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Bulk Download Files from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France "France in the Americas" Project

The National Archives and Records Administration provided high quality images of records found in the Catalog to the Bibliothèque nationale de France for their France in the Americas project, a "collaborative bilingual digital library (French – English) which is the fruit of the cooperation between the National Library of France and 18 French, Canadian, American, and British cultural institutions and universities."  Zip files containing the high quality image files and links to their associated Catalog records are listed below. You can also download Catalog metadata about the files. 

The images belong to the following record groups:

Record Group 11 - General Records of the United States Government​

  • Original Protocol of the Delivery of Louisiana by Spain to France, at New Orleans on November 30, 1803 (Record Group: RG 11 - General Records of the United States Government; Series: Perfected Treaties, 1778–1945; File unit: TS 86 AO: Treaty for the cession of Louisiana - English and French texts)

  • Treaty of Alliance (Record Group: RG 11 - General Records of the United States Government; Series: Perfected Treaties, 1778–1945)

  • Treaty of Paris (Record Group: RG 11 - General Records of the United States Government; Series: Perfected Treaties, 1778–1945)

  • Agreement to Pay France for the Louisiana Purchase (Record Group: RG 11 - General Records of the United States Government; Series: Perfected Treaties, 1778–1945)

  • An Act of October 31,1803, 2 STAT 245, to Enable the President of the United States to Take Possession of the Territories Ceded by France to the United States, by the Treaty Concluded at Paris, on the Thirtieth of April Last; and for the Temporary Government Thereof (Record Group: RG 11 - General Records of the United States Government; Series: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789–2013; File unit: Public Law, 8th Congress, 1st Session, Part 1: An Act to Enable the President of the U.S. [United States] to Take Possession of the Territories Ceded by France to the U.S. [United States] ..., October 31, 1803)

 

 Record Group 46 - Records of the U.S. Senate

  • Map of New Orleans (Record Group: RG 46 - Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789–2022; Series: Anson McCook Collection of Presidential Signatures, 1789–1975; File unit: Various Papers of the 15th Congress)

  • A convention between the United States of America and the French Republic relative to the payment for Louisiana (Record Group: RG 46 - Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789–2022; Series: Records Relating to Treaties with Foreign Countries, 1789–2000; File unit: Records Relating to Foreign Relations during the 8th Congress)

  • A convention between the United States of America and the French Republic concerning debts owed by France to citizens of the United States (Record Group: RG 46 - Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789–2022; Series: Records Relating to Treaties with Foreign Countries, 1789–2000; File unit: Records Relating to Foreign Relations during the 8th Congress)

  • Message from President Jefferson to Congress Regarding the Louisiana Purchase (Record Group: RG 46 - Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789–2022; Series: Records Relating to Treaties with Foreign Countries, 1789–2000; File unit: Records Relating to Foreign Relations during the 8th Congress)

 

 Record Group 56 - General Records of the Department of the Treasury​

  • Warrant from President Thomas Jefferson to Secretary of Treasury Albert Gallatin Regarding the Payment to the French Republic for Louisiana Purchase (Record Group: RG 56 - General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775–2005; Series: Documents Relating to the Purchase of Louisiana, 1803–1940; File Unit: Documents Relating to the Purchase of Louisiana, 1803-1804)

 

Record Group 59 - General Records of the Department of State​

  • Letter from President John Adams to Secretary of State Timothy Pickering (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Letters Received, 1789–1906; File Unit: September - December 1797)

  • Letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Letters Received, 1789–1906; File Unit: March - April 1793​)

  • Letter from John Woodside to Stephen Pleasonton (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Letters Received, 1789–1906; File Unit: April THRU May 1815​)

  • Letter from President George Washington to Madame la Marquise de Lafayette (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Letters Received, 1789–1906; File Unit: June THRU July 1790)

  • Deed of Gift for the Statue of Liberty (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Collected Manuscripts and Papers, ca. 1789–1918)

  • Decree of the French National Assembly on the Death of Benjamin Franklin (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Communications from Heads of Foreign States, 1789–1909; File Unit: Decree of the French National Assembly on the Death of Benjamin Franklin)

  • Letter from John Jay to the Honorable [Benjamin] Franklin, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of France (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Diplomatic Instructions, 1785–1906; File Unit: Foreign Letters, Number 121)

  • Letter from John Jay to the Marquis de la Fayette (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Diplomatic Instructions, 1785–1906; File Unit: Foreign Letters, Number 121)

  • An Inquiry Concerning the Northern Boundaries of Canada and Louisiana (Record Group: RG 59 - General Records of the Department of State, 1763–2002; Series: Territorial Papers, 1789–1873; File Unit: Orleans, Volume 2; August 19, 1803 THRU)

 

Record Group 93 - War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records​

  • Marquis de Lafayette's Oath of Allegiance (Record Group: RG 93 - War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1709–1939; Series: Numbered Record Books, 1894–1913)

 

Record Group 233 - Records of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Proclamation to the People of New Orleans (Record Group: RG 233 - Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789–2015; Series: Presidential Messages, 1791–1861)

 

Record Group 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention​

  • Letters from the Joint Commissioners for Negotiating Treaties with France and Great Britain (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789)

  • Ratification of the Treaty of Paris (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Rough Journals)

  • Agreement of Secrecy (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Rough Secret Journal)

  • Petition from the French Inhabitants of Fort Vincennes, Kaskaskia to Congress (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Memorials of the Inhabitants of Illinois, Kaskaskia, and Kentucky)

  • Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence Regarding Renegotiations with France (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Letters from Benjamin Franklin)

  • Copy of a Letter from Comte de Vergennes to John Adams (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Letters from John Adams)

  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson in Paris, to John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Regarding Prize Money Due to Officers and Crew of the Alliance (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Letters from Thomas Jefferson)

  • Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Jay (Record Group: RG 360 - Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765–1821; Series: Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789; File Unit: Letters from Thomas Jefferson)

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