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title: Reclaiming the Gothic, Reclaiming the Criminal; or, Criminal Injustice in 18th Century Gothic Novels
Subject: Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English, History and criticism, Theory, etc, English literature, 18th century, History and criticism, Theory, etc
Date Issued: 2015-05-09
Abstract: An Honors Thesis Presented to the English Department of Loyola University New Orleans in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Literature with University Honors.

title: Pragmatism, principle, and ideology in the early American republic: Paper money and early America
Subject: Finance, Public, United States, History, 18th century, Money, United States, History, Paper money
Date Issued: 2012-05-12
Abstract: An Honors Thesis Presented to The University Honors Program of Loyola University New Orleans In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in History with University Honors

title: examination of the political implications of fashion: How the clothing of Marie Antoinette and Jacqueline Kennedy defined them and influenced the politics of their eras
Subject: Fashion, Social aspects, United States, 18th century, Fashion, Social aspects, United States, 20th century
Date Issued: 2009-05-09
Abstract: An Honors Thesis Presented to The University Honors Program of Loyola University New Orleans In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with University Honors

title: CC. Chapter 5: Slave Clothing
Subject: Slaves, Clothing, Louisiana, 18th century, Slaves, Clothing, Louisiana, 19th century
Date created ms: 1942, 1976
Abstract: The unpublished manuscript "The Negro in Louisiana" is a work begun by the Dillard (University) Project in 1942, an arm of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. After the dissolution of the unit, Marcus Christian maintained and edited the document in hopes of eventual publication. It is reproduced here as an annotated transcript, with original typos, chapters, and paginations preserved.

title: B. Chapter 1: Concessions and Forced White Labor in Early Louisiana
Subject: Slave trade, France, History, 18th century, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 18th century
Date created ms: 1942, 1976
Abstract: The unpublished manuscript "The Negro in Louisiana" is a work begun by the Dillard (University) Project in 1942, an arm of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. After the dissolution of the unit, Marcus Christian maintained and edited the document in hopes of eventual publication. It is reproduced here as an annotated transcript, with original typos, chapters, and paginations preserved.

title: BB. Chapter 2: Slave Buying
Subject: Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 18th century, Slave trade, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century
Date created ms: 1942, 1976
Abstract: The unpublished manuscript "The Negro in Louisiana" is a work begun by the Dillard (University) Project in 1942, an arm of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project. After the dissolution of the unit, Marcus Christian maintained and edited the document in hopes of eventual publication. It is reproduced here as an annotated transcript, with original typos, chapters, and paginations preserved.

title: Hospital de San Lazaro document, 1801.
Subject: Spanish, Louisiana, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Colonial administrators, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 18th century, Leprosy, Hospitals, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American nurses, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms: 1801
Abstract: Account by Juan Castanedo, mayordomo de proprios for New Orleans, on the income and expenses of the San Lazaro leper colony. Four of the five nurses are free people of color. In Spanish.

title: Juan de Castanedo list, 1795 November 30.
Subject: Spanish, Louisiana, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, African American businesspeople, Louisiana, New Orleans, Hispanic Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans, Colonial administrators, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 18th century, Fees, Administrative, Louisiana, New Orleans, Lists
Date created ms: 1795-11-30
Abstract: List of those persons who paid the one peso fee for having a booth or stall on the levee. The list includes Enrique, who is described as a free negro. The document is signed by Juan de Castanedo, superintendent of public lands in New Orleans. In Spanish.

title: Jean Claude Trénonay to Joseph Allard Duplantier, 1792 Feb. 04
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 18th century, Louisiana, Politics and government, To 1803, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish
Date created ms: 1792-02-04
Abstract: Claude Trénonay, Pointe Coupée, writes Joseph Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, whom the addresser mentions as having been at Versailles. Trénonay claims that he has kept up with the French Revolution and the new constitution (which he praises and which is also mentioned in his March 11, 1790, letter) through papers sent by European friends. He declares that he has heard of an approaching war between France and Spain that England might join on Spain's side before the National Assembly adjourns. He mentions Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal in passing. Trénonay pleads Louisiana's case in hopes that France will take its former colony back, recounting the progress there over the years and the region's potential for the future, which would include slave trading as well as agriculture and various industries. He relates some of his slave purchasing and the fact that Armand Duplantier has a third son. Trénonay states his belief that the boys should leave home for education and recounts how dismissed, mostly drunken, and vice-filled soldiers are used to instruct the colonists' children but end up only corrupting the latter. Trénonay reiterates that his health and the currency situation keep him from returning to France, and he blames the governors and intendants for ruining Louisiana. The writer discusses the 'reverend father' and mentions that the so-called person has a wife. Trénonay links the 'reverend father' to Montferra's succession and criticizes him for not writing. Trénonay refers to the recipient's pastor, Monsieur Perrin, while joking in the postscript about the addresser's 'patriotic sermon.'

