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	History of Orleans, NY
		Clayton was created from Orleans and Lyme in 1833, and took from the former four tiers of lots, or two-fifths of the square, from the west side, and as well all the lands of the town lying north of that part of the square set off.
		On February 3, 1851, the Orleans Academy, as the institution was known, was chartered, and it could have been entitled to share in the public literature fund had the incorporators freed the school°from its indebtedness; but as the trustees were unable to raise the necessary amount, they never reported, and did not so share.
		Orleans Four Corners, formerly called Shantyville, is a post.office and station in the east part of the town, on the line of the Clayton and Theresa railroad.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/orleans-ny.htm (5821 words)

	Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2: Sere v. Pitot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This suit was brought in the court of the United States for the Orleans territory, by the plaintiffs, who are aliens, and syndics or assignees of a trading company composed of citizens of that territory, who have become insolvent.
		The defendants are citizens of the territory, and have pleaded to the jurisdiction of the court.
		Whether the citizens of the territory of Orleans are to be considered as the citizens of a state, within the meaning of the constitution, is a question of some difficulty which would be decided, should one of them sue in any of the circuit courts of the United States.
	press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/print_documents/a4_3_2s4.html (547 words)

	Orleans Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orleans Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States formed out of the first subdivision of the Louisiana Purchase.
		On April 10, 1805, the Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties(starting from the southeast corner moving west and north): Orleans County, LaFourche County, German Coast, Acadia County, Iberville County, Attakapas County, Pointe Coupée County, Opelousas County, Rapides County, Concordia County, Natchitoches County and Ouachita County.
		The Florida Parishes on the east bank of the Mississippi were not included in Orleans Territory at this time, as they were in the Spanish territory of West Florida until they were annexed in 1810.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Territory_of_Orleans (272 words)

	It's a parish, not a county, for a good reason - By BUDDY STALL
		The lower part, composed of approximately the present State of Louisiana, was called the Territory of Orleans and was governed by a legislative council.
		The population of the Territory of Orleans was small and scattered.
		The Legislature of the Orleans territory declared there would be 45 representatives – all from the original 12 counties and not from the 19 parishes.
	clarionherald.org /20020731/stall.htm (671 words)

	GERMAN COAST REBELLION (1811)
		Members were heard to shout “On to Orleans!” as a battle-cry, but it appears that little more than self-emancipation was the ultimate goal of the group of rebels.
		Territorial Governor William C.C. Claiborne issued orders calling the territorial militia into action and he also called upon the services of General Wade Hampton, U.S. Army, who happened to be in New Orleans at the time with a company of troops.
		Some of the opponents of statehood argued not only that the possibility of establishing civil government in a former French and Spanish colonial setting would be difficult, but that the large, unstable slave population also threatened the creation of a state so distant from the other states in the Union.
	www.eureka.edu /emp/jrodrig/Greenwood/sample.htm (954 words)

	Criminal Cases Tried by Orleans County Court (1805-1807) and City Court (1807-1812)
		During its first session, the Territorial Legislature authorized the appointment of attorneys to act on behalf of the Territory, relieving the court clerks of this duty (Or.
		Additionally, territorial law allowed a slaveowner whose slave was executed or incarcerated to seek compensation from the government for the loss of his property.
		The majority of the Orleans County Court records consist of a single sheet, and provide only the defendant's name and occupation, the charge, the date, and the name of the victim or an inventory of stolen property.
	nutrias.org /inv/crimrecs.htm (1032 words)

	Orleans. 1890. History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts
		THE territory embraced within the present town of Orleans was chiefly included in that valuable tract known first to the Puritans as Nauset, and was therefore included in the first grant of 1640, as noticed in the history of Eastham, and for 154 years after its settlement was a part of that ancient town.
		The territory was settled as early as 1693 by Edward Kendrick, ancestor of the Kenricks.
		Freeman was a merchant in Orleans, filling the office of representative two terms, and that of selectman for fourteen years, acting as chairman the greater part of the time, and which office he held at his death.
	capecodhistory.us /Deyo/Orleans-Deyo.htm (16687 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans! Blake Pontchartrain™ 12 30 03
		I think it would be interesting to discuss why it took nine years after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 for the Territory of Orleans to be admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana.
		It was this council, to the dismay of the Creoles, that divided the Territory of Orleans into 12 counties.
		Added to the difficulties during the territorial period were the West Florida Rebellion in 1810 and the slave revolt of 1811.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2003-12-30/blake.html (710 words)

