François Vallé and his world : Upper Louisiana before Lewis and Clark /
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| Author / Creator: | Ekberg, Carl J. |
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| Imprint: | Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xvii, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Missouri biography series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4770112 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations
- Maps and Plans, Tables, and Genealogical Charts
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1.. Beginnings
- 2.. The Old Town of Ste. Genevieve
- 3.. Ascent to Power
- 4.. The Valle Household
- 5.. Missouri's Original Black Families
- 6.. Pillar of the Spanish Regime
- 7.. Wealth, Death, and Eternity
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Index
- Illustrations
- Valle coat of arms
- Title page of Spanish census, 1766
- Eighteenth-century parish church
- Governor Alejandro O'Reilly
- Officers in Ste. Genevieve militia, 1780
- Francois Valle's official titles
- Slave baptismal record
- Slave marriage record
- Receipt for Spanish payroll
- A Spanish piece-of-eight
- Lieutenant Governor Francisco Cruzat
- Governor Bernardo de Galvez
- Signatures on 1776 Valle will
- Black walnut armoire
- Valle sterling silver candlesticks
- Eighteenth-century household implements
- Maps and Plans
- Eastern North America, circa 1770
- Philip Pittman's Plan of Kaskaskia, 1766
- Center of Old Town of Ste. Genevieve, 1780
- Tables
- 1.. 1766 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve
- 2.. 1772 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve
- 3.. 1779 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve
- 4.. Origins of the Men in Ste. Genevieve's Militia
- 5.. Occupations of the Men in Ste. Genevieve's Militia
- 6.. Parish Fees in the Illinois Country
- Genealogical Charts
- 1.. Partial Valle Genealogy
- 2.. Valle Slave Couples and Their Children
