Amos Stoddard (October 26, 1762 - May 11, 1813) was the only commandant of Upper Louisiana for the French Republic and the only commandant for the District of Louisiana for the United States in 1804 during the handover of the Louisiana Purchase. French settlements and forts in the Illinois Country in 1763, showing U.S. current state boundaries. ... The District of Louisiana or Louisiana District was an official United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase which was not organized into Orleans Territory. ... The Louisiana Purchase. ...

Spain ceded the territory Third Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800 to Napoleon and France and then France turned around and sold it to the United States in 1803. However the transfer from Spain to France had not formally taken place when France sold the territory to the United States. As a result Spain had continued to govern the territory and refused Lewis and Clark permission to explore the territory forcing them to spend the winter of 1803-04 at Camp Dubois in Illinois. The Treaty of San Ildefonso (formally titled the Preliminary and Secret Treaty between the French Republic and His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, Concerning the Aggrandizement of His Royal Highness the Infant Duke of Parma in Italy and the Retrocession of Louisiana) was a secretly negotiated treaty between France... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ... Camp Dubois, near present day Hartford, Illinois, served as the winter camp for the Lewis and Clark Expedition from December 12, 1803 to May 14, 1804. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ...

On November 30, 1803 Spain formally turned the territory to France which governed for 20 days in New Orleans, Louisiana before turning it over to the United States on December 20, 1803. However the news was not conveyed upstream in the winter navigation season on the Mississippi River. Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. ...

France did not deploy and army or representatives for its brief governance but rather appointed existing leaders to represent it in the mostly ceremonial transfer. ^[1]

In the Three Flags Day ceremony on March 9-10, 1804 at Government House, at the southeast corner of Main and Walnut in St. Louis Stoddard represented both the United States and France. Three Flags Day commemorates March 9 and 10, 1804, when Spain officially turned over Louisiana Territory to France, which in turn ceded the territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. ...

Stoddard was born in Woodbury, Connecticut. He served in the American Revolutionary War. After the war he represented Hallowell in the state legislature. ^[2] Woodbury is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries French Monarchy Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida and Tuscarora tribes Polish volunteers Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain Hessian mercenaries Iroquois Confederacy Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de Gálvez Tadeusz Kościuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Sir...

While at the territorial capital in St. Louis, Missouri, Stoddard noted this about the residents: This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Nothing ever restrains them from amusement which usually commences early in the evening, and is seldom suspended till late the next morning.^[3]

Stoddard held the position as a military commander until October 1, 1804 when the territory came under civilian leadership of William Henry Harrison as part of Indiana Territory Map of the Indiana Territory Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by Act of Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4. ...

Stoddard died after acquiring tetnus after being wounded in the Siege of Fort Meigs at Perrysburg, Ohio in May 1813. The Siege of Fort Meigs took place during the War of 1812 in northwestern Ohio. ... Commodore Perry Perrysburg is a city in Wood County, Ohio, along the Maumee River. ...

Stoddard County, Missouri is named for him. Stoddard County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ...

References

• Rootsweb biography
• Moshistory.org papers