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Guide to the Charles Lynch Letters,
97SC15 Guide to the Charles Lynch Letters, 1799-1804 Staff Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Kentucky Historical Society n.d. Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2000. ENG Guide to the Charles Lynch Letters, 1799-1804 Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Thomas Enneking Copyright 1999 Kentucky Historical Society. All rights reserved. Charles Lynch Letters 1799-1804 97SC15 Lynch, Charles 2 items Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. For microfilmed copies see Family Collection: Charles Lynch Letters. Associated Materials / Related Records Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], Charles Lynch Letters, 1799-1804, 97SC15,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. In 1803, the United States acquired from France the region of Louisiana. Uneasy at news that Spain had secretly tretroceded Louisiana to a Napoleonic France, President Jefferson, in 1802, dispatched Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe to purchase New Orleans and West Florida for two million dollars. Since Louisiana was of diminishing importance to France, that country offered to sell the entire territory to the surprised envoys for fifteen million dollars. The treaty of cession was dated April 30, 1803, and the U. S. flag was raised over New Orleans on December 20, 1803. Two letters, one from 1799 and the other from October 20, 1804, written by Charles Lynch to William Taylor of Shelby County, Kentucky. Both letters deal with land matters and land transactions within the state. The 1804 letter also discusses some obstacles to doing business in New Orleans, such as outbreaaks of yellow fever andsmall pox, refers to "Americans" there, and a change in the government. Arrangement: Chronological. Land titles--Kentucky--Correspondence Taylor, William--Kentucky--Shelby County Smallpox--New Orleans (La.) Yellow fever--New Orleans (La.) Commercial correpondence--Kentucky--History