title: Jean Claude Trénonay to Joseph Allard Duplantier, 1790 Mar. 11
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 18th century
Date created ms: 1790-03-11
Abstract: Claude Trénonay, Pointe Coupée, adresses Joseph Allard Duplantier, « Député aux états généraux, » Paris, France. Duplantier receives the correspondence at another Mr. Trénonay's address in Paris. The addresser congratulates the addressee on being named deputy for their province. As in the December 2, 1788, letter, the writer recounts how he and Duplantier’s son Armand differ concerning purchasing and running of plantations. Trénonay states that he wanted to rear one of Armand's sons, but the boy's parents did not want the child to live elsewhere. The addresser relates that he has three men with him, one of whom is a consoling seventeen-year-old and another is an Englishman who has been there eleven years. Trénonay recounts his failing health as well as using pareira brava root for renal colic. He relates the adverse effect on the colony's economy that paper bills have had, especially since the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788, the monetary situation and his health being the two main factors keeping him from returning to France.

title: Jean Baptiste emancipation record, 1788 August 1.
Subject: African Americans, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slave records, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, Opelousas, Racially mixed people, Louisiana, Opelousas, Forstal, Nicholas, born 1727, Legal documents
Date created ms: 1788-08-01
Abstract: A legal document granting liberty to Jean Baptiste, described as a mulatto, after the death of his master, François Marine. The document is in French and is notarized by Nicolas Forstal.

title: Marguerite emancipation record, 1788 February 3.
Subject: African Americans, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slave records, Louisiana, Opelousas, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, Opelousas, De Villiers, Joseph, born 1747, Women slaves, Louisiana, Opelousas, African American women, Louisiana, Opelousas, Marguerite, active 1788, Legal documents
Date created ms: 1788-02-03
Abstract: A legal document in which Joseph de Villiers grants liberty to his slave, Marguerite, who is described as a mulatto. In French.

title: Beltran Gravier petition, before 1797
Subject: Spanish, Louisiana, History, 18th century, Women landowners, Louisiana, New Orleans, African Americans, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, New Orleans, San Juan, Maria (Landowner), Trials, litigation, etc, Gravier, Beltran, died 1797, Trials, litigation, etc, African American landowners, Louisiana, New Orleans
Date created ms: 1788, 1796
Abstract: Petition submitted by mayor Beltran Gravier (i.e., the elder), to [the Governor of the Province of Louisiana?]. Gravier submitted a petition in connection with a suit that he had instituted against Maria San Juan, who is described as a free negro. In an effort to collect money owed to him he had attached a property belonging to her. Gravier named Próspero Prieur as the appraiser to represent his interests in the proceedings. He indicated that the other appraisers should pay particular attention to the deteriorated state of the house and grounds, which had stood abandoned for months. He disagreed with the statements of attorney Felipe Guinault who, according to Gravier, had placed entirely too high a value on the house and the auxiliary buildings. The house was poorly constructed of ships' planks and the shed and kitchen were built with rotten wood. In Spanish.

title: Estevan Miro order to pay, 1787 March 16.
Subject: Governors, Louisiana, 18th century, Spanish, Louisiana, History, 18th century, African Americans, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Fugitive slaves, Louisiana, Creoles, Louisiana, New Orleans, Negotiable instruments
Date created ms: 1787-03-16
Abstract: Order to pay issued by Governor [Estevan] Miró of Louisiana in favor of Robert, who is described as a free mulatto of New Orleans. Governor Miró ordered City Alderman Francisco María de Reggio to pay Robert the sum of six pesos from the city's fund allocated for the pursuit of runaway slaves (cimarrones). In Spanish.

