Portal:Louisiana

Flag of Louisiana

Historical documents

• Treaty of San Ildefonso
• Proclamation, in the name of the French Republic. Colonial Prefect Laussat to Louisianians.
• Relative to the recognition of the Kellogg government

Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty Between the United States of America and the French Republic
• Respecting taking Possession of Part of Louisiana.

Statehood

• Application for the Admission of the Territory of Orleans into the Union as a State
• Enabling Act -- Act of Congress Feb. 20, 1811, c. 21, 2 U.S.Stat. 641
• Admission of the State of Louisiana (act) Act of Congress April 8, 1812, c. 50, 2 U.S.Stat. 701
• An Act to enlarge the limits of the State of Louisiana Act of Congress April 14, 1812, c. 57, 2 U.S.Stat. 708
• Giving the Assent of the Legislature to an Enlargement of the Limits of the State of Louisiana (1812)

Secession

• Ordinance of Secession

Reconstruction

• An act relative to extra sessions of the General Assembly, and defining the duties of the Governor in reference thereto
• An Act to regulate the conduct and to maintain the freedom and purity of elections...
• Relative to the recognition of the Kellogg government
• Military Interference in Louisiana, a speech by Carl Schurz before the United States Senate on January 11, 1875

Proclamations

• Proclamation by His Excellency Francis T Nicholls Governor of the State of Louisiana, dated March 7 1878 convening the General Assembly of Louisiana in extra session
• Proclamation by S. D. McEnery Governor of the State of Louisiana dated December 22, 1881 convening the Legislature of Louisiana in extraordinary session
• Proclamation by His Excellency Ruffin G. Pleasant Governor of the State of Louisiana, dated June 29 1817 convening the General Assembly of Louisiana in extraordinary session
• Proclamation by His Excellency, Huey P Long, Governor of the State of Louisiana, dated March 1929, convening the Legislature of Louisiana in extraordinary session
• Proclamation by Honorable William J Dodd, Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the State of Louisiana, dated September 7, 1950 convening the Legislature of Louisiana in extraordinary session
• Proclamation by His Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated June 13, 2000, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by His Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated March 5, 2001, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by His Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated September 24, 2001, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by His Excellency, M. J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated March 19, 2002, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by Her Excellency Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated March 1, 2004, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by Her Excellency Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated October 31 2005 Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by Her Excellency Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated January 30, 2006, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by Her Excellency Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated Decembe 2, 2006 Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session
• Proclamation by His Excellency Bobby Jindal Governor of the State of Louisiana, Dated February 1 , 2008, Convening the Legislature of Louisiana in Extraordinary Session

Constitution

• Louisiana State Constitution of 1812
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1845
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1852
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1861
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1864
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1868
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1879
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1913
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1921
• Louisiana State Constitution of 1974

Encyclopedias

• "Louisiana," by J. W. Hawes in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Baton Rouge," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Jackson (towns)," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "New Orleans," by James Burns in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
  • "Shreveport," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Louisiana," by Henry Gannett in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 15) (1883)
  • "Baton-Rouge," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 3) (1878)
  • "New Orleans," by G. W. Cable in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 17) (1884)
  • "Shreveport," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 21) (1886)
• "Louisiana," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Baton Rouge," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "New Iberia," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "New Orleans," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
  • "Shreveport," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Louisiana," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
  • "Baton-Rouge," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
  • "New Orleans," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
• "Louisiana," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Alexandria (Louisiana)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Baton Rouge," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Monroe (Louisiana)," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "New Orleans," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
  • "Shreveport," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Louisiana," by Alcée Fortier and James J. McLoughlin in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Diocese of Natchitoches," by C. Mahé in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
  • "Archdiocese of New Orleans," by Marie Louise Points in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
• "Louisiana," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • "Baton Rouge," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • "New Orleans," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
  • "Shreveport, La.," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Louisiana," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "Baton Rouge," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "New Iberia," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "New Orleans," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
  • "Shreveport," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
• "Louisiana," by William Oscar Scroggs in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)

See also

• Portal:New Orleans