Le Moniteur De La Louisiane

Le Moniteur De La Louisiane
"Bombalio, Clangor, Stridor, Taratantara, Murmur" (motto)
First Page of the 2 January 1804 Edition
Owner(s)W.H. Wilson
Founder(s)Louis Duclot
EditorJean Baptiste Leseur Fontaine
Founded3 March 1794
LanguageFrench
Ceased publication2 July 1814
CityNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
ReadershipFrench people in Louisiana

Le Moniteur de La Louisiane (English: The Louisiana Monitor) was the first newspaper in Louisiana. It was published from 1794 to 1815 initially during a period of Spanish occupation of Louisiana to serve the French-speaking population of the region. The newspaper was written in the French language, typically in a four-page format.[1][2]

  1. ^ Beer, William. “‘Moniteur De La Louisiane,’ New Orleans, 1794.” The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 14, no. 2, 1920, pp. 127–31. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24292527. Accessed 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Moniteur De La Louisiane ([New Orleans, La.]) 1794-1815 No. 376". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 June 2024.