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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Reports from New Orleans indicate the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France scheduled for November 30, 1803, with U.S. forces under Governor Claiborne and General Wilkinson preparing to take possession from Natchez, expecting delivery without resistance.
Merged-components note: These components are related extracts of letters and dispatches concerning the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France and subsequent U.S. involvement, forming a single focused news item on domestic territorial expansion.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21.
LOUISIANA.
By the last mail government has received dispatches from New Orleans, dated as late as the 29th ult. by which it appears that Mr. Laussat, who was charged with the original orders to Mr. Landais to receive Louisiana from Spain, arrived there late on the 25th ult. and that the 30th at noon was appointed by the Spanish and French Commissioners as the time for the delivery on the part of Spain and the receipt of possession on the part of France. By subsequent accounts from Natchez as late as the 2d of December the forces of the United States were embarking in order to proceed with Governor Claiborne and Gen. Wilkinson, the American Commissioners, to receive and occupy the country, in the name of the United States.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman residing near the Natchez, dated Dec. 2.
"The governor set out this day for New Orleans with a number of troops, with the determination to take possession by force, if the Spanish should refuse the delivery: which I suppose they will not. The governor received a letter from general Wilkinson last night informing him that the Spanish were making preparations to deliver the post, and to receive our troops on friendly terms."
Another letter of similar date, states that information had been that morning received from New Orleans, that that place would be delivered without any difficulty being made.
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Louisiana
Event Date
29th Ult. To 2d December
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delivery expected without difficulty; u.s. forces to receive possession peacefully.
Event Details
Dispatches indicate Mr. Laussat arrived in New Orleans on 25th ult. to oversee transfer from Spain to France on 30th at noon. U.S. forces from Natchez embarking with Claiborne and Wilkinson to occupy territory; letters report Spanish preparations for friendly handover without force.