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2 May 1797

Carondelet, Francisco Luis Héctor, barón de, 1748-1807

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Title: [Hand-drawn map and written description of land grant in Feliciana District of Louisiana along the Mississippi River] [in Spanish]

Countersigned by Carlos Trudeau. Hand-drawn map, marked No. 893, on top half of recto. Delineates land boundaries that the written part of the document seems to describe. Red wax stamp on page three. Note near docket says "Recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Commissioner of the lands claims west of Pearl River and East of Mississippi."

GLC06262

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