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Proces-verbal of the delivery of the forts of Plaquemines to Gilberto Leonard, Frigate Captain and Agent of the French Republic, by Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Commandant of Plaquemines, Fort St. Philip

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Title	Proces-verbal of the delivery of the forts of Plaquemines to Gilberto Leonard, Frigate Captain and Agent of the French Republic, by Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Commandant of Plaquemines, Fort St. Philip
Creator	Favrot, Pierre-Joseph, 1749-1824
Date	1803-12-07
Subjects	France--Colonies--North America France--Foreign relations--Spain Laussat, Pierre-Clement de, 1756-1835 Louisiana--History--1803-1865 Plaquemines (La.)--History Spain--Colonies--North America Spain--Foreign relations--France
Description	Account of the actual process of taking over the fort from the Spanish.
Language	fr
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Source	Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Transcript/Translation	1803, December 7 PROCES-VERBAL OF THE DELIVERY OF THE FORTS OF PLAQUEMINES TO GILBERTO LEONARD, FRIGATE CAPTAIN AND AGENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, BY PIERRE-JOSEPH FAVROT, COMMANDANT OF PLAQUEMINES, FORT ST. PHILIP. DS. 3pp. French. Richmond. By virtue of the orders transmitted to us by Citizen Laussat, Colonial Prefect and Commissioner of the French Government, dated the 9th and 10th of the present month, we are to repair to Plaquemines Fort, on the lower bank of the river, to take possession of it from the hands of the Commandant for his Catholic Majesty, all power to that effect having been transmitted to us by the authority he [Laussat] has received from First Consul Bonaparte. Consequently, we presented ourselves before the said fort and were accompanied by militiamen from both the city and the lower bank of the river: Mr. Gentilly, their captain, Lieutenant Commander Auliver, Ensign Leonard, Jr., and Citizens Nicholas Roche and Achille Sigur. Temporarily, for the good
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