Contents:
Introduction
Alphabetical List
Chronological Index

INTRODUCTION

This guide to manuscripts collections on the history of New Orleans before 1861 covers topics such as trade and shipping; cotton and sugar; the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans; the Mexican War; and art, opera, plays and literature in New Orleans. It includes the records of residents of and visitors to New Orleans, planters, physicians, attorneys, politicians, soldiers, clergymen, educators, merchants, factors and commission merchants, banks, and businesses located in New Orleans and other states.

Materials represented in this guide include land deeds and sales, slave sales, bills of lading, papers (personal, financial, legal, business), educational materials, personal and business correspondence, diaries, poems, sheet music, photographs, and newspaper clippings.

Collections in this guide are listed alphabetically. Brief descriptions include references to sources for additional information--either the LSU Libraries' catalog, which is accessible through the Internet, or the manuscript card catalog in the Special Collections reading room of Hill Memorial Library. Still additional information on some of these collections can be found in detailed finding aids in the reading room. Increasingly, electronic copies of these finding aids can be found on the World Wide Web site for Special Collections, where you can also find information about using the collections, searching the online catalog remotely, and asking us questions.

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Abraham Bell & Co. Letters and receipts, 1841-1844. 5 items. Location: Misc:A. Quaker-owned shipping merchant company of New York City, with business interests in New Orleans. Two receipts document cotton purchased in New Orleans for Abraham Bell & Co. One letter discusses American and English cotton and freight prices, and social matters. A bill of lading and a letter document the shipment of personal goods from New York. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4675.

Account book, 1796-1799. 1 ms. vol., 1 mf reel. Location: Vault, Mss.Mf:A. New Orleans merchant. Account book recording names and accounts of customers. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1054.

Adler, Barbara. Letter, 1833 March 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter to Frau Madalina Eisenhart, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pertains to personal and family matters. In German. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2821.

Allen, William M., b. 1832 or 3. Correspondence, 1858-1863. .1 linear ft. (22 items). Location: E:3. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Farmer of Holmesville, Pike County, Mississippi. His sister, Letty, and her husband, John Houston, owned a farm in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana. William and his brother Felix were Confederate soldiers in the Mississippi Volunteers. Pre-Civil War letters from Houston discuss farming conditions, his advocacy of secession, and local social events. Civil War letters to Allen describe skirmishes in Kentucky and Louisiana, and war news such as the shelling of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Family affairs, illness and remedies, and attendance at the New Orleans School of Medicine are other topics in the letters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 701, 2287.

Ambert, Joachim. Papers, 1838-1876. 9 items. Location: Misc. French military officer and nobleman. Personal papers consisting of passports and related items (1838-1840); two letters from Baron Ambert in New Orleans; a bill for accommodations in Niagara Falls, New York; and Ambert's French military service record. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1356.

Andry, M. T. (Michel Thomassin), 1811-ca. 1871. Family Papers, 1840-1882 (bulk 1858-1879). 1 linear ft. (199 items). Location: UU:66. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 1. Sugar planter of St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes, Louisiana, and resident of New Orleans. Collection includes correspondence and legal and financial papers. Letters received by Andry's daughter Rosa from his sons describe their participation in the Battle of Shiloh, campaigns in Kentucky, and skirmishes at Camp Beauregard in the Civil War. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.Complete finding aid.

Anonymous account, 1786-1788. 1 item. Location: Misc. Account of an unidentified merchant in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 133.

Anonymous commercial journal, 1836 July-August. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Journal belonging to a son of a New Orleans commission merchant, probably a schoolboy. Day-to-day entries made while he was working in his father's firm describe business transactions, office duties, and bank affairs; and record personal observations, descriptions of merchandise, and a few local incidents. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2168.

Anonymous letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from New Orleans referring to the yellow fever epidemic. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1801.

Anonymous letter, 1851. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter written from Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, by Augusta (?), to her sister, Mrs. Sarah W. Simpson, Newburyport, Massachusetts. The letter describes the excitement in Alexandria among whites and blacks over Jenny Lind's concert in New Orleans; steamboats and fishing on the Red River; and other local news. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1008.

Anonymous scrapbook, 1855-1857, 1865-1867, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: H:10. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, mainly of poems published in New Orleans papers, and sentimental engravings. Items are glued over ledger entries (1855-1857). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3012.

Archinard, Cesario. Land grant, 1807. 1 item. Location: Misc:A. Resident of New Orleans. Land grant, signed by Luis Hector Baron de Carondelet, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, awarding land in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, to Archinard. The land was surveyed by Carlos Trudeau. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 254.

Asbury, Francis, ?-1816. Broadside, 1833 December 25. 1 item. Location: Impr. First bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in North America. Broadside printed at the Creole Office, New Orleans, of an elegiac poem written by Jesse Jennett upon the death of Reverend Asbury in 1816. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 965.

Aubert. Document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Commandant of the fortress 'Laplace'. Notarized document describing the sale of a house and lot on Bourbon Street, New Orleans, by Aubert to La Foresto (1764). In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 16.

Avart, Valentine Robert. Document, 1806. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (notarized copy) of a plantation by V. Robert Avart to Lancelot Pearson at public auction. The plantation near New Orleans was given to receivers by its former owner, Charles Latours. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 18.

Avery, Dudley. Letters, 1815 January. 2 items [photostats]. Location: Misc. Physician, resident of Baton Rouge, and speaker of the house in the West Florida legislature. Letters from Dr. Avery to Mrs. Mary Ann Avery during his service as a volunteer medical doctor with the Louisiana militia in New Orleans. Letters contain an account of the Battle of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1874.

