Title: 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
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.
Subjects: Biography, Colonial administrators, History, Sources, Colonies, administration, France, biography, Louisiana, biography, Government executives, france, Louisiana, history
Places: France, Louisiana
People: Pierre-Clément de Laussat (1756-1835)
Time periods: 1803-1865