	Louisiana County Record Descriptions
		The territory of Louisiana consisted of that area above the 33rd degree latitude, and the territory of Orleans covered that part below the 33rd latitude, or what is now basically the state of Louisiana.
		Congress appointed district land registers and opened the United Stated District Land Office in New Orleans for the eastern division of the territory of Orleans and a land office at Opelousas for the western division of the territory of Orleans.
		Third, surveyors were to go to the territory of Orleans to establish a system of subdividing the vacant public lands.
	www.mylouisianagenealogy.com /la_records/land.htm (652 words)

	Territory to Statehood
		Clark was appointed head of Indian affairs of Upper Louisiana as a result of his exploration of the Louisiana territory with Meriwether Lewis.
		It was America's first attempt to evaluate the environment of the Great Plains, the breadth of the Rockies, and the nature and extent of the terrain west of the Continental Divide.
		Territorial officials had to merge English common law, familiar to most Americans, with French and Spanish civil law procedures long practiced in Louisiana.
	lsm.crt.state.la.us /CABILDO/cab5.htm (1382 words)

	Louisiana Purchase: Historical Perspectives, 1682-1815
		Louisiana's history as a colony, territory, and state in the fifteen years from 1800 to 1815 was characterized not only by diplomatic, political, legal, and cultural friction but also by compromise among the various elements of its diverse population.
		Charles Trudeau (1750-1816) was a native of New Orleans.
		Memorial of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans praying that an alteration may be made in the law of last session, respecting the titles to lands and for a further encouragement to the culture of sugar.
	www.lib.lsu.edu /special/purchase/history.html (11678 words)

	history2
		By the secret Treaty of San lldefonso, Spain officially returned the Louisiana territory West of the Mississippi to France in 1800, to avoid a continuous deficit the colony caused.
		The governor that was appointed to the Territory of Orleans in 1804 was William Charles Cole Claiborne.
		Before becoming governor of the Territory of Orleans, Claiborne was governor of the Mississippi Territory.
	members.tripod.com /rajincajun3/history2.htm (363 words)

	Louisiana Purchase
		In 1804 the territory was divided into two governments—namely, "Territory of Orleans " and " District of Louisiana." The former entered the Union as the State of Louisiana April 8, 1812, and the name of the latter was changed, June 4, 1812, to Missouri.
		Their instructions asked for the cession of the island of New Orleans and the Floridas, and that the Mississippi should be divided by a line that should put the city of New Orleans within the territory of the United States, thus securing the free navigation of that river.
		In fifty vessels of all sizes 7,000 land troops were borne over the Gulf of Mexico from the island of Jamaica in the direction of New Orleans, and sighted the northern coast of the Gulf, a little east of Lake Borgne, on Dec, 9.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/louisiana-purchase.htm (3306 words)

	New Orleans History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The port of New Orleans is the main reason the city was founded and why it has endured.
		However, territory west of the Mississippi was not included in the package, and in 1762 the secret Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed.
		Maybe because of that, New Orleans is today the most European of American cities, a festive place, rich in history, culture and atmosphere.
	www.ego.net /us/la/neworleans/history/index.htm (369 words)

	Territory Timeline
		New Orleans and all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi goes to Spain.
		Meriwether Lewis is appointed governor of the territory.
		Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indian leaders agree to move to reservations in Dakota Territory; the U.S. government agrees to abandon roads and forts in the Powder River region, and permit the Indians to retain use of the old hunting grounds east of the Bighorn Mountains in southern Montana Territory.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=332 (1459 words)

	Louisiana Secretary of State/Museums/Old State Capitol/Louisiana Purchase - What IS?
		New Orleans, an expanding and now prosperous port city, was the beacon which attracted the Americans of the early West.
		Debate over the purchase and over the addition of an "alien population" to the United States was intense with the New England states eager to condemn the acquisition of Louisiana and the frontier states of the South and West just as eager to defend it.
		By the single act of purchasing the Louisiana Territory, the United States of America doubled its size and greatly accelerated its march toward the Pacific coast.
	www.sec.state.la.us /purchase/map.htm (928 words)

	Louisiana Timeline: Year 1804
		Most of the inhabitants are on the isle of Orleans and the west bank of the Mississippi River south of the mouth of the Red River and east of the Atchafalaya.
		The United States establishes the Territory of Orleans by the act of March 26, 1804 in that area that now forms most of the state.
		Chosen for the Supreme Court of the territory are Prevost, Kirby and Duponceau.
	www.enlou.com /time/year1804.htm (1610 words)

	Louisiana History
		In 1763, Spain ceded to Great Britain, the territory East of the Mississippi River and North of the Isle of Orleans, including the Florida parishes (see map) that were regained by Governor Galvez in 1779.
		In 1800, Spain officially returned the Louisiana territory West of the Mississippi to France by the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso to avoid the continued deficits the colony caused and the growing possibility that Spain might have to fight the restless Americans to retain control of the lands.
		Claiborne is appointed governor of the Territory of Orleans
	www.thecajuns.com /lahist.htm (689 words)