Avet, Joseph. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (copy) of a slave by Joseph Avet to Lucien Gex, New Orleans, March 27, 1848. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 610.

Bank of Mississippi. Bill of lading, 1824. 1 item. Location: Misc:W. Bill of lading for the transport of nine thousand dollars specie, contained in an iron bound keg, to Natchez, Mississippi, from the port of New Orleans aboard the steamboat ,Tanny. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3666.

Barel, Leona Queyrouze, 1861?-1938. Papers, 1800-1950 (bulk 1860-1937). 2,614 items, 31 printed vols., 23 ms. vols. Location: UU:68-72, Q:27, X:97-98, OS:Q, 99. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 18-26. French-language writer, poet, essayist, and musician of New Orleans and New York City. Her father, Major Leon Queyrouze, was commander of the Orleans Guard Battalion during the Civil War. Papers include letters from writers and editors; literary writings and musical compositions; materials on the Anti-Lottery League; and Civil War and business papers of her father, a member of the factors' firm Queyrouze and Bois. In French and English. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1204, 1222, 1278, 1314, 1323, 1335. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Barker, Andrew S. Letter, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc. Probably a Northerner living in New Orleans. Letter to his sister in New York City describes the ceremonies which took place on the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1399.

Barksdale, William. Receipt, 1815 February 25. 1 item. Location: Misc:B. Receipt for payment for 'going as express' with dispatches to Major Thomas Hinds of the Mississippi Territory Volunteer Dragoons by order of Brigadier General John Coffee of New Orleans. It is signed by Colonel Thomas Butler, Gen. Coffee's aide-de-camp. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1670.

Barron, Charles, fl. 1840-1845. Letters, 1840-1845. 6 items. Location: Misc:B. Seaman on the ship Sharon. Letters to Barron's parents in Topsham, Maine, written from New Orleans and New York. They describe individual ships and the shipping business trade from the Northeast to New Orleans and to Liverpool, England. Included are comments on freight, ship crews, weather, and activities at various ports. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1221, 1248, 1274, 1334.

Barrow notebook, [1821], 1831, n.d. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:18. Handwritten copies of poetry and quotations by British authors and excerpts from The Spectator, Life of Pope, and Art of Thinking. Some of the writings, particularly those in pencil, may be original poems. J.C.B., 1831, New Orleans, appears on the last page containing writing. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 24.

Bayou Lafourche passenger lists, 1835-1836. 14 items. Location: OS:B. Sheets from passage book of Pierre Gabaroche, Sheldrick Moore, S. G. Moore, and P. R. Lott listing names of passengers on the steamer Revenue and probably another steamboat from towns on Bayou Lafourche to New Orleans and return. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1738.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 -Henshaw, John. Papers, 1845, n.d. 16 items [microfilm copy]. Location: Mf. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Fourteen items relating to the court martial of Lieutenant John Henshaw, U.S.A., in 1845 in New Orleans, following a duel with Beauregard; and a microfilm copy of a picture of and a broadside by General Beauregard. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T.-Henshaw, John. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 780.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Correspondence, 1858-1886. 10 items. Location: U:13. Available on microfilm: Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 2. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letters to Edward Clifton Wharton, journalist and Confederate major of New Orleans, discuss personal matters and the authorship and publication of Beauregard's reminiscences on the Civil War. Included is a letter from John Johnson, Confederate major, recalling the condition of Fort Sumter after 60 days of bombardment in the fall of 1864. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2128.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Papers, 1845-1894 (bulk 1861-1865). 144 items. Location: Mss.Mf:B, U:13-14. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Civil War letters comment on his command, discuss the role of Lee and Davis in the South's defeat, and the possible exile of southern soldiers. Also included are copies of letters and routine military dispatches by him. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 763, 780, 785.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Family Papers, 1818-1912 (bulk 1850-1880). 671 items, 106 vols. (13 ms. vols., 93 printed vols.). Location: U:10-12, F:3, O:5. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Collection includes paper and items of financial, legal, political, and personal interest. Other items include recipes; scrapbooks; pamphlets; photographs; notebooks; and some papers of the Cenas family. Included are papers on New Orleans related to railroad, improvement, and other city projects. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 601.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1854 July 19. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. [Need to find out what the letter is.] Mss. 2547.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letter, 1854 March 27. 1 item. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letter introducing the foreman of stone masonry and machinery for construction of the New Orleans Customhouse, who is being sent to Philadelphia to investigate the price of a steam hoisting machine to unload ships and to raise stone building materials. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2473.

Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893. Letters, 1854-1860. 24 items. Location: U:13. American army officer, Confederate general during the Civil War, and superintendent of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Letters from General Beauregard to Major Alex H. Bowman, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., concerning the construction of the New Custom House in New Orleans. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Beauregard, P. G. T. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 869.

Beauregard, Jacques Toutant. Letter, 1851. 1 item. Location: U:13. General P. G. T. Beauregard's father and a resident of New Orleans. Letter to William L. Hodge, assistant treasurer of the United States, requesting him to use his influence with the President of the United States to appoint his son superintendent of construction for the Custom House in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1240.

