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title: Plat and surveyor's certificate for land granted to the Marquis de Maison Rouge
Subject: Documents, Certificates, Land, Surveying
Date created ms: 1797-06-14, 1797-06-14
Abstract: Carlos Trudeau, Royal Surveyor of the Province of Louisiana, certified on behalf of the Marquis de Maison Rouge that the four tracts of land drawn on the accompanying plat might contain thirty superficial leagues. Trudeau then gave the location, boundaries, and dimensions of each of the parcels, all of which were situated along the Ouachita River. [An English translation appears in: Mitchell and Calhoun, LHQ, XX, 305-306; American State Papers Public Lands, III, 410-411, IV, 51.]

title: Official letter from Ch[arles] Delacroix, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Citizen Pérignon [General Dominique-Catherine de Pérignon], French Ambassador to Spain, [Madrid]
Subject: Documents, Correspondence, Political issues
Date created ms: 1797-02-12, 1797-02-12
Abstract: Delacroix wrote to the ambassador that Spain's recent rejection of French proposals regarding Louisiana [i.e., retrocession] could not but have fatal results to their common cause. The possibility of an Anglo-American alliance would be detrimental to both French and Spanish possessions. In the case of Spain, Louisiana and the Floridas could not be defended against an enemy attack. The Louisianians had no love for Spain. The loyalty of the Indian tribes, long Spain's bulwark on the west bank of the Mississippi, was doubtful since Spain had ceded the area to the United States after having promised the Indians never to abandon them. The Americans, on the other hand, would attack Mexico on a moment's notice. Only the French flag planted on the shores of the Mississippi would effectively safeguard against British or American expansionism. The Prince of the Peace, Minister of State Godoy, must be persuaded by these arguments. Also it would be useful to find out from the United States envoy to Madrid the plans of his country's cabinet. [Listed in: Surrey, Calendar of Manuscripts in Paris...Relating to the History of the Mississippi Valley to 1803, II, 1690.]

title: Petition submitted by Josef Andoeza, New Orleans, to the Baron de Carondelet
Subject: Documents, Petitions, Land, Land grants
Date created ms: 1797-06-07, 1797-06-07
Abstract: Josef Andoeza, resident of Barataria, stated that severe floods during the past two years had caused the loss of much of his livestock and forced him to abandon the land upon which he was established. He asked for a grant to another piece of land in the same district and requested a certain vacant tract, which had a frontage of one league but was quite narrow.

title: Personal letter from the Baron de Carondelet, Mexico [City], to [Antonio Patricio] Walsh, [Veracruz?]
Subject: Documents, Correspondence
Date created ms: 1797-11-29, 1797-11-29
Abstract: Carondelet had received Walsh's letter of the 18th. He was disturbed that Walsh had not yet sailed from Veracruz for Louisiana with the wheat and gunpowder. The delay would be costly, for the Province was badly in need of powder. There were fears for Pensacola [its recapture by the British], which was not adequately defended. Stationing the frigate La Sirena to patrol the coast would benefit the commerce of New Orleans. On a personal note, Carondelet asked if Daniel Clark could find him a tea service with two dozen porcelain chocolate cups, as the family set had been broken in transit. Phelipa [Carondelet's daughter, María Felipa Cayetano de Carondelet y Castaños] sent regards and asked for the music to Hymne de Marseille and two other songs.

title: Stationery of the Spanish government
Subject: Documents, Letterheads
Date created ms: 1797, 1797
Abstract: This blank sheet of official paper, dated for use in 1796-97, has the stamp of Charles IV and a fiscal stamp in the amount of un quartillo (one quarter real).

title: Plat and surveyor's certificate for land claimed by Juan Bulher, District of Baton Rouge
Subject: Documents, Certificates, Land, Surveying
Date created ms: 1797-02-21, 1797-02-21
Abstract: Carlos Trudeau, Royal Surveyor of the Province of Louisiana, certified that he surveyed for Juan Bulher a tract of land covering 800 arpents, situated in the District of Baton Rouge about fifteen miles north of the fort and five miles east of the Mississippi River. Trudeau gave measurements and landmarks.

title: Military instructions issued by the Baron de Carondelet, New Orleans, in case of an attack on the city
Subject: Documents, Governors, Military tactics
Date created ms: 1797-06-05, 1797-06-05
Abstract: Governor Carondelet gave a detailed set of instructions to the officers under his command of steps to be taken at headquarters and at each of the five forts that guarded New Orleans in case of an alarm or an attack on the city. The instructions included provisions for movement of military units from one post to another, for safeguarding the treasury, for transfer of the powder magazine from the west bank to the east, for the deployment of galleys and gunboats, and for a system of alarms. Militia regiments of Negroes and mulattoes were to participate in the defense of the city, along with white units. [An English translation appeared in: Louisiana Histocial Society Publications, I, pt. 3, 35-39.]

title: Plat and surveyor's certificate for land claimed by Julien Poydras, District of Pointe Coupée
Subject: Documents, Surveying, Boundaries, Certificates
Date created ms: 1797-12-22, 1797-12-22
Abstract: Royal Surveyor Carlos Trudeau certified that he surveyed and marked the boundaries of a tract of land for Julien Poydras. The lot covered an area of 1,040 arpents and was situated on the left bank of the Mississippi in the District of Pointe Coupée.