	Lewis and Clark
		Before territorial boundary adjustments were made, the territory included all or parts of what became 15 states.
		The most important one, New Orleans, was founded in 1718 on the east bank of the river, 90 miles (145 kilometers) from its mouth.
		The following year, Louisiana was divided into the Territory of Orleans (which later became the state of Louisiana) and the District of Louisiana (later divided among 14 states).
	teacher.scholastic.com /activities/lewis_clark/purchase.htm (962 words)

	Louisiana News
		In 1804 the region was divided into two sections- the District of Louisiana (later Missouri Territory), north of the 33rd parallel; and the Territory of Orleans, south of the parallel.
		New Orleans and the surrounding territory controlled the mouth of the Mississippi River down which much of the produce of the mid-west travelled to reach market.
		In 1812 the Territory of Orleans and a small part of West Florida, still claimed by Spain, were admitted to the Union as Louisiana, the 18th state.
	www.angelfire.com /rock3/airspirit/Louisiana.html (1462 words)

	Making of Iowa Chapter 2 - The Birth of a Territory
		The court at Galena, Illinois, had given out word that it had no jurisdiction over the territory west of the Mississippi, so the Dubuque people were forced to depend upon their own resources.
		When a separate organization from that of Wisconsin Territory was asked for by the people of Western Wisconsin, Congress granted this request, and in 1838 a new Territory was made, and given the name Iowa Territory, suggested by the former name, Iowa District.
		Iowa Territory was composed of the present States of Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, and the Dakotas east of the White Earth and the Missouri Rivers.
	iagenweb.org /history/moi/MOIChp2.htm (1396 words)

	New Orleans Voodoo
		New Orleans Voodoo is a collection of practices handed down through oral tradition from African slaves for the purpose of improving the lives of practitioners.
		Voodoo, as practiced in New Orleans, tends to have the same emphasis, although some modern-day priests and priestesses initiated in Haiti, Benin, and other counties are working to bring back the emphasis on religion that has been lost over time.
		Modern-day New Orleans Voodoo has been greatly influenced by a revival of interest in Voodoo that began during the late sixties and early seventies, in part due to tourism in the area, as well as the influence of Latin American and Caribbean cultures (particularly Cuban Santeria/Lukumi).
	www.vodouspirit.com /new_orleans_voodoo.htm (1363 words)

	What is Voodoo?@ New Orleans Mistic Marketplace and Botanica
		New Orleans Voodoo was practiced, in large part, for the purpose of improving the lives of its practitioners.
		One thing, however, is clear: New Orleans had a rich heritage of African influence since the first slaves came to the French territory beginning in or around 1719.
		Hence, the organized and outward practice of the religions tended to fall by the wayside in favor of the "work," which could be done individually and in private without arousing the suspicions of the authorities.
	neworleansmistic.com /spells/primer/whatisvoodoo.htm (1142 words)

	Louisiana Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louisiana Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from July 4, 1805 until December 11, 1812.
		The Louisiana Territory was everything in the Purchase north of the 33rd parallel (the southern boundary of the present state of Arkansas).
		The Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory in 1812 to avoid confusion with the new state of Louisiana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louisiana_Territory (296 words)

	Welcome to the Best of New Orleans!
		He was also president pro tem of the Territorial Legislature in 1812, and acting mayor of New Orleans for one month.
		Poydras was, in 1811, the Territory of Orleans’ delegate to Congress where he proposed statehood.
		It was planted in October 1792 in honor of the wedding of Jean Etienne de Bore, who became the first mayor of New Orleans in 1803.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /archives/2001/0213/feat-blak.html (837 words)

	Destrehan Plantation
		At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, the people of the Orleans Territory still considered themselves Frenchmen or Spaniards and their attitude towards the new American rule clashed with their deeply rooted traditions.
		The Orleans Legislative Council was vital in representing the residents of this area to the United States until Louisiana became a state in 1812.
		The lower portion to the south constituted the Territory of Orleans.
	www.destrehanplantation.org /jefferson.asp (304 words)

	Kansas and Kansans Ch. 4
		By right and justice the Territory of Orleans extended to the Rio Grande, but by the malevolent abandonment of Texas it was restricted to the Sabine.
		After establishing the Territory of Orleans, the residue of Louisiana - Upper Louisiana - was erected into the District of Louisiana.
		The Territory of Louisiana passed out of existence by act of Congress of June 4, 1812, when it was erected into the Territory of Missouri.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/v1/ch4p1.html (959 words)

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