Etienne de Boré
| Étienne de Boré | |
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| 1st Mayor of New Orleans | |
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In office December 20, 1803 – May 26, 1804 |
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| Succeeded by | James Pitot |
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| Born |
December 27, 1741 Kaskaskia, Upper Louisiana, New France |
| Died | February 1, 1820 (aged 78) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Marie Marguerite d'Estrehan |
Jean Étienne de Boré (27 December 1741 – 1 February 1820) was a Creole French planter, born in Kaskaskia, Illinois Country, who was known for producing the first granulated sugar in Louisiana. At the time, the area was under Spanish rule. His innovation made sugar cane profitable as a commodity crop and planters began to cultivate it in quantity. He owned a large plantation upriver from New Orleans.
Boré was a prominent planter in the area when the United States made the Louisiana Purchase and acquired the former French territories west of the Mississippi River. In 1803 the American governor of the territory appointed de Boré as the first mayor of New Orleans under the U.S. administration.
Jean Étienne de Boré (known as Étienne) was born to French colonists in Kaskaskia, Illinois Country, then under French control as part of La Louisiane. His parents sent him to France to be educated. He spent most of his early life there. On leaving school he entered French military service in the Musketeers of the Guard, which was part of the royal household and very prestigious.
After a visit to Louisiana on business, he was transferred to the cavalry. Boré left the army with the rank of captain and settled in the French colony.
He married Marie Marguerite d'Estréhan, from one of the most prominent French families of colonial Louisiana. Her father Jean Baptiste d'Estrehan was the Royal Treasurer of French Louisiana and worked from Paris.
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