Date Original
1744-1939
Description
This collection contains photostat copies of registers from Arkansas Post and St. Phillippe Parish, as well as transcriptions of those registers. Both the copies and the transcriptions are in French. The collection also contains a letter from Wilfred Bovey to Mrs. Charles Dixon in which he discusses sending her copies of the registers. It also contains a copy of a paper Bovey presented on the Arkansas Post and Fort St. Phillippe.
Biographical/Historical Note
Arkansas Post was the first European settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley and present-day Arkansas. It was established by Henri de Tonti in 1686 as a French trading post on the banks of the lower Arkansas River. It changed locations and ownership several times over the next 100 years, but became part of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase if 1803. By 1819, it was the largest city in the region and was selected as the Arkansas Territory's first capital. The capital was moved to Little Rock in 1821. Fort St. Phillippe (Fort St. Philip) is a historic fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in Louisiana. It was completed in 1795.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas Post (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.001.007
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Arkansas Post-St. Phillippe Parish registers [photostat], SMC.001.007
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Arkansas Post-St. Phillippe Parish registers [photostat], Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
