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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.
Bernard Marigny and Anna Mathilde Morales mortgage, 1836 July 5.
title
Bernard Marigny and Anna Mathilde Morales mortgage, 1836 July 5.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, African American women, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, African American landowners, Louisiana, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American capitalists and financiers, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Women landowners, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana
Date created ms
1836-07-05
Abstract
Act of mortgage granted by Bernard Marigny and his wife, Anne Mathilde Morales, to the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Before Notary Public Théodore Seghers in New Orleans, Marigny and his wife declared that, by an act passed on 27 June 1836, 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. In French.
Emancipation petition of Baptiste Hazeur, Number 177B, 1836.
title
Emancipation petition of Baptiste Hazeur, Number 177B, 1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Petition of Baptiste Hazeur, a free man of color, to free the enslaved woman Louise Goungnon, who is described as a negress of 40 years of age. In French and English.
Indenture of Louis Mondelice with James July sponsored by Marie Dupau, Volume 5, Number 405, 1836 September 19
title
Indenture of Louis Mondelice with James July sponsored by Marie Dupau, Volume 5, Number 405, 1836 September 19
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-09-19
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Mondelice (described as a young free man of color of about 17 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Marie Catherine Dupau (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to James July to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Ouanille Leveque with Jean Grisard sponsored by Azelie Daunay, Volume 5, Number 407, 1836 October 10
title
Indenture of Ouanille Leveque with Jean Grisard sponsored by Azelie Daunay, Volume 5, Number 407, 1836 October 10
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-10-10
Abstract
In this indenture, Ouanille Leveque (thirteen years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Azelie Daunay (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Jean Grisard (described as a free man of color) to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Eugene Pierre with Bermudez and Co. sponsored by Marianne Langa, Volume 5, Number 394, 1836 April 14
title
Indenture of Eugene Pierre with Bermudez and Co. sponsored by Marianne Langa, Volume 5, Number 394, 1836 April 14
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-04-14
Abstract
In this indenture, Eugene Pierre (described as a free child of color of 15 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Marianne Langa (described as a free negresse), as an apprentice to Bermudez & Co. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Pierre Claude with James July sponsored by Souison Escault, Volume 5, Number 404, 1836 September 19.
title
Indenture of Pierre Claude with James July sponsored by Souison Escault, Volume 5, Number 404, 1836 September 19.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-09-19
Abstract
In this indenture, Pierre Claude (described as a young free man of color of about 17 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Souison Escault (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to James July to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Francois Victor with Henry Lathrop sponsored by Marraine Bertrand, Volume 5, Number 403, 1836 August 15
title
Indenture of Francois Victor with Henry Lathrop sponsored by Marraine Bertrand, Volume 5, Number 403, 1836 August 15
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-08-15
Abstract
In this indenture, Francois Victor (described as a free child of color of about 14 years of age) is sponsored by his aunt, Marraine Bertrand (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Henry Lathrop to learn to be a bricklayer. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Louis Isere with M. Fourcade sponsored by Etieinne Denan, Volume 5, Number 408, 1836 November 23
title
Indenture of Louis Isere with M. Fourcade sponsored by Etieinne Denan, Volume 5, Number 408, 1836 November 23
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1836-11-23
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Isere (described as a free child of color of about 10 years of age) is sponsored by his father, Etienne Denan, as an apprentice to M. Fourcade to learn to be a jeweler. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Emancipation petition of Joseph St. Amant, Number 180A, 1836.
title
Emancipation petition of Joseph St. Amant, Number 180A, 1836.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American families, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, New Orleans, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Petitions, Legal documents
Date created ms
1836
Abstract
Petition of Joseph St. Amant to free his daughter, the enslaved woman Marianne, who is described as a negress of more than 40 years of age.

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