, French Colonial Archaeology at Old Mobile: Selected Studies (2002), pp. 3-12 (10 pages) Twelve years of excavation and analysis of the Old Mobile archaeological ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Magnolia Mound Plantation House is a place where visitors can step into history to get a glimpse of Louisiana’s colonial period. According to a National Register of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Founded in 1948, Mississippi Quarterly is published by the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University and is ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Leslie Camhi MUTINOUS WOMEN How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast By Joan ...

It was Charles who accepted the Louisiana territory from France in 1762 (although the cession wasn’t made public until 1764) and then had to wrestle with how to rule a rebellious French colony.

The Louisiana Society of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America gathered for tea at the Cabildo, the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies in 1803 and one of the most ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A marathon project is under way in New Orleans to digitize thousands of time-worn 18th-century French and Spanish legal papers that historians say give the first historical accounts ...

NEW ORLEANS — A marathon project is underway in New Orleans to digitize thousands of time-worn 18th-century French and Spanish legal papers that historians say give the first historical accounts of ...