Beeman, Daniel. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Daniel Beeman requesting information concerning his brother. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Bell and Buchanan. Letters, 1833. 2 items. Mss. 222. New Orleans commission merchants. Business letters from Bell and Buchanan to firms in Wheeling, Virginia. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Bell, William R., ca. 1814-1874. Papers, 1842-1941 (bulk 1842-1874). 78 items, 2 vols. Location: C:6. Native of Scotland, mortician, and owner of Union Stables in New Orleans. Business papers document Bell's stable and mortuary and include transactions with Union soldiers occupying New Orleans. Correspondence with his family discusses economic conditions and the Civil War. Collection includes a photograph of Bell. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2117, 2118.

Belle Grove Institute. Invitation, 1857. 1 item. Location: Misc. John R. Hutchison, principal of the Belle Grove Institute. Invitation to an exhibition by the pupils and an address by J. M. Chilton of New Orleans. Impr. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Bermudez, I. Document, 1846. 1 item. Mss. 316. Judge of the Court of Probates for the Parish and City of New Orleans. Signed opinion in the matter of the petition of John L. Lewis regarding the status of sheriffs under the constitution of 1845. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1353.

Bernard, E. L. Account books, 1838-1851. 2 ms. vols. Location: F:2. New Orleans merchant and importer. Journal and letter book of E. L. Bernard, who did business with Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Missouri merchants. Many of the letters to business firms in France refer to merchandise being exported to New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 813.

Bertoli, Nicolas. Family Papers, 1807-1863 (bulk 1835-1855). 22 items. Location: U:20. Resident of New Orleans. Succession papers of Nicholas Bertoli and passports for J. B. Bertoli, merchant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 721, 737.

Bienvenue Family Papers, 1779-1907, n.d. 143 items. Location: E:19. Planters of St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Business papers of Alexandre Devince Bienvenue and Pierre Armand Bienvenue largely concern land ownership and sales in the Attakapas region, St. Martin Parish and New Orleans. Collection also includes family letters and genealogical papers. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2604.

Bigelow, Jonas. Letter, 1835 June 20. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Otis Arnold, Cincinnati, Ohio, referring to Bigelow's business of running a steamboat and flat and keel boats, loaded with cattle and corn, down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2344.

Billaud family. Papers, 1816-1868. 43 items. Location: U:20. Residents of New Orleans. Papers include correspondence documenting personal and business affairs, including the purchase and sale of skins; city and parish tax receipts; and a copy of Marie Isabelle Billaud's birth certificate. Letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 499, 1361.

Bishop, Wm (William). Letter, 1835 May 1. 1 item (4 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Resident of Mobile, Alabama. Letter from Bishop to Agents William McCauly and Nesbit in New Orleans regarding his financial assets and liabilities. Topics include property in Mobile, money owed Bishop, instructions regarding his house and slaves, and Mary Harral's education. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 28.

Black, Charles. Letter, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Black to his cousin, Harriet Houghton, apparently teaching at Danville, Kentucky, mentioning the celebration of Thanksgiving Day and that it was ridiculed by the Catholics. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1265.

Blackburn, J. Letter, 1819 January 7. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:B. First officer of a ship owned by a company based in New Orleans. The ship's chandlers were Paterson & Philpot. Letter detailing Blackburn's involvement with settling his deceased captain's affairs. It comments on the need to consign the ship to another house or company and it reports the captain's debts and credits, mentioning an enclosed copy of his accounts. This copy is not included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.Complete finding aid.

Blanchet, Jean and Marie Mathilde Cabaret. Papers, 1841-1842. 11 items. Location: Misc. Residents of New Orleans. Papers include a power of attorney, signed in Paris, France, granted by them to M. M. Thon and Lubin Garnier, New Orleans; and receipts of the Blanchets, New Orleans, for payment of state, parish, and city property taxes. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 31, 52.

Block, W. Letter, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchant. Letter from Block to a Boston attorney explaining business losses in New Orleans-Boston trade. The letter contains a list of the spoiled produce together with the name of the person or firm from whom the merchandise was received. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1493.

Boothby, Charles W. Papers, 1861-1898 (bulk 1861-1874). 1 linear ft. Location: T:19, OS:B. Captain of the 1st Louisiana Regiment, New Orleans Infantry, U.S. Army (unit organized at New Orleans, March 6, 1864, for the defense of New Orleans and the District of La Fourche), customs official, and superintendent of education for New Orleans. Remained in New Orleans after military service, participating in local politics. Personal and military correspondence, printed military orders, and quartermaster's records of the 1st Louisiana Regiment, Co. D, document Civil War and postbellum New Orleans, personal experiences, military engagements, including participation by African American soldiers, and political events during the Civil War. Later papers reflect the local and national political environment during Reconstruction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4847. Complete finding aid.

Boudar, Thomas. Document, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (copy) of slaves by Boudar to Marie Louise Paris of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 25.

Bourcier, Mrs. Catherine Silly. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. 7. Widow of François C. Bourcier. Document signed by the recorder of mortgages in New Orleans, certifying the non-encumbrance of a slave belonging to Madame Catherine Silly. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 36.

Bourcieu, Duree. Document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. A sale of land by Duree Bourcieu, also spelled Bourcier, to Collet. Signed copy with signature of a New Orleans notary. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 35.

Boutte, Baptiste. Papers, 1764, 1790-1791. 3 items. Location: Misc. Papers include an original land deed (1764) and two promissory notes (1790 and 1791), New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 38.

Bouyaud, C. Letter, 1803. 1 item. Location: Misc. Unsigned business letter dated May 16, 1803, and certified by C. Bouyaud on August 20. It is addressed to Mr. Stre. Bossier, Opelousas, Louisiana, and was written in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3482.

