Memoirs of my life to my son during the years 1803 and after, which I spent in public service in Louisiana as Commissioner of the French Government for the retrocession to France of that colony and for its transfer to the United States
By: by Pierre Clément de Laussat ; translated from the French, with an introd. by Agnes-Josephine Pastwa ; edited with a foreword, by Robert D. Bush.
Series: Historic New Orleans Collection monograph series
Publisher: Published for the Historic New Orleans Collection by the Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Laussat, Pierre-Clément de, 1756-1835.; Colonial administrators -- France -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- Louisiana -- Biography.; Louisiana -- History -- 1803-1865.
Other titles: Memoirs of my life to my son ...
Description: Author's description of his voyage from France, his impressions of Louisiana people and their customs, Spanish and American officials with whom he had frequent contact, and the local physical environment and economic system.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [131]-132.
Translation of Mémoires sur ma vie.
Includes index.