Excerpt from The History of Louisiana: Particularly of the Cession of That Colony to the United States; With an Introductory and Government of the United States This History is about to appear in the midst of the many good and bad books, which every season pro duces. But is there any one which entering, at this day, into a library, dares to look for a place there? They are all occupied. I know not what will be the fate of my book. If the great historians find in it some details worthy of being remembered, I beg them to be lieve that they are true. Two of their pages will be sufficient for the recitals of which I have made a vo lume. If some of the maxims have the happy effect of shedding a new lustre on public virtues, [shall re joice that I have had an opportunity of writing them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.