Bowling, L. Cotton record book, 1856. 1 vol. Location: Misc. Probably a clerk in a New Orleans cotton factor's office. Record book kept by Bowling lists the number of bales of cotton received, the names of steamers and railroads transporting the cotton, and the places of origin of the cotton. M:18. For further information see online catalog.

Bradfute, Mrs. Theresa S. Document, 1850. 1 item. Mss. 409. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (copy) of a slave, December 5, 1849, by Mrs. Theresa (Stringer) McDonald Jones Bradfute, executor of the estate of Greenbury Ridgely Stringer, to James Stuart Hart. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1351.

Braintree Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1844-1845. 7 items. Location: Misc. Company located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Letters to Jonathon Cushing, agent for the Braintree Manufacturing Company, from Washington Jackson and Company, New Orleans factors. Letters concern the sale and delivery of cotton gins. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Brazilian Newspapers: the DeForest collection, 1822-1828. 95 items. Location: 77:98. Collection of Brazilian newspapers and fliers, broadsides, and pamphlets, dating from the time of independence. Collection includes printed advertisements, an announcement for A FLAUTA MAGICA, and other items. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3074.

Brenan, J. A. W. Letter, 1855 December 19. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans businessman. Letter to his father describes his career with a counting house, trade conditions in New Orleans, the presence of large numbers of unemployed men, and recruitment for the Walker expedition to Nicaragua. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2577.

Bringier, Louis Amadee, 1827-1897. Papers, 1786-1901. 599 items and 14 vols. Location: T:96-97, F:9, OS:8, Mf. Planter of Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate officer. Bringier served as commander of the 4th Louisiana Cavalry and the 7th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. Papers include correspondence, business papers, military orders and communications, records relating to the administration of Hermitage Plantation in Ascension Parish and Houmas, Burnside, and Bagatelle plantations. Collection includes a letter (1862) telling of a woman killing a federal soldier in New Orleans; also includes papers (1786-1825) relating to the Augustin M. Tureaud family. Some items in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reels 1-2, or Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War, Series I, Part 1, Reel 13. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 43, 139, 544. Complete Finding Aid

Brion letter, 1769. 1 item [typescript copy]. Location: Misc. Treasurer for the French colonial troops at New Orleans. Letter from Brion to his brother J. B. Brion, clerk of court in Paris, on the overthrow of the French troops in Louisiana and the lack of pay for the soldiers. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 949.

Britton, A. C. (Audley Clark), 1822-1894. Family Papers, 1830-1929. 1,760 items, 14 ms. vols. Location: S:119, O:16. Banker and planter of Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include letters and descriptions of the family, plantation, and social lives in Natchez and documents specific to Britton's business activities. Miscellaneous items include photographs, autographs, poems, ledgers, and genealogies. Included are two letters to Eliza Britton written by Jefferson Davis. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 4, Reel 1. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1403, 1710. Complete Finding Aid

Brother Johnathan's own book. ca. 1850-1852. 2 vols. and 1 microfilm reel. Location: Vault:10 and Mss.Mf:B. Contains humorous drawings of travel in various places, including New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4749.

Broutin, Narcissus. Commission, 1808. 1 item. Location: Misc. Notary public in the City of New Orleans. Commission signed and sealed by Governor William C. C. Claiborne of the Territory of Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 893.

Brown, James, 1766-1835. Letter, 1824 December 25. 1 item. Location: Misc. Attorney in New Orleans who became secretary of Louisiana (1804), U. S. attorney for the Orleans District (1805), U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813-1817, 1819-1823), and minister to France (1823-1829). Letter of acknowledgment from Paris, France, to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, United States consul in London, for the purchase of a tablecloth. Includes comments on the possibility of Andrew Jackson being elected, and the popularity of France's king. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1195.

Brown, James, 1766-1835. Letter, 1827 September 13. 1 item. Location: Misc. Attorney in New Orleans who became secretary of Louisiana (1804), U. S. attorney for the Orleans District (1805), U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813-1817, 1819-1823), and minister to France (1823-1829). Letter to the director of the Royal Museum of Paris, requesting permission for three of his fellow countrymen to visit the museum at a time when it was closed for a coming exposition. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1240.

Brown, James, 1766-1835. Letter, 1829 March 31. 1 item. Location: Misc. Attorney in New Orleans who became secretary of Louisiana (1804), U. S. attorney for the Orleans District (1805), U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813-1817, 1819-1823), and minister to France (1823-1829). Letter from Paris, France, to Joseph Gales, editor of the National Intelligencer, in which he enclosed a newspaper account of an 'affray' between American and French sailors at Mahen in which a French officer and an American sailor were killed. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2261.

Brown, James, 1766-1835. Papers, 1764-1829 (bulk 1804-1811). .5 linear ft. Location: U:20, OS:B, F:9. Attorney in New Orleans who became secretary of Louisiana (1804), U.S. attorney for the Orleans District (1805), U.S. senator from Louisiana (1813-1817, 1819-1823), and minister to France (1823-1829). Collection consists of legal and business papers and correspondence of James Brown. Legal and business papers include documents recording sales of slaves and legal disputes. Most of the letters are from William N. Brown and General James Wilkinson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 44. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Bruns, J. Dickson (John Dickson), 1836-1883. J. Dickson Bruns and T. G. Richardson correspondence, 1869-1870. 4 items. Location: Misc:B. Physicians of New Orleans. Bruns was also an organizer of the White League. Letters to Richardson, General Braxton Bragg, and General Richard Taylor from Bruns; and letters to both generals from Richardson. All the letters concern a controversy between the doctors about a breach of medical ethics on the part of Bruns. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 47.

