St. Louis - The Fourth City, Volume 1

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Walter Barlow Stevens. St. Louis - The Fourth City, Volume 1

CONTENTS:

THE MOTIVE

THE PORTRAIT OF LACLEDE

CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDING

CHAPTER II. PERMANENCE 1764-1770

CHAPTER III. THE SPANISH GOVERNORS

CHAPTER IV. WHEN ST. LOUIS WAS A TOWN

CHAPTER V. THE MUNICIPALITY

CHAPTER VI. THE FUR TRADERS

CHAPTER VII. THE PRESS

CHAPTER VIII. THE MINING INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER IX. BANKERS AND BANKS

CHAPTER X. STEAMBOAT DAYS

CHAPTER XI. OUR INDIAN RELATIONS

CHAPTER XII. ST. LOUIS, THE GATEWAY

CHAPTER XIII. WHEN ST. LOUISANS RODE

CHAPTER XIV. THE ERA OF RAILS

CHAPTER XV. LAWYERS AND COURTS

CHAPTER XVI. GREAT DAYS OF ST. LOUIS

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St. Louis – The Fourth City

1764 – 1911

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Following the publication of this letter from Ulloa, a popular convention of the Province of Louisiana was called. It was the first of its kind on American soil. It was composed of delegates from the parishes. In that convention the leaders of the movement came into public view. Lafreniere was the dominant spirit. This convention appointed Jean Milhet, the richest business man in the colony, to go to France and to urge that Government to recede from the treaty with Spain and to retain possession of Louisiana.

Just at the time the Acadians, expelled by England from Nova Scotia upon the cession of that province by France, were arriving in Louisiana. The sufferings of the exiles served to intensify the feeling of hostility at New Orleans toward Spain. Milhet went upon his mission.

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