title: Statement of accounts of Juan de Castanedo, concerning income and expenditures of the lighting system of New Orleans for 1796
Subject: Documents, Business & finance
Date created ms: 1797-01-30, 1797-01-30
Abstract: City Steward Castanedo submitted to the Municipal Council a statement of accounts of the illumination system of New Orleans. Credits included a balance from the previous year and income from an annual tax levied on each chimney in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Wards. The report indicated the number of chimneys in each district. Debits consisted of expenditures for the purchase and purification of lamp oil, for lanterns, glass panes, ladders, support posts, and other matériel, and for the salaries of the men employed as night watchmen and lamplighters. The system ended the year with a credit balance.

title: Land grant by the Baron de Carondelet to the Marquis de Maison Rouge
Subject: Documents, Land grants
Date created ms: 1797-06-20, 1797-06-20
Abstract: This item is yet another copy of the Maison Rouge grant.

title: Bill, certificate, pay order, and receipt for work done by Nicolas Duquainnay at the Royal prison, New Orleans
Subject: Documents, Certificates, Prisons, Business & finance
Date created ms: 1797-05-19, 1797-05-19
Abstract: Nicolas Duquainnay, master blacksmith in New Orleans, submitted to the Cabildo a bill for thirteen pesos six reales for repairs he made, according to an order of the Governor, on the door to the passageway leading to the cells in the Royal prison. Pedro Pedesclaux, Clerk of the Cabildo, first certified that Magaistrates Nicolas Forstall and Rodulfo Josef Ducros had examined the job and had accepted it. Then he ordered the City Steward to pay Duquainnay. The latter acknowledged receipt of the money.

title: Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-01, 1798-1805.
Subject: Free African Americans, Louisiana, Creoles, Louisiana, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Catholic Church, Louisiana, Opelousas, Corn industry, Louisiana, Bills of sale, Promissory notes, Receipts (Acknowledgments)(Acknowledgments) Merchants, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish
Date created ms: 1798, 1805
Abstract: Receipts and a bill of sale record financial transactions between Jean Baptiste Meullion, a free person of color, and the merchants Louaillier Brothers, Bougaud, and M. Vavant. Also included is a promissory note given by Martin Donato to J. Loulie, as well as a bill addressed to Mademoiselle Belanier (Belarie or Bellazaire?) from the Church of Opelousas. Documents are in French except for one receipt.

title: Note from John Stowers to John Turnbull, 1797 April 22
Subject: Promissory notes, Mississippi, Big Black, Invoices, Mississippi, Big Black
Date created ms: 1797-04-22
Name: Stowers, John

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Guy Allard Duplantier, 1797 Sept. 05
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Boys, Education, Louisiana, Boys, Education, United States, Trénonay, Jean Claude, d. 1792, Estate
Date created ms: 1797-09-05
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier writes his brother, Guy Allard Duplantier, a triplicate letter, saying he has received a letter from the recipient care of Sarpy and another care of Allard's son. He expresses his relief that the family has survived the French Revolution as well as his regret at being financially unable to send his two oldest sons to France. He discusses education in Louisiana and refers to the dissatisfaction that locals experience when they send their children to the northern United States for schooling. The writer mentions that the recipient is married and that another war is occurring. He refers to the letter from Gabrielle Trénonay Duplantier that the late Claude Trénonay kept from Augustine Gérard Duplantier and mentions a letter from Augustine to Gabrielle that explains Augustine and Armand Duplantier’s separation from Trénonay. The addresser elaborates upon Trénonay's flaws, stressing how the late uncle was greedy, detested, and vengeful toward Duplantier and others. Duplantier discusses Trénonay's succession and refers again to the probable will made in 1765 or 1766. The writer relates troubles that farmers are having with high waters and with indigo, asserting that he is switching to cotton.

title: Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-35, 1798-1860.
Subject: Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Envelopes (Stationery)(Stationery), Marriage, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms: 1798, 1860
Abstract: The folder contains empty and undated envelopes: one from the Chalmette Matrimonial Association and one addressed to Jean Baptiste Meullion, who was a free man of color. One document is in French.

title: Tierras realesegas en cos anos citados de 1797 of 1802 me dedos despraes para D i.e. Don pedro Marin de Argotè
Subject: Surveys (land), Plats, Land settlement, Louisiana, Argotè, Pedro Marin, Landowners, Louisiana, Florida Parishes, Hickey, Daniel, d.1808, Hickey, Philip, 1778-1859
Date created ms: 1797
Abstract: Title translated: Royal lands located in the years 1797 and 1802, surveyed later for Mr. Pedro Marin de Argotè. Other title: Florida occidental districto de Baton Rouge. Survey of land located along the Mississippi River in West Florida, District of Baton Rouge, purchased by Daniel Hickey and Philip Hickey during England's rule of West Florida.

title: Letter from Fredrick Kimball to John Turnbull, 1797 June 30
Subject: Cotton trade, Peer-to-peer loans, Plantation owners
Date created ms: 1797-06-30
Name: Kimball, Frederick, approximately 1746-1812

title: Letter from Fredrick Kimball to John Turnbull, 1797 January 23
Subject: Cotton trade, Peer-to-peer loans, Plantation owners
Date created ms: 1797-01-23
Name: Kimball, Frederick, approximately 1746-1812

title: Letter from Fredrick Kimball to John "Joice" Joyce, 1797 June 30
Subject: Cotton trade, Peer-to-peer loans, Plantation owners
Date created ms: 1797-06-30
Name: Kimball, Frederick, approximately 1746-1812

title: Letter from Fredrick Kimball to John Turnbull, 1797 October 17
Subject: Cotton trade, Peer-to-peer loans, Plantation owners
Date created ms: 1797-10-17
Name: Kimball, Frederick, approximately 1746-1812

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