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Collection Reference Number GLC01068
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1700-1753 
Title Lettres Patentes en Forme d'Edit (decree granting Louisiana to the Compagnie d'occident)
Date 1717
Author Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Rest of title: ", portant establissement d'une compagnie... " Printed decree granting Louisiana to the Compagnie d'occident. From this decree stemmed the foundation of New Orleans and French exploitation of Louisiana. Wroth, Acts of French Royal Administration, 601
Subjects Land Transaction  Economics  Commerce  Finance  Merchants and Trade  Global History and Civics  
People Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)  
Place written Paris, France
Theme Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859