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Inventory of the streetlamps of New Orleans.
title
Inventory of the streetlamps of New Orleans.
Subject
Documents, inventory
Date created ms
1810, 1810
Abstract
In the presence of Blas Puche, holder of the contract to light and maintain the streetlamps of the city, the inventory was conducted in the area between Quartier and de la Douane Streets. Data included were the location of each lamp, the condition of the lamp itself, the state of the supporting post, oil on hand, and lamplighters' equipment (ladders, hand-held lanterns, tin bottles).
View of U.S. Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana now known as Jackson Barracks
title
View of U.S. Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana now known as Jackson Barracks
Subject
Buildings, Barracks, Civil War (United States 1861-1865)
Date created ms
1800, 1809
Abstract
B&W photo, 1800's. View of Civil war era U.S. Barracks in New Orleans Louisiana (now known as Jackson Barracks).
Resolution of the City Council of New Orleans.
title
Resolution of the City Council of New Orleans.
Subject
Documents, Government Resolution
Date created ms
1810, 1810
Abstract
The Supreme Court had appointed a special jury to estimate the amount of land needed to build roadways from the city to Faubourg Saint Mary. The City Council gave seven reasons for its failure to take action on this matter. The Council resolved that the Mayor write the Judges of the Supreme Court to ask them to dismiss the special jury and not to appoint a new one since the Council did not intend to start construction of the streets at this time.
Receipt issued by the Courrier de la Louisiane, New Orleans, to John McDonogh
title
Receipt issued by the Courrier de la Louisiane, New Orleans, to John McDonogh
Subject
Documents, Business & finance
Date created ms
1809-10-14, 1809-10-14
Abstract
Thierry and Dacqueny acknowledged receipt of five piastres from John McDonogh for a subscription of six months to the Courrier de la Louisiane.
Portrait of first Louisiana Governor William Charles Cole Claiborne in the early 1800s
title
Portrait of first Louisiana Governor William Charles Cole Claiborne in the early 1800s
Subject
Government officials, Governors, Claiborne, William Charles Cole, 1775-1817
Date created ms
1810, 1819
Abstract
B&W photo, early 1800s. Governor William Charles Cole Claiborne, b. 1775- d. 1817. Served as first Louisiana governor from 1812-1816. First Governor of Louisiana, once Louisiana became a state.
Portrait of the first mayor of New Orleans Louisiana Etienne DeBore circa early 1800s
title
Portrait of the first mayor of New Orleans Louisiana Etienne DeBore circa early 1800s
Subject
Government officials, Mayors, DeBore, Etienne, 1740-1820
Date created ms
1800, 1809
Abstract
B&W Pen and Ink engraving, circa early 1800s. Portrait of Etienne DeBore, 1740-1820. First Mayor of New Orleans, 1803-1804.
Lithograph by Barrits of Jackson Square in New Orleans Louisiana in the early 1800s
title
Lithograph by Barrits of Jackson Square in New Orleans Louisiana in the early 1800s
Subject
Historic buildings, Vieux Carre' (New Orleans, La.), Jackson Square (New Orleans, La.), Lithographs, Buildings, Cathedrals, Apartment houses, Parks
Date created ms
1800, 1809
Abstract
B&W photo, early 1800s. Lithograph of Jackson Square in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Etienne DeBore, first mayor of New Orleans Louisiana in the early 1800s
title
Etienne DeBore, first mayor of New Orleans Louisiana in the early 1800s
Subject
Portraits, Paintings, DeBore, Etienne, 1740-1820, Mayors
Date created ms
1800, 1809
Abstract
B&W photo of painting, early 1800s. Etienne DeBore, 1740-1820. Noted for pioneering the growing of sugar cane and the processing of granulated sugar in the South in the 1790s. First mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-03, 1807-1809.
title
Jean Baptiste Meullion papers. Folder 01-03, 1807-1809.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Creoles, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Meullion, Baptiste, 1763?-1840, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Slave bills of sale, Bills of sale, African American women, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Tailleffer, Maria Louise, active 1807, Estate, Inheritance and succession, Louisiana, Saint Landry Parish, Wills
Date created ms
1807, 1809
Abstract
Financial records of Jean Baptiste Meullion, a free man of color, including a slave bill of sale for his purchase of Terry, aged 20 years, from Patrick Gurnett. Other documents include a bill of sale from Monato Company as well as receipts from M. Brunot and Richard Bailey. Also present is the will of Maria Louise Tailleffer (Pouponne), a free woman of color, giving Baptiste's family her land and several horses. Three documents are in French.
