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933. BOUNDARIES, Louisiana.—[continued].

We are attached to the
retaining of the Bay of St. Bernard, because
it was the first establishment of the unfortunate
La Salle, was the cradle of Louisiana, and more
incontestibly covered and conveyed to us by
France, under that name, than any other spot
in the country.—
To James Bowdoin. Washington ed. v, 19.
(W.,
1806)