The History of Louisiana, Particularly of the Cession of That Colony to the United States of America, with an Introductory Essay on the Constituion and Goverment of the United States, Translated from the French By an Ameircan Citizen
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. First American Edition. Octavo. xviii,[2],[17]-455pp. plus errata. First published in France in 1829. In this work, "Barbe-Marbois represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana purchase and his book is one of the main sources on that subject. It shows..... More