Manumission of slave, 1809 Apr. 27
Subject
Slaves, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, Slaveholders, Louisiana, West Feliciana Parish, West Feliciana Parish (La.), History, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana
Date created ms
1809-03-27
Name
Alston, Solomon
Abstract
Document manumitting a slave according to a clause in Solomon Alston's will. The document bears the signatures of 8 witnesses.
Receipt from unknown to John Turnbull, Jr. noting payment for Francis Wise, 1809 March 1
title
Receipt from unknown to John Turnbull, Jr. noting payment for Francis Wise, 1809 March 1
Subject
Financial statements, Louisiana, New Orleans, Receipts (Acknowledgments), Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms
1809-03-01
Travels on an inland voyage through the...territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Orleans, 1807 and 1808, Volume 1
title
Travels on an inland voyage through the...territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Orleans, 1807 and 1808, Volume 1
Subject
United States, Description and travel, Ontario, Description and travel, Great Lakes, Description and travel, Ohio River, Description and travel, Mississippi River, Description and travel
Date created ms
1810
Abstract
Travels on an inland voyage through the states of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New-Orleans, performed in the years 1807 and 1808, including a tour of nearly six thousand miles. With maps and plates. In two volumes.
Thomas Butler
title
Thomas Butler
Subject
State government, Judges, Government officials, Legislators, Butler, Thomas, 1795-1847
Date created ms
1800, 1809
Abstract
B&W photo, early 1800's. Thomas Butler. Judge Thomas Butler (1813-1818) of Louisiana's Third District Court, from 1818-1821 served in the United States Congress.
Acts passed at the second session of the second Legislature of the Territory of Orleans
title
Acts passed at the second session of the second Legislature of the Territory of Orleans
Subject
Law, Louisiana
Date created ms
1809
Abstract
Acts passed at the second session of the second Legislature of the Territory of Orleans, begun and held in the city of New-Orleans, on Friday, the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-third. Published by authority. 2nd Session 2nd Legislature (1809)
An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana
title
account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana
Subject
West (U. S.), Discovery and exploration, Louisiana, Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River, Discovery and exploration, New Mexico, Discovery and exploration, United States, Discovery and exploration
Date created ms
1810
Abstract
An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana to the sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun Rivers. Performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a tour through the interior parts of New Spain, when conducted through these provinces by order of the captain-general, in the year 1807.
Account Statement from Joseph Gray & Co. to Catherine Turnbull, 1810
title
Account Statement from Joseph Gray & Co. to Catherine Turnbull, 1810
Subject
Financial statements, Invoices, Receipts (Acknowledgments), Consumer goods, Freight and freightage
Date created ms
1810
Receipt from unknown to Catherine Turnbull, 1809 April 22
title
Receipt from unknown to Catherine Turnbull, 1809 April 22
Subject
Financial statements, Invoices, Receipts (Acknowledgments)
Date created ms
1809-04-22
Account Statement from James Armitage to John Turnbull, Jr., 1808-1809
title
Account Statement from James Armitage to John Turnbull, Jr., 1808-1809
Subject
Financial statements, Invoices, Receipts (Acknowledgments), Clothing and dress
Date created ms
1808, 1809
Name
Armitage, James
Account Statement from J. Newman to Catherine Turnbull requesting payment to James Graham, 1809 October 3
title
Account Statement from J. Newman to Catherine Turnbull requesting payment to James Graham, 1809 October 3
Subject
Financial statements, Mississippi, Natchez, Invoices, Mississippi, Natchez, Receipts (Acknowledgments), Mississippi, Natchez, Freight and freightage, Mississippi, Natchez
Date created ms
1809-10-03
Name
Newman, J.
John Palfrey letter, 1809 Apr. 5
title
John Palfrey letter, 1809 Apr. 5
Subject
Plantation life, Louisiana
Date created ms
1809-04-05
Name
Johnston, James.
Abstract
request payment

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