Official Letters of William C. C. Claiborne 1803-1816 , in Six Volumes-Louisiana

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Official Letter Books of
William C. C. Claiborne
1803-1816
In Six Volumes 2,400+ pages
Edited by Dunbar Rowland, 1917
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- Bonus Book -
State Papers and Correspondence
Bearing Upon the
Purchase of the
Territory of Louisiana
Gov't. Printing Office, 1903
298 pages, Indexed, Searchable
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William C. C. Claiborne was born in Sussex County, Virginia. His parents were Colonel William Claiborne
and Mary Leigh Claiborne.
He studied at the College of William and Mary, then Richmond Academy. At the age of 16 he moved to
New York City, where he worked as a clerk under John Beckley, the clerk of the United States House of
representatives, which was then seated in that city. He moved to Philadelphia with the Federal Government.
He then began study of law, and moved to Tennessee in 1794 to start a law practice. Governor John Sevier
appointed Claiborne to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 179
Claiborne was appointed governor and superintendent of Indian affairs in the Mississippi Territory from
1801 through 1803. Claiborne moved to New Orleans and oversaw the transfer of Louisiana to U.S. control
after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. He governed what would become the State of Louisiana, then termed
the "Territory of Orleans", during its period as a United States territory from 1804 through 1812.
Three U.S. counties are named in his honor: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; Claiborne County, Mississippi;
and Claiborne County, Tennessee. The longest street in New Orleans is named in his honor: Claiborne Avenue.
The publication of historical material in the form of official letters concerning the Louisiana Purchase, from 1803 to 1816, or from the date when William Charles Cole Claiborne received
his commission from President Jefferson to go to New Orleans and receive the country from the representative of France, to the failure of England to wrest it from the United States, is
a welcome task and a worthy undertaking. When this material consists of the official letter books of Governor Claiborne, who was easily the most important man in the southwest, from
1803 to 1817, it will be seen at once how important and valuable are the letters contained in these volumes. In order to make the letters complete, the first volume of the series from
May 25, 1801, when Claiborne was commissioned as Governor of Mississippi Territory, to March 27, 1803, is included. This material, while dealing with conditions in a country which
had been transferred by Spain to the United States five years before the transfer of Louisiana, is a logical part of what comes after.
The editor has had the publication of the Claiborne Letters in view for ten years. In order to secure the opinion of a number of his co-workers in the historical field as to the value of the
proposed publication, he sought and obtained the opinion of many of the most scholarly and eminent historians of the country. The importance which they attached to the letters of Governor
Claiborne may be inferred from the following excerpts upon the subject :
"I am glad to know that you are to publish hitherto unpublished letter books of Gov. William C. C. Claiborne. Such unpublished letters must, I am sure, contain interesting material on the
history of that part of the Southwest, for Gov. Claiborne touched American life at many vital and significant points during the first decade of the 19th century — Frederick J. Turner,
Professor of History, Harvard University.
"The fact that you believe Gov. Claiborne's correpondence valuable sources would determine my own opinion." — James F. Rhodes.
"Of course the letter books would be a decided addition to our knowledge of political events in Louisiana at that most interesting period. — Worthington C. Ford, Editor Publications,
Massachusetts Historical Society.
"I consider the publication of the Claiborne letter books a highly important contribution to American History. The period was critical and to no one could the editing be more safely
entrusted than to you." — William M. Sloane, Professor of History, Columbia University.
"I am certain that the letter books of W. C. C. Claiborne, from 1801 to 1816, contain highly valuable historical facts ; and their publication under such scholarly editorship as you would
give them, would be welcomed by the historical profession and the general public besides.
— Gaillard Hunt, Chief Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress.
"This collection should throw a great deal of light on the purchase of Louisiana and the early history of the Southwest. Claiborne was a very interesting character, and standing as he did,
in close relation to the administration of President Jefferson, his insight into public affairs and his knowledge of what was going on behind the scenes in the Southwest was undoubtedly
greater than that of any other man of his generation.
— John H. Latane, Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
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