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January 30, 1821
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
A 1821 report from the General Land Office confirms Spanish officials like Governor-General, Intendant Don John Bonaventure Morales, and Baron de Carondelet had authority to grant lands in Louisiana before 1803, based on ordinances from 1798 and 1800 rules published in New Orleans and St. Louis.
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SPANISH GRANTS IN LOUISIANA.
It may be interesting information to those who have any claims of this description, or who wish to overset any such claims, that a resolution passed the Senate some time ago, in reply to which the President of the United States transmitted to the Senate the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Treasury.
General Land Office,
16th January, 1821.
Sir: A resolve of the Senate of the United States, of January 5th 1821, "that the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, any information he may have as to the power or authority which belonged to Don John Bonaventure Morales, and to the Baron de Carondelet, to grant and dispose of the lands of Spain in Louisiana, previously to the year 1803," having been referred to me by the Secretary of the Treasury, with direction to "furnish such information as the records and documents of this office afford." I have the honor to report:
That previously to the year 1803, the governor general of Louisiana had power to divide and grant the lands of his sovereign.
That, by an ordinance given at San Lorenzo, October 22d, 1798, the power of dividing and granting lands was vested in the Intendancy of the Spanish provinces.
That the Intendant, Don John Bonaventure Morales, acting by the authority of the ordinance of Oct. 22, 1798, above mentioned, published at New Orleans on the 17th of July 1800, rules and regulations relative to the disposal of the lands of Spain, consisting of thirty-eight articles, amply describing and declaring all that his government required to be done for the disposal of those lands. Of those rules and regulations, a copy, in the original Spanish, with a translation into the French and English languages, is now in this office.
An English translation is herewith transmitted.
These rules and regulations were published at St. Louis, on the 6th January, 1800.
From this document, together with the articles No 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, in the appendix to the volume of Land Laws, all the information can be obtained which the records and documents in this office can furnish.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
sir, your obedient servant,
JOSIAH MEIGS.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
[The accompanying document occupies eleven octavo pages, and is too long to be extracted. Every Member of Congress, however, has a copy of it.]
Nat. Int.
It may be interesting information to those who have any claims of this description, or who wish to overset any such claims, that a resolution passed the Senate some time ago, in reply to which the President of the United States transmitted to the Senate the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Treasury.
General Land Office,
16th January, 1821.
Sir: A resolve of the Senate of the United States, of January 5th 1821, "that the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, any information he may have as to the power or authority which belonged to Don John Bonaventure Morales, and to the Baron de Carondelet, to grant and dispose of the lands of Spain in Louisiana, previously to the year 1803," having been referred to me by the Secretary of the Treasury, with direction to "furnish such information as the records and documents of this office afford." I have the honor to report:
That previously to the year 1803, the governor general of Louisiana had power to divide and grant the lands of his sovereign.
That, by an ordinance given at San Lorenzo, October 22d, 1798, the power of dividing and granting lands was vested in the Intendancy of the Spanish provinces.
That the Intendant, Don John Bonaventure Morales, acting by the authority of the ordinance of Oct. 22, 1798, above mentioned, published at New Orleans on the 17th of July 1800, rules and regulations relative to the disposal of the lands of Spain, consisting of thirty-eight articles, amply describing and declaring all that his government required to be done for the disposal of those lands. Of those rules and regulations, a copy, in the original Spanish, with a translation into the French and English languages, is now in this office.
An English translation is herewith transmitted.
These rules and regulations were published at St. Louis, on the 6th January, 1800.
From this document, together with the articles No 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, in the appendix to the volume of Land Laws, all the information can be obtained which the records and documents in this office can furnish.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
sir, your obedient servant,
JOSIAH MEIGS.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
[The accompanying document occupies eleven octavo pages, and is too long to be extracted. Every Member of Congress, however, has a copy of it.]
Nat. Int.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Spanish Grants
Louisiana Lands
Morales Authority
Carondelet
Land Office Report
What entities or persons were involved?
Don John Bonaventure Morales
Baron De Carondelet
Josiah Meigs
Where did it happen?
Louisiana, New Orleans, St. Louis
Story Details
Key Persons
Don John Bonaventure Morales
Baron De Carondelet
Josiah Meigs
Location
Louisiana, New Orleans, St. Louis
Event Date
Previously To The Year 1803
Story Details
The General Land Office reports that before 1803, Spanish governor generals and the Intendancy under Morales had authority to grant lands in Louisiana per 1798 ordinance and 1800 rules, providing information for Senate inquiry on claims.