title: Collection of Original Royal Letters
Subject: Early printed books, 18th century, Specimens
Date created ms: 1787
Abstract: A collection of original royal letters, written by King Charles the First and Second, King James the Second, and the King and Queen of Bohemia; together with original letters, wirtten by Prince Rupert, Charles Louis, count palatine, the Duchess of Hanover, and several other distinguished persons; from the year 1619 to 1665.

title: Letter, Villars [Jacob Villars Dubreuil?], New Orleans, La., to an unnamed Minister of State
Subject: New Orleans (La.), Description and travel, French, United States, History, 18th century, Mississippi River Valley, Description and travel
Date created ms: 1784-02-25
Abstract: Letter gives a description of Louisiana weather and an account of ice blocks in the Mississippi River.

title: L. Durand letter, 1783 August 11.
Subject: Louisiana, History, 18th century, Free blacks, Haiti, Letters, Cap-Haïtien (Haiti), Haitians, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1783-08-11
Abstract: A letter by L. Durand to his sister Géneviévé Voyart, who is described as a free mulatress living in Cap (possibly Cap-Français, now called Cap-Haïtien). In the letter, Durand discusses his safe arrival in Louisiana and inquires after family and friends. In French.

title: Leonardo Mazange financial record, 1782 February 15.
Subject: Colonial administrators, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 18th century, Spanish, Louisiana, History, 18th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Fugitive slaves, Louisiana, Soldiers, Black, Louisiana, Financial instruments
Date created ms: 1782-02-15
Abstract: Statement of accounts and order to pay signed by Leonardo Mazange, clerk of the Cabildo. The statement of accounts was for salaries in the amount of seventeen pesos six reales a day for company of sixteen mulatto and free black militiamen, who were dispatched by Pedro Piernas, Commandant of Louisiana, to capture a group of fugitive slaves (cimarrones). The company was led by Lieutenant Pierre Thomas, a free man of color. Leonardo Mazange ordered the City Treasurer to pay the Captain of the black militia thirty-five pesos five reales, as authorized by the Cabildo. In Spanish.

title: Jean Claude Trénonay to Gabrielle Trénonay Duplantier, 1781 Mar. 30
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 18th century, Pensacola (Fla.), History, Siege, 1781
Date created ms: 1781-03-30
Abstract: Claude Trénonay, Pointe Coupée, writes his sister, Gabrielle Duplantier, to announce the arrival of her son Armand Duplantier in Louisiana. He speaks of economic conditions in the colony and of plans to attack Pensacola, Florida. He mentions the Guimard family and Mr. Perrin and states that he fears Miss Masse is dead. He suggests sending mail through Paul Bureau in La Rochelle, the Poupets in Cap Français, or the Count of Aranda via the 'Reverend Father' Lag[oyais?] and the Abbé Martinet. He says that he is bringing the letter to a close so as to converse with Monferra. He asserts that he is not going to write the 'reverend father,' who has refused to answer him (despite the opportunities that Miss Masse had afforded him to do so) and who (the author has learned) has a charming daughter with many advantages in store. In a postscript, he recounts Augustin Mottin de La Balme’s death at the hands of Amerindians en route to the siege of Detroit. He refers to his stepdaughter as his daughter and says that 'Edevige' is the subject of her conversations with Armand.

title: Jean Claude Trénonay to Gabrielle Trénonay Duplantier, 1777 Apr. 01
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Duplantier, Augustine Gerard, 1762-1799, French, Family relationships, Louisiana, Colonists, Family relationships, Louisiana, Arranged marriage, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Economic conditions, 18th century
Date created ms: 1777-04-01
Abstract: Claude Trénonay, Pointe Coupée, writes his sister, Gabrielle Duplantier, about sending her son Armand to Louisiana, where the writer hopes to marry his nephew to his stepdaughter, Augustine Gérard, and to provide for the couple. Trénonay states that he has changed his mind about leaving Louisiana, conditions having greatly improved in the colony, above all in matters of trade. He mentions having lost his wife two months previously and having had no children with her. He mentions his brother in Paris at the beginning and extends his regards to the Guimard family toward the end. He offers Miss Masse, Mr. Bureau, and the Count of Aranda as conveyers of correspondence.

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