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" François Vallé and his world : "
Carl J. Ekberg.
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BL
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637738
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Ekberg, Carl J.
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François Vallé and his world : : Upper Louisiana before Lewis and Clark /\ Carl J. Ekberg.
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Columbia, MO :: University of Missouri Press,, c2002.
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Missouri biography series
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xvii, 316 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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0826214185
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: 9780826214188
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Beginnings -- The Old Town of Ste. Genevieve -- Ascent to Power -- The Valle Household -- Missouri's Original Black Families -- Pillar of the Spanish Regime -- Wealth, Death, and Eternity -- 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 -- 1766 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve -- 1772 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve -- 1779 Spanish Census of Ste. Genevieve -- Origins of the Men in Ste. Genevieve's Militia -- Occupations of the Men in Ste. Genevieve's Militia -- Parish Fees in the Illinois Country -- Genealogical Charts -- Partial Valle Genealogy -- Valle Slave Couples and Their Children.
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"In Francois Valle and His World, Carl Ekberg provides a fascinating biography of Francois Valle (1716-1783), placing him within the context of his place and time. Valle, who was born in Beauport, Canada, immigrated to Upper Louisiana (the Illinois Country) as a penniless common laborer sometime during the early 1740s. Engaged in agriculture, lead mining, and the Indian trade, he ultimately became the wealthiest and most powerful individual in Upper Louisiana, although he never learned to read or write.".
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"Ekberg focuses on Upper Louisiana in colonial times, long before Lewis and Clark arrived in the Mississippi River valley and before American sovereignty had reached the eastern bank of the Mississippi. He vividly captures the ambience of life in the eighteenth-century frontier agricultural society that Valle inhabited, shedding new light on the French and Spanish colonial regimes in Louisiana and on the Mississippi River frontier before the Americans arrived.".
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"Based entirely on primary source documents - wills and testaments, parish registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, and Spanish administrative correspondence - found in archives ranging from St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve to New Orleans and Seville, Francois Valle and His World traces not only the life of Francois Valle and the lives of his immediate family members, but also the lives of his slaves. In doing so, it provides a portrait of Missouri's very first black families, something that has never before been attempted. Ekberg also analyzes how the illiterate Valle became the richest person in all of Upper Louisiana, and how he rose in the sociopolitical hierarchy to become an important servant of the Spanish monarchy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Vallé, François,1716-
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Vallé, François,1716-Family.
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Pioneers-- Missouri-- Sainte Genevieve, Biography.
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French Americans-- Missouri-- Sainte Genevieve, Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Missouri-- Sainte Genevieve.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Biography.
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Sainte Genevieve (Mo.), Social life and customs, 18th century.
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Missouri, History, 18th century.
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Illinois, History, To 1778.
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Mississippi River Valley, History, To 1803.
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F474.S135E38 2002
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