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Citizens Bank of Louisiana appraisal certificate
title
Citizens Bank of Louisiana appraisal certificate
Subject
Documents, Slave trade
Date created ms
1836-11-17, 1836-11-17
Abstract
Of the property of Honore P. Moraney, including land, buildings, animals, and slaves.
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas Territory (A general atlas . . .)
title
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas Territory (A general atlas . . .)
Date created ms
1837, 1837
Name
Grigg & Elliot
Louisiana / A Taschenbuch / fur / Auswanderer / und / Freunde der lander und volkerkunde / Baltimore, MD / Verlad [von Scheld?] und Co. / 1837
title
Louisiana / A Taschenbuch / fur / Auswanderer / und / Freunde der lander und volkerkunde / Baltimore, MD / Verlad [von Scheld?] und Co. / 1837
Subject
Immigrants, Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date created ms
1837
Abstract
Title page of "A Handbook for emigrants."
Act of mortgage granted by Bernard Marigny and his wife Anne Mathilde Morales to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
title
Act of mortgage granted by Bernard Marigny and his wife Anne Mathilde Morales to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Money
Date created ms
1836-07-05, 1836-07-05
Abstract
Before Notary Public Théodore Seghers in New Orleans, Marigny and his wife declared that, by an act passed on 1836 June 27, Marigny had acquired from Marie Louise Panis, a free woman of color, 490 shares of capital stock in the Citizens' Bank. They acknowledged that they owed on a sugar plantation situated in Plaquemines Parish, nine leagues below New Orleans on the right bank of the Mississippi. Also mortgaged as part of the property were the house, the sugar mill and ancillary buildings, an infirmary, kitchens, slave cabins, a warehouse, tools, carts, and livestock, as well as seventy slaves (names and ages given), who lived there. Edmond Jean Forstall, President of the Citizens' Bank, accepted the mortgage.
Act of mortgage granted by Hortense Lacoste, widow of Antonio Ducros, Orleans Parish, to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
title
Act of mortgage granted by Hortense Lacoste, widow of Antonio Ducros, Orleans Parish, to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana
Subject
Documents, Business & finance, Money
Date created ms
1836-04-19, 1836-04-19
Abstract
Before Notary Public Théodore Seghers in New Orleans the widow ducros declared that, by an act passed on 1836 April 14, she received from Alonzo Morphy 190 shares of capital stock in the Citizens' Bank, the value of which was $19,000. She further acknowledged that she owed the amount to the bank, and to guarantee it she gave the bank a mortgage on a sugar plantation situated in Orleans Parish, five miles below New Orleans on the right bank of the Mississippi. the mortgage covered all buildings, equipment, tools, and livestock, as well as sixty-four slaves (names and ages given), who lived on the property. The document gives a history of previous liens on the plantation.
Seth Beers letter, 1836 Aug. 20
title
Seth Beers letter, 1836 Aug. 20
Subject
Irish, Louisiana
Date created ms
1836-08-20
Name
McKowen, John, 1812-1871.
Abstract
travelogue
Etienne Mazureau (1777-1849)
title
Etienne Mazureau (1777-1849)
Subject
Lawyers, Louisiana, Legislators, Louisiana
Date created ms
1836, 1858
Name
Vaudechamp, Jean Joseph, 1790-1866
Abstract
Louisiana Attorney General, 1815-1817; 1821-1824; and 1832-1841 * Louisiana Secretary of State, 1817-1821 * Louisiana Legislature, 1823-1824 * Born in La Rochelle, France at the prelude to the French Revolution, 1777 * Employed at French law firm at age 13 * Joined the French Navy, was captured by the English and was taken to Spain where he acquired knowledge of civil law in both the Spanish and English languages * Returned to Paris in 1799 where he began to voice anti-Bonaparte sentiments * Expelled from France and arrived in New Orleans in 1801 * Spoke French, English and Spanish fluently and was a great orator * Represented Creoles who spoke only French and became very popular * Admitted to the bar in 1805 * Appears as counsel in the second and third cases reported in the first volume of Martin's Reports * Contributed to the compilation of A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans, 1808 , as he was well versed in both Spanish civil law and the Code Napoleon * Began a law practice with Edward Livingston * Won a judicial decision along with the help of Livingston, Moreau-Lislet and Derbigny, which ensured the recognition of Roman civil law in Louisiana * Married Judge Felix Grima's sister Aimée and they raised five children * Died of a fatal asthma attack at the age of 72 * Interred at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 in New Orleans * Portrait attributed to Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp in portrait dedication article
Map of the town of Baton Rouge, La., 1837.
title
Map of the town of Baton Rouge, La., 1837.
