New Orleans Tale – Timeline

11.3.1762France secretly cedes New Orleans to Spain through the Treaty of Fontainebleau.
2.10.1763Treaty of Paris cedes Natchez to Britain from France.
5.9.1776Daniel Clark first appears.
9.3.1783Another Treaty of Paris recognizes United States as independent nation but Britain cedes West Florida to Spain (including Natchez).
1784Cato West first arrives in Natchez.
3.27.1785Cato West has first notarized transaction in New Orleans.
10.27.1795Pinckney’s Treaty cedes Natchez to United States from Spain.
2.21.1799Richard Relf first appears doing a business transaction with Daniel Clark, Junior.
10.1.1800Spain secretly cedes New Orleans back to France through the Treaty of San Ildefonso.
7.30.1801*John Lynd first appears in a marriage application to Rosetta Ramos.
10.24.1801Beverly Chew first appears in a notary transaction with Joseph Deville Degoutin.
1802George Pollock first appears.
1803Edward Livingston and William Simpson first appear.
11.30.1803France transfers New Orleans to United States through the Louisiana Purchase.