De Lassus, Carlos Dehault, Spanish Governor of St. Louis

Manuscript document signed, 13 x 8 inches, single sheet, two pages, signatures of three individuals with various dates beginning April 1, 1798.

The first part of the document is a request (in French) dated April 1, 1798, from Isaac Daves, for land on the edge of the prairie near New Bourbon, Upper Louisiana, with his description of his family and the land. Below that is the endorsement, dated April 3, 1798, of Pierre Charles DeHault De Lassus-DeLuzierre, Carlos De Lassus’ father and the commandant at New Bourbon, Missouri, which states that Daves’ claim meets the requirements for the land. De Lassus-De Luzierre repeats this endorsement one year later because of a change of governors (Zenon Trudeau had been replaced during that year by De Lassus), and in his second request he seeks to insure that the land had not been given to anyone else in the meantime. Following this second request is a sixteen-line response (in Spanish) by De Lassus, granting the request. ¶ Carlos DeHault De Lassus (1767-1843) was the last Spanish governor of St. Louis de Illinois, or Upper Louisiana, and was responsible for transferring that territory to the Americans in 1804. Afterwards he divided his time between New Orleans and St. Louis. There is a town named for him in Missouri. Split and repaired at the folds; in very good condition.

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