Subject
Baton Rouge (La.), Surveys, East Baton Rouge Parish (La.), Surveys, Neighborhoods, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Maps
Date created ms
1837
Abstract
In blue ink on white paper. East oriented. Typed note at bottom: 'Purchased by M. P. Robertson from B. T. Beauregard in 1882 & given by him to M. Chambers & by him to R. A. Hart. Property of R. A. Hart II. Retouched & enlarged by E. R. Nilson Map Service 1967. Scale 1" = 300' French. Dimensions in French Feet 180' French = 192' English. Conversion factor 1.0667.'
Letter from A. Ferry (?), 1836
title
Letter from A. Ferry (?), 1836
Subject
Families
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Letter from A. Ferry (?), 1836.
Registre du Comité médical de la Nouvelle Orléans, part 1: Avril 1816 to 30 Mars 1838 (pages 1-99): Directory of Manuscript pages 1 to 99, April 1816 to March 30, 1838
title
Registre du Comité médical de la Nouvelle Orléans, part 1: Avril 1816 to 30 Mars 1838 (pages 1-99)
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_ms
Directory of Manuscript pages 1 to 99, April 1816 to March 30, 1838
Subject
Medicine--Societies, etc.--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Physicians--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Pharmacists--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Louisiana Board of Health, Societies, Medical--history--Louisiana, Physicians--Louisiana--directories, Pharmacists--Louisiana--directories
Date created ms
1816, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854
Name
Comité Médical de la Nouvelle Orléans
Abstract
[245] leaves ; 28 cm.; 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Registre du Comité médical de la Nouvelle Orléans, part 2: 30 Mars 1838 to 14 Aout 1854 (pages 100-203): Directory of Manuscript pages 100-203
title
Registre du Comité médical de la Nouvelle Orléans, part 2: 30 Mars 1838 to 14 Aout 1854 (pages 100-203)
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_ms
Directory of Manuscript pages 100-203
Subject
Medicine--Societies, etc.--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Physicians--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Pharmacists--Louisiana--New Orleans--Registers, Louisiana Board of Health, Societies, Medical--history--Louisiana, Physicians--Louisiana--directories, Pharmacists--Louisiana--directories
Date created ms
1816, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854
Name
Comité Médical de la Nouvelle Orléans
Abstract
[245] leaves ; 28 cm.; 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 63-92, 1834-1836.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 63-92, 1834-1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American farmers, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish (La.), History, Fugitive slaves, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Sugar trade, Louisiana
Date created ms
1834, 1836
Abstract
Letters written by Andrew Durnford to John McDonogh, chronicling the daily operations of the St. Rosalie sugar plantation. Their correspondence predominantly concerns the status of a sugarcane crop that Durnford cultivated and supervised for McDonogh; their crop-sharing arrangements are also discussed. In three letters dated 1836, Durnford describes his difficulties with an enslaved person named Jackson. One letter is written in French.
John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1836-1843.
title
John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1836-1843.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American farmers, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century
Date created ms
1836, 1843
Abstract
Letters chiefly written by Andrew Durnford, a free person of color, to John McDonogh regarding the affairs of his sugar plantation. The letters concern his shipment of sugar to McDonogh as part of their crop sharing arrangement, his need of a new boiler for sugar manufacture, and his frustrations with enslaved persons. In a letter dated 30 January 1843, he attributes the lesser quality of his sugar to his "rascally" slaves, whom he had to "threaten" to get them "to do their duty." Some documents are in French.
