Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered Before the Historical Society of Louisiana, January 13, 1836 It cannot bedenied, that in many respects the new govern ment was liberal and even paternal. Lands were distributed gratuitously to meet the wants of an increasing population, and direct taxation was unknown in the province. If the ratio of increase of the population be an index of its prosperity, Lorri siana was certainly flourishing and prosperous. In sixteen years from the year 1769, the population was more than doubled ...
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Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered Before the Historical Society of Louisiana, January 13, 1836 It cannot bedenied, that in many respects the new govern ment was liberal and even paternal. Lands were distributed gratuitously to meet the wants of an increasing population, and direct taxation was unknown in the province. If the ratio of increase of the population be an index of its prosperity, Lorri siana was certainly flourishing and prosperous. In sixteen years from the year 1769, the population was more than doubled by the ordinary means, independently of small colonies from Malaga and the Canary Islands. In 1711 it amounted only to four hun dr - cd, including twenty slaves. During thirty-four years of Spanish domination in this country, its resources were conside rably developed, and Louisiana has been regarded, perhaps with justice, as the favored pet of Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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