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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.

title: Tomb of John McDonogh in New Orleans Louisiana cemetery in the 1930s
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Cemeteries, Ironwork, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date Issued: 1930, 1939
Abstract: B/W photo, 1930s. Tomb of John McDonogh, 1779-1850 in New Orleans, Louisiana cemetery. Pioneer of public education in New Orleans.

title: John McDonogh Papers. Letters from former slaves, 1842-1845.
Subject: Free African Americans, Liberia, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia, American Colonization Society, Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Date created ms: 1842, 1845
Abstract: Letters written by McDonogh's freed slaves documenting their voyage to and settlement in Liberia. The letters are from George R. Ellis McDonogh, Washington W. McDonogh, Galloway Smith McDonogh, James Gray, and James McGeorge Taylor. They provide news about sicknesses among the inhabitants, the status of the crops, problems with the settlement at Sinoe, plans to establish a school, and their encounters with native inhabitants. They also make reference to R. R. Gurley of the American Colonization Society.

title: John McDonogh Papers. Land transactions involving free people of color, 1829-1832.
Subject: Free African Americans, Louisiana, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, African American farmers, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Jusson, Marie Rose, active 1830, African American women, Louisiana, Women landowners, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1829, 1832
Abstract: Acts of sale for land tracts sold by John McDonogh to Andrew Durnford and Marie Rose Jusson, who were free people of color. The transactions of 1829 and 1832 convey parcels of land in Plaquemines Parish to Andrew Durnford, expanding the site of the St. Rosalie Plantation. The conveyance of 1830 transfers land in the city of McDonogh to Marie Rose Jusson. One document in French.

title: John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1845-1847.
Subject: Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Jackson (Slave of Andrew Durnford), active 1847, 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, Fugitive slaves, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1845, 1847
Abstract: Letters written by Andrew Durnford, a free person of color, to John McDonogh regarding the affairs of his sugar plantation. The letters concern shipments of sugar that Durnford sent to McDonogh to place in the care of a broker, the status of Durnford's crops, and McDonogh's failing health. In a letter dated 1 November 1847, Durnford informs McDonogh that his slave, Jackson, has run away. Some documents are in French.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 123-151, 1827-1845.
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: 1827, 1845
Abstract: Letters written by Andrew Durnford to John McDonogh primarily concern the daily operations of the St. Rosalie sugar plantation. Other topics include the emancipation of slaves and the colonization of Liberia by former slaves. Some documents are written in French.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 185-222, 1803-1849.
Subject: McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Free African Americans, American Colonization Society, Liberia, History, To 1847, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia, Plantation owners, Louisiana, African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, African American women, Louisiana, Land tenure, Louisiana, Cotton trade, Louisiana, Correspondence, African Americans
Date created ms: 1803, 1849
Abstract: Letters written to John McDonogh by a variety of persons primarily documenting his business negotiations. Included are letters by Augustin Malet and his daughter Marie Therese Malet, both free people of color, regarding the sale of their property. Also present are letters from affiliates of the American Colonization Society (John Hanson, H. Teager, and G. Schmidt) recording McDonogh's collaboration with the group. Some documents are written in French.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 223-237, 1810-1814.
Subject: McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Thomas, Joseph, active 1809-1814, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Plantation overseers, Louisiana, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Land tenure, Louisiana, Sugar growing, Louisiana, Potato growers, Louisiana, Corn, Milling, Louisiana, Roads, Design and construction, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Livingston Parish
Date created ms: 1810, 1814
Abstract: Letters from Joseph Thomas to John McDonogh refer to frontier conditions along the Amite River and the bayou around Barbara, Louisiana. Thomas reports on plantation matters including sugarcane, corn, potato, and pumpkin cultivation. He also discusses the construction of roads, the illegal felling of McDonogh's timber, and his concerns that Shepherd Brown, McDonogh's partner, may attack the people of Bayou.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 22-48, 1805-1849.
Subject: Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slave trade, Louisiana, Slave records, Louisiana, Slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Correspondence, Slaves, Louisiana, New Orleans, History, 19th century
Date created ms: 1805, 1849
Abstract: Primarily contains letters written to John McDonogh by business associates regarding the management of plantations and the acquisition of enslaved persons in Louisiana. In one letter, John Hartwell Cocke, the prominent Virginia colonization advocate, brokers the sale of slaves to McDonogh. Another correspondent requests instructions for handling the capture of McDonogh's runaway slave. Some documents are in French.