Burguieres, Jules M. Papers, 1699, 1915, n.d. 3 items. Location:78:2. Indenture (1699) and handwritten transcription (n.d.) for the sale, in Lonke escaped to Honduras after being indicted for embezzlement (1889) as Louisiana State Treasurer. Papers include correspondence describing Louisiana politics and affairs in Honduras and Mexico, including letters from prominent Latin American political figures. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 547, 620, 641, 893, 1226.

Burt, Joseph, Jr. Papers, 1856-1876 (bulk 1862-1863). 16 items. Location: Misc:B. Union soldier in the 57th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Papers include correspondence while Burt was stationed in New Orleans in 1863 commenting on military life, Confederate prisoners of war, and off-duty recreation including the shooting of alligators. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2721.

Butler, Anthony, d. 1849. Letter, 1835. 1 item. Location: Misc. Charge d'affairs of the United States at Mexico City. Colonel Butler, United States Army, served with General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Letter to Captain E. A. F. Vallette, United States Navy, requesting Vallette to carry dispatches to Peru for the Mexican Secretary of State. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1537.

Butler, Robert Ormond. Papers, 1848-1888. 1.5 linear ft. Location: S:25-26, OS:B. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 5, Reels 3-4. Medical doctor in New Orleans and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and sugar planter and molasses producer in Terrebonne Parish. Papers include correspondence, financial papers, legal documents, printed items, and photographs related to Butler's business and professional lives. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1068.Complete finding aid.

Caldwell and Hicky. Receipt, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans factor. Receipt for payment by Ramsey and Parker of a brokerage fee on the sale of cotton. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Caldwell, David. Letter, 1844. 1 item. Location: Misc. Apparently a clergyman from Virginia. Letter telling of the excellent medical attention he received in New Orleans and his desire to return to his church in Virginia rather than accept positions offered in Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2097.

Campbell, Zoe J., d. 1866. Diaries, 1856-1866. 5 items; 10 ms. vols. Location: P:1, Misc:C. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 4-5. Resident of New Orleans; daughter of James and Zoe Lambert Campbell and sister of Lambert Campbell, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Dairies document expenses, condolence visits, and piano lessons. Beginning in May 1861, they deal with the Civil War, including events in occupied New Orleans. Papers also include a funeral announcement for Campbell and a personal letter. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1274.

Canonge, B. Y. Receipt, 1842. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Receipt for legal services rendered in settling the estate of B. Y. Canonge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Carmouche, Annie Jeter, 1843-1921. Papers, 1853-1964. 5 items; 4 ms. vols. Location: W:18, H:24. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reel 5. Annie Jeter Carmouche spent her childhood in Virginia and New Orleans and lived in Saint Landry and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, during and after the Civil War. She married Emile A. Carmouche. Collection includes family letters, papers, and tablets containing Carmouche's memoirs. Correspondence relates to social life, the Civil War, and family events. The memoirs recall Carmouche's childhood, the Civil War, and the postwar period. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2878.

Carroll, Hoy and Company. Papers, 1858, 1865. 2 items. Location: Misc. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Telegram (1858) from Jesse Perkins of Jackson, Mississippi, and a letter (1865) from Fielding Brothers of Liverpool, England, to Carroll, Hoy, and Company regarding accounts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

Casey, Powell A. Collection, 1782-1972. 238 items. Location: 77:99-100, 98:. Retired officer of the Washington Artillery, the Louisiana National Guard, and writer on military history. Collection includes research materials and other items pertaining to the history of the Battle of New Orleans and the Washington Artillery; typescripts of published writings by Casey; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1732, 2540, 2712.

Chalmette, Azelie Delino, de. Azelie Delino and Ignacio Delino de Chalmette Papers, 1801-1952 (bulk 1823-1852). 47 items. Location: E:52. Plantation owners of New Orleans. Most of the collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Azelie Delino de Chalmette. Included are letters from family members, F. Godefroy of the West Indies, the Delahoussaye family, Jean Saint-Avid of Paris, and M. Cruzat of New Orleans. Letters from Ignacio Delino de Chalmette written to John Forbes & Company of Mobile, Alabama, concern Bernard de Marigny's involvement with the company. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1245.

Chaperon, Jacques. Papers, 1764. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Notarized documents describe sales by Chaperon: a house and lot to Mr. De la Clair, merchant of New Orleans; and a house and lot to Mrs. La Tour. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 64.

Charles, I. H. (Isaac Henry). Letters, 1841-1848. 10 items. Location: Misc:C. Charles moved with his family from Philadelphia to New Orleans in 1841. There he attended school and worked as a clerk in a commercial house. Letters to a cousin, John Edward Liddall, describe Charles' sea voyage to New Orleans; his secondary education in private schools in Louisiana; the presence of yellow fever; news of the War with Mexico; and reactions to a call for volunteers. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 621.

Chase, George W. Correspondence, 1846-1850. 4 items. Location: Misc:C. Resident of Baton Rouge (1846) and later of Danville, Maine. Letter to Chase by Andrew White describes his journey from New Orleans to General Zachary Taylor's headquarters at Matamoros, Mexico (1846). Baton Rouge letters from other Chase associates deal with local people and events. Topics in these letters include the new Jesuit College and visits to Baton Rouge by presidents Zachary Taylor and James K. Polk. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1310, 1398.

