now let governor william claiborne's correspondence on the campus of louisiana state university. >> iam para and i am head of special collections for l s u library. special collections is held here. special collections has a variety of different parts to it. today are am talking about an item from the louisiana and lower mississippi valley collection which is the premier collection in special collections. documents the history and culture of louisiana and the lower mississippi valley from the colonial era to the present day and includes published material like books, journals and newspapers as well as unpublished manuscripts like this volume i have here which is one of our jewels that william claiborne's letter book. this latter book was capped by william claiborne was appointed by thomas jefferson to receive louisiana from the french for the louisiana purchase. it is amazing. he was only 28 at the time and he was governor of the mississippi territory. this is the correspondence that he sent back to thomas jefferson and james madison and other officials to let them know how it was goi