title: John McDonogh Papers. Correspondence with Andrew Durnford, 1831-1835.
Subject: Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Sugar 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, Sharecropping, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Grain trade, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave trade, United States
Date created ms: 1831, 1835
Abstract: Letters written by Andrew Durnford, a free person of color, to John McDonogh largely regarding the status of the former's crops. The letters concern shipments of McDonogh's share of sugar as well as the status of Durnford's trade in molasses, corn, and flour. Other topics include Durnford's reliance on credit to make purchases, the high cost of acquiring new enslaved persons, and his difficulties arranging passage on the ship Harriet, which would not admit blacks on board. Some documents are in French.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 167-184, 1809-1846.
Subject: McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872, Guerlain, Lewis H., active 1784-1858, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, American Colonization Society, Liberia, History, To 1847, Slavery, Louisiana, History, 19th century, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia, Long View Plantation (Lutcher, La.), Plantation owners, Louisiana, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Lutcher
Date created ms: 1809, 1846
Abstract: Chiefly letters written by Lewis H. Guerlain (active 1784-1858) to John McDonogh concerning the management of Guerlain's corn and sugarcane plantation, Long View. Guerlain discusses purchases of enslaved persons, illnesses, and runaway slaves as well as the status of his crops. Also present are two letters by R. R. (Ralph Randolph) Gurley (1797-1872) who describes the conditions in Liberia and the legal battles facing the American Colonization Society in the mid-1840s.

title: John McDonogh Papers. Letters from former slaves, 1846-1849.
Subject: Free African Americans, Liberia, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia, American Colonization Society, African American women, Liberia, Gurley, Ralph Randolph, 1797-1872
Date created ms: 1846, 1849
Abstract: Letters written by John McDonogh's former slaves describing their settlements in Liberia. The most frequent correspondents are George R. Ellis McDonogh, Washington W. McDonogh, Galloway Smith McDonogh, and James McGeorge Taylor. Other writers are John Aiken, Julia Smith, Simon Jackson, Nancy Ann Sm[ith?], Phillis Watts, and Henrietta Fuller. The letters include details about their assimilation with the Kroo people, requests for more seed and financial assistance, praise of Africa for the freedom and equality found there, news of a visit from R. R. Gurley of the American Colonization Society, updates about a boarding school at Nana Kroo, and reports of inhabitants' unwillingness to relocate to Sinoe.

title: John McDonogh papers. Folders 238-247, 1811-1848.
Subject: McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slaveholders, Louisiana, Women slaves, Louisiana, Slave trade, Louisiana, Fugitive slaves, United States, Sugar growing, Louisiana, Land tenure, Louisiana, Infrastructure (Economics), Louisiana, Louisiana, Social conditions, 19th century, Landlord and tenant, Louisiana, Education, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1811, 1848
Abstract: Letters from a variety of persons to John McDonogh reference the purchase of enslaved persons, a fugitive slave, tenant issues, infrastructure (roads, levees, and bridges), monetary loans, plantation management, and an educational project. In one letter, P. Winfree, a planter, requests a loan to finance the switch from cotton to sugarcane cultivation and describes his group of thirty-two enslaved persons. Also present is a survey map produced by the State of Louisiana outlining the lands of James Williams, John Burr, Jean Lejaune, Paul Deslandes.

title: Nicholas Bauer Collection, 1830-1859.
Subject: African American plantation owners, Louisiana, African American farmers, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. African American slaveholders, Louisiana, New Orleans, Inheritance and succession, Louisiana, New Orleans, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia, Sugar plantations, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1830, 1859
Abstract: Primarily contains correspondence relating to the administration of John McDonogh's estate. Items include a receipt issued to Andrew Durnford for paying the principal on his loan, a 46-page memorandum concerning the disposition of McDonogh's estate, and a catalog of McDonogh's Baltimore properties, which were sold at auction to benefit public education. In the memorandum, McDonogh discusses the employment, moral education, and repatriation of enslaved persons as well as his financial and personal relationship to Durnford.

title: St. Rosalie Plantation record book, 1840-1868.
Subject: Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slave records, Louisiana, Durnford, Andrew, 1800-1859, Sugar plantations, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish
Date created ms: 1840, 1868
Abstract: The record book for the St. Rosalie sugar plantation in Plaquemines Parish includes Andrew Durnford’s business transactions with John McDonogh, lists of enslaved persons, cash accounts, and copies of a few letters concerning his son, Thomas, while a student in Easton, Pennsylvania.

title: McDonough monument in New Orleans Louisiana in the 1940s
Subject: Monuments, Sculpture, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date created ms: 1940, 1949
Abstract: B&W photo, 1940s. McDonough Monument. New Orleans, La.

title: McDonough monument in New Orleans Louisiana in the 1940s
Subject: Monuments, Sculpture, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date created ms: 1940, 1949
Abstract: B&W photo, 1940s. McDonough Monument. New Orleans, La. The Monument is pictured decorated with flowers and wreaths for McDonough Day.

title: John McDonough Statue decorated on McDonough Day in New Orleans Louisiana circa 1950s
Subject: Monuments & memorials, Sculpture, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850
Date created ms: 1950, 1959
Abstract: B&W photo, circa 1950s. John McDonogh Statue decorated on McDonogh Day. New Orleans, La.

title: History and description of the McDonogh Monument in Lafayette Square in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Subject: United States. Works Progress Administration of Louisiana, Monuments & memorials, Dedications, Sculpture, McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Schools, Wills, Public schools, Inheritance & succession, Rites & ceremonies, Sculptors, Celebrations, Philanthropists
Date Issued: [193-]
Abstract: Text, date unknown, circa 1930s. History and description of the McDonogh Monument in Lafayette Square in New Orleans, Louisiana. The article includes an excerpt from his will and describes McDonogh's inheritance left to New Orleans free schools.

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.

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