Chatry, Jean L. F. Document, 1831. 1 item. Location: Misc. Will of Jean Louis François Chatry, made in New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 66.

Chevalier, Pierre. Papers, 1764-1766. 4 items. Location: Misc. Documents describing the sale of a house and lot in New Orleans; the sale of several pieces of furniture at auction; a request to sell at auction a house and lot; and a resolution of the Superior Council. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 67.

Chinarel, Adolphe. Letter, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Nantes, France. Business letter from Chinarel to John and Lubin Garnier of New Orleans pertaining to the bankruptcy of Chenard Freres. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 68.

Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Papers, 1836-1877, 1902, n.d. 29 items, 1 printed vol. Location: B:10.New Orleans bank. For further information see manuscript card catalog. [need summary]. Mss. 254, 1198, 1919, 2093.

City Bank. Records, 1832-1852. 6 linear ft. Location: 79:1-6. New Orleans bank. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1785.

Civil War soldiers letters, 1863. 6 items. Location:Misc. Sam White and F. A. Belcher, Union soldiers stationed in Louisiana during the Civil War. Letters to their families describe their sea voyage to New Orleans and encampments at Baton Rouge, Algiers, and Brashear City (now Morgan City), Louisiana. Other topics include contraband slaves as laborers and as military recruits; and medical care. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3188.

Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817. Order, 1814 February 18. 1 item [photocopy]. Location: Misc:C. First governor of Louisiana. Claiborne was governor of the Territory of Mississippi (1801). He was appointed to receive Louisiana from France (1803) and served as governor of the Territory of Orleans and as governor of Louisiana. Order to Charles Tessier, commander of the militia regiment of Baton Rouge, directs him to bring his men to New Orleans to join U.S. military forces there. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2674.

Clapp, Thomas. Document, 1841. 1 item. Location: Misc. Certification by the recorder of mortgages for New Orleans that there is no mortgage in Clapp's name recorded against a Negro woman named Maria. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 72.

Clark, Charles, 1849-1936. Family Papers, 1829-1972. 1.1 linear ft. (427 items, 1 vol.). Location: UU:253-254. Charles Clark was married to Emma Fowler, daughter of New Orleans residents David and Mary Elizabeth Macbeth Fowler. In 1874, Clark moved to San Francisco, and in 1914, he became judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County. Papers of the Fowler, Nutt, Macbeth, and Clark families include personal correspondence and legal papers of Nathaniel W. Fowler and John Slidell, and personal correspondence of Mary Elizabeth Macbeth Fowler and other family members. Also included are correspondence, writings, and a travel journal of Charles Clark; photographs; printed material; ephemera; writings; and an account ledger. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3982.

Clarke, C. P. Letters, 1846, 1849. 2 items. Location: Misc. Protestant clergyman from Massachusetts. Letters from Clarke telling of his small congregation of French speaking people in New Orleans and later in Lafayette. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1493.

Close, John. Papers, 1802-1872 (bulk 1802-1859). 325 items. Location: U:134-135. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 17-18. Contractor's agent for the United States Army post at Opelousas and a cotton planter of Petit Bois Plantation, Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He had relatives in Washington County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Mississippi. Correspondence to Close as an Army contractor's agent includes letters from New Orleans merchants concerning orders for supplies and other business at the Army post. Plantation papers consist mostly of correspondence of cotton factors in New Orleans. Personal papers include correspondence from Kentucky and Mississippi and genealogical information about the Chauvin family. Correspondence chiefly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1646. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Cobb, Lemuel. Letter, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from East Sharon, Massachusetts, to L. Garnier of New Orleans, stating the cost of manufacturing raw Louisiana silk. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 75.

Cocks, John G. Papers, 1853. 3 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Grants of land to Cocks by the State of Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 552.

Colonel Cutts (Ship). Logbook, 1856-1878 (bulk 1856 February 13-October 19). 1 vol. Location: P:19. Ship which operated out of New Orleans. Its master was Jesse Snow. Logbook recording activities aboard the Colonel Cutts as it sailed from New Orleans to Falmouth, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Cronstadt, London, Cardiff, and back to New Orleans. Included is a record of men employed from shore at Cronstadt. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1022.

Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana. Bond, 1836. 6 items. Location: Misc:C. Bond no. 606 issued to the State of Louisiana for one thousand dollars by the Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana of New Orleans. The bond is signed by Governor E. D. White. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3659.

Corbin, Robert A., d. 1906. Papers, 1835-1917 (bulk 1870-1898). 1,202 items; 10 vols. Location: E:8-9. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 6-8. Land speculator and businessman of Louisville, Kentucky, New Orleans, and Hammond, Louisiana. Collection includes land sale and business papers. Civil War-era papers deal with Kentucky claims against the federal government. Post-1870 papers with business partnerships with Lucy I. Burgess, including purchase of the Melrose Dairy in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 705. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Cotton factors' statements, 1838-1839. 2 items. Location: Misc:C. Taylor Gardiner & Co. and Brander, McKenna, and Wright were cotton factors and commission brokers in New Orleans. Itemized statements from Taylor Gardiner & Co. and Brander, McKenna, and Wright record sales of baled cotton, prices, and accessory charges. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3005.

Cotton sales documents, 1838, 1839. 2 items. Location: Misc. Itemized statements from New Orleans cotton factors Taylor Gonolin Company and Brander, McKenna, and Wright record sales of baled cotton, prices, and accessory charges. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3005.

