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Bradford, James Morgan, 1779-1837 Acts passed at the second session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans, Begun and held at the Principal, in the city of New-Orleans, on Thursday the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the independence of the United States the twenty-ninth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04497 Author/Creator: Bradford, James Morgan, 1779-1837 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Book signed Date: 1805 Pagination: 1 v. : xxxiv, 461 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Published by Bradford in New Orleans. Title page signed by Pierre Derbigny. "House of Representatives" is also written on the page, possibly referring to the Louisiana State House of Representatives.

Bradford, James Morgan, 1779-1837
Derbigny, Pierre, 1767-1829

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