Claiborne, William Charles Coles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...CLAIBORNE, WILLIAM CHARLES COLES 1775 1817, governor of Louisiana, b. Sussex co., Va. He began law practice...of the commissioners appointed to receive Louisiana from France after the Louisiana Purchase, and he was governor (1804 12...