Cox, Ellen M. Collection, 1850s. 1 ms. vol. (365 pages). Location: 65:29. Bound sheet music published principally in Paris and purchased from New Orleans dealers. Includes a copy of Jerusalem composed for Louis Moreau Gottschalk and published in New York City (1855). For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2384.

Crane, Andrew E. Family Papers, 1835-1917. 1,016 items, 6 vols. Location: U:46-47, F:16. Carriage maker in New Orleans and planter in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Early papers (1835-1845) pertain to Crane's business interests as a carriage maker. Other materials relate to Crane's purchase of a plantation in St. James Parish (1849) and to a partnership (ca. 1864) with C. R. Kuneman to cultivate a plantation. Correspondence (1874) with William Little of Galveston, Texas, discusses timber interests. Later material relates to Zachary Crane and the St. Michael Corporation. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 89.

Creighton, M. G. Letter, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Family letter from New Orleans by Mrs. M. G. Creighton to her aunt in Philadelphia. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Cushing, E. Correspondence, 1848. 1 item. Mss. 1399. Resident of Freeport, Maine. Letter from New Orleans to Capt. Cushing commenting on cargo from New Orleans to Boston via Havana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1399.

Cutts, Richard. Letters, 1814-1815. 2 items. Location: Misc. Federal employee of Washington, D.C. Letters by Cutts relating information received concerning the safety of New Orleans and the British losses at the Battle of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1322.

Cuvillier, P. A. Correspondence, 1825-1826. 4 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Personal and business correspondence. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Daine, Marie J. F. R. Judgment, 1829. 2 items. Location: Misc. New Orleans Parish Court judgment and receipt for court costs in favor of petitioner, Marie Jacqueline Feliciana Rigaud, versus her lawful husband, J. B. Daine, for desertion and permission to contract another marriage. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1147.

Dakin, James H. Diary, 1847-1850. 1 vol., 1 mf reel. Location: F:16, Vault, Mss.Mf:D. Architect of New Orleans working in partnership with his brother and the architect James Gallier. Dakin designed the state capitol in Baton Rouge and various buildings in New Orleans. Diary concerns the planning and construction of the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Letters by Dakin, copied in the diary, describe details of the building and its construction. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 509.

Danglade, Pierre. Papers, 1841 January 29-February 3. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Paris, France. Papers pertain to a loan from the Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans. Included are a notarized power of attorney for John and Lubin Garnier and a letter from Danglade to a cashier of the Bank of Louisiana authorizing payment of $4,000 to J. & L. Garnier. Misc:D. For further information see online catalog.

Daquin, Louis. Document, 1835. 1 item. Mss. 94. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves of the Daquin heirs of New Orleans to August Reggio of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 93.

Daumer, Simon G. Document, 1838. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Power of attorney (notarized copy) of Simon Gabriel Daumer to John and Lubin Garnier. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 96.

Davis, Joel R. Papers, 1831-1876, 1898. 71 items. Location: UU:85. Resident of Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi. Papers include post-Civil War agreements regarding stores and supplies. New Orleans items consist of a marriage certificate (1860), an agreement, a report, and two receipts. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1518.

Davis, John. Document, 1839. 1 item [photofacsimile]. Location: Misc. Manager of the Orleans Theatre and the French Opera House in New Orleans. Last will of John Davis signed at Mandeville, Louisiana. In French. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Dawson & Pipkin Bills of Lading, 1847-1849. 1 v. Location: M:22. Commission merchants of New Orleans, La. Approximately 220 bills of lading were printed as forms, completed by hand, and bound in a single volume arranged chronologically from December 1847 to March 1849. The bills specify the shipper (always Dawson & Pipkin), the vessels, their captains, ports of destination, cargoes, and other information. For additional information see online catalog. Mss. 4974.

Dawson and Pipkin. Receipts, 1847-1850. 21 items. Mss. 2950. Cotton planters. Receipts from New Orleans merchants reflect cotton sales and purchases of plantation supplies. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss.1048.

Dawson, John B. Letter, 1843. 1 item. Location: B:13, OS:D, Mf. Request to the editor of the District School Journal, New York, to send eight copies of the School Journal to New Orleans, and enclosing payment. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

De Bordes Family Papers, 1765-1822. 106 items. Mss. 2246. Papers relating to land holdings and the operation of sugar and coffee plantations in Haiti and Santo Domingo; slave insurrections and the life of refugees from them in New Orleans; and decisions and decrees relating to trade, commerce, and emigration. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

De La Vergne family. Papers, 1751-1972. 1 ft. and 1 reel of microfilm. Location: 11:21, O:22, Mf. Family of lawyers, planters, and businessmen of New Orleans. Correspondence, military papers, genealogical material, and other papers include material on banking and finance, the Consolidated Association of the Planters of Louisiana, defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812, and Jefferson College. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2642.

DeBlanc, Charles. Slave bills of sale and memorandum, 1835-1854. 3 items. Location: Misc:D. French-speaking slave owner of New Orleans. Papers include slave bills of sale of Charles DeBlanc to Auguste and Octave Reggio of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and an undated memorandum to Luis DeBlanc. Slave bills of sale in French, memorandum in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 100.

Deflandren, Jean B. Document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of land and house of Jean Baptiste Deflandren. In French. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Degruy, P. H. O. Document, 1844. 1 item. Mss. 104. Resident of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves to Madame Charles H. Delery of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 103.

