Administrative Problems of W. C. C. Claiborne, First Anglo-American Governor of Louisiana Page: 1
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CHAPTER I
A TERRITCGRIAL GOVElNOR IN THE MAKING
President Thomas jefferson's purchase of Louisiana from
the French in the memorable year of 1803 is one of the great
turning points in American history. It is the most significant
event in the march of the American people from the Atlantic sea-
board across the Mississippi River to the Pacifie. It gave to
us a continent as the home of a self-governing people, and
made secure our place as the leader among the nations holding
Democratic ideals of government. No event in the annal of our
country is of more importance than this great epoch of our his-
tory. It takes rank with the settlement of Jamestown and
Plymouth, the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of
the Constitution. The one-hundredth anniversary of the Purchase
was celebrated by the National Government by a great exposition
at St. Louis, which rivaled the celebrations commemorative of
the discovery of America and the passage of the Declaration of
Independence
The history of Louisiana as a territory and later as a
state is a very interestinR pnd picturesque one, Like praoti-
cally every other state, the history of this one-time French
possession is bound up in the lives and works of its first cit-
izens. The story of lovely Louisiana's very first citizen un-
der the rule of the stars and stripes is known and loved by
official Letter Books of W. C. 0. Claiborne, Vol. I,
p. 11ii.-1-
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Lowe, Ellene. Administrative Problems of W. C. C. Claiborne, First Anglo-American Governor of Louisiana, thesis, August 1937; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29878/m1/5/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .