Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Luis Aury, French privateer and governor of an independent republic in Galveston, Texas, from 1816 to 1817, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1995. A commission was transferred from the Manuscript Division's Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection in 1996.
Processing History
The papers of Luis Aury were arranged and described in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Luis Aury Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.