Cane River collection, 1837.
title
Cane River collection, 1837.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.), Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Mortgages, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Rocques, Charles Nerestan, 1797?-1859, Porter, Jacques, active 1834-1837
Date created ms
1837
Abstract
Notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, succession records, and lists of debts, signed in 1837 by the Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace. Papers include a mortgage granted by Jacques Porter to Nerestan Roques, both free men of color. In French.
John McDonogh papers. Folders 93-122, 1837-1844.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 93-122, 1837-1844.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American farmers, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish (La.), History, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Slaves, Emancipation, United States, American Colonization Society, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia
Date created ms
1837, 1844
Abstract
Letters written by Andrew Durnford to John McDonogh primarily concern the daily operations of the St. Rosalie plantation in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Durnford discusses his views on slavery in several letters, and in one instance, he requests information about the effort by the American Colonization Society to resettle former slaves in Liberia. Some documents are written in French.
William T. Johnson and family papers. Volume 8, cash book, 1830 October-1837 October.
title
William T. Johnson and family papers. Volume 8, cash book, 1830 October-1837 October.
Subject
Free African Americans, Mississippi, Natchez, African American families, Mississippi, Natchez, African American plantation owners, Mississippi, Natchez, Johnson, William T., 1809?-1851, Finance, Personal, African American barbers, Mississippi, Natchez, Barbershops, Mississippi, Natchez, Home economics, Mississippi, Natchez, Account books
Date created ms
1830, 1837
Abstract
The cash book of William T. Johnson, a free man of color, contains a record of accounts for household and business goods purchased between October 1830 and October 1837. Most of these accounts are for purchases in Natchez, Mississippi, though some are for goods purchased in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The cash book chiefly documents purchases for food items, home repair equipment, furniture, and other items relating to the management of the Johnson family home. The book also records transactions for theater outings, musical instrument supplies, wood, newspaper purchases, marketing, and goods for William Johnson's barbershops.

Some calculations and sketches are also included in the cash book.
Cane River collection, 1836.
title
Cane River collection, 1836.
Subject
Creoles, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American landowners, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, African American women, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer (Family : Natchitoches Parish, La.), Slave bills of sale, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Mortgages, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Metoyer, Auguste Augustin, 1800-1862, Metoyer, Jean Baptiste Louis, 1800-1838, Metoyer, Marie Suzanne, 1806-1872, Metoyer, Jean Baptiste Leandre, born 1816, Metoyer, Marie Rose, born 1792
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Chiefly notarized documents including land sales, slave bills of sale, reports from family meetings, mortgage records, and marriage contracts signed in 1836 by the Natchitoches Parish justice of the peace. Papers relating to free people of color include a land sale by Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer; a slave sale to Joseph Augustin Metoyer; the financial accounts of Rose Metoyer; a land sale to Auguste Metoyer; the mortgage cancellation of Augustin Metoyer; a donation by Marie Suzette Metoyer; the mortgages of Nerestan Roques; and the marriage contract of Jean Baptiste Leandre Metoyer. In French.
Portrait of Chief Justice George Mathews
title
Portrait of Chief Justice George Mathews
Subject
Portrait paintings, Men, Judges, Supreme Court justices
Date created ms
1803, 1836
Abstract
Portrait of Chief Justice George Mathews, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
General Jean Baptiste Plauche
title
General Jean Baptiste Plauche
Subject
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Generals, American, 1810-1820, Military officers, Military uniforms, United States, 1810-1820, Plauche, Jean Baptiste, Portraits, Oil paintings
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Formal portrait of General Jean Baptiste Plauche in military uniform. Plauche was the Brigadeer General of the Louisiana Legion and commandant of the Batallion d'Orleans at the Battle of New Orleans.
Corporal Edmund J. Forstall
title
Corporal Edmund J. Forstall
Subject
New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815, Soldiers, American, 1810-1820, Military uniforms, United States, 1810-1820, Forstall, Edmund J, Portraits, Oil paintings
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Formal portrait of Corporal Edmund J. Forstall in uniform. Forstall fought under Plauche in the Batallion d'Orleans at the Battle of New Orleans. 

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