Deiler, J. Hanno. Items, 1840, ca. 1904. 4 items. Location: Mf. Former professor of German at Tulane University, New Orleans. Microfilm copies of two articles, concerning German immigration to Webster Parish, Louisiana, and to Texas, by J. Hanno Deiler, and a related newspaper clipping; and a copy of The Native American, March 28, 1840. For further information see manuscript card catalog. 

Delassus, Carlos Dehault. Diary, 1836 December. 1 vol. Location: M:20. Civil, military, and political commandant of New Madrid, Missouri. Typescript of the diary records Delassus' trip from New Orleans to St. Louis, Missouri, and his return. Entries made during his stay in St. Louis mention names of local residents and record business transactions and visits with friends and family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 729.

Delbondio, Fred. Letter, 1860. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans commission merchant. Letter addressed to Messrs. Decker & Mann, Jasper, concerning current market prices for coffee, eggs, molasses, and white beans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3416.

Demolliens, Alexander. Papers, 1839, 1840. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Paris, France. Papers pertain to the settlement of an account of François Verrier, merchant of New Orleans, and include a power of attorney to Aumont Thieville & Company, Paris, and a letter to John and Lubin Garnier, New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 108.

Denman, Rolph M. Document, 1854. 1 item. Location: Misc. 7. Resident of New Orleans. Document giving power of attorney to I. Marsh Denman for the sale of a slave to A. Borron. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 109.

Dennis, W. C. Letters, 1852. 2 items. Location: Misc. Business letters from New Orleans praising Bridgewater Paint, and mentioning an intended trip to Key West and from Mobile ordering sacks of salt and noting the demand for same, due to floods and consignment loss. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 850.

DeReggio receipt, 1780. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for an appointment in New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1350.

Desmontis, Mary. Letter, 1792. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from Orrillard, of Nantes, France, giving instructions for shipment of goods from New Orleans to France, and commenting on political and military events in Europe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1171.

Dissard, Mr. Letter, 1805. 1 item. Location: Misc. Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, New Orleans. Letter from Mr. Dissard to A. Douce, head of the Lodge in Lafayette, Louisiana, about raising a subscription for a monument to George Washington. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 116.

Doire, Robert. Document, 1783. 1 item [photostat]. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Notarized document by Doire granting liberty to his slave, Santiago Durham. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 778.

Doriocourt, A. D. Receipts, 1841, 1854. 4 items. Location: Misc. Payments made for city taxes in the Second District, New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Douglas, Emily Caroline, b. 1840. Papers, 1855-1913 (bulk 1855-1868). 9 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol. Location: U:49, Mss.Mf:D. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 8-9. Connecticut native and resident of Louisiana and Mississippi. Autobiography, diary, and writings describe life in New England; with her brother, the Rev. William Kirtland Douglas, near Natchez, Mississippi, during the Civil War; at New Iberia, Louisiana; in various Mississippi towns; and in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 566.

Dreux, Marie N. Document, 1801. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Will of Marie N. Dreux. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 122.

Drouillard, Jean Baptiste. Family Papers, 1794-1901, n.d. 165 items and 2 microfilm reels. Location: Mss.Mf:D and S:121. Planter of Santo Domingo and of New Orleans. Letters and documents concern labor and economic conditions on Santo Domingo after the rise to power of Toussaint l'Ouverture in 1793, and the lives of exiles from the island who resettled in the United States. For further information see online card catalog. Mss. 2590. Complete Finding Aid PDF | HTML. /p>

Duclos family. Records, 1855-1876. 3 ms. vols. Location: F:17. French-speaking African American family in New Orleans that operated a furniture store and a liquor shop. Two volumes contain accounts for the furniture and liquor stores; a third volume contains miscellaneous notes. There is also a photograph of a black woman. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 689.

Ducrest, Louise. Account, 1764 April 15. 1 item. Location: Misc. . Account between Louise Ducrest and Geneste Courant listing clothing, books, etc., New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 124

Duhart, Jean, fl. 1797-1805. Accounts and inventory, 1797-1805. 3 items. Location: Misc: D. Jean Duhart was possibly a store owner in New Orleans, La., or Acadia Parish. Lists people and amounts owed to Duhart for 1801-1805. Records for Nicholas Gravier's account with Duhart lists items purchased and amounts for 1797-1805. Inventory of goods, made by Judge Michel Cantrelle on June 29, 1805 at the request of Duhart and Jean Baptiste Poeyfarre. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4868.

Dunbar, Elijah. Correspondence, 1850, 1851. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Canton, Massachusetts, and a boarder living in New Orleans, employed by a music dealer. Correspondence includes a letter by William T. Mayo of New Orleans, stating makes and number of pianos sold; and a letter by H. Waring, New Orleans, commenting on various people at Dunbar's boarding house. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1337.

Dunbar, Elijah. Letters, 1851. 3 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Canton, Massachusetts, and a boarder living in New Orleans, employed by a music dealer. Letters by Dunbar to his sister, Miss Chloe Dunbar, of Canton, Massachusetts, describing his religious, social, and business activities. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 985, 991.

Duncan, Lucius C. Letter, 1822. 1 item. Location: Misc.Resident of New Orleans. Letter by Duncan to Rufus Flynt, who had befriended him while at school in Monson, Massachusetts, tells of visiting at the cotton plantation of his uncle, Colonel Abner Duncan, near Baton Rouge. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1334.

Duneau, William H. Letter, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter from New Orleans to Messrs. Charles and William D. Crooker, of Bath, Maine, concerning shipping from New Orleans to New York. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1399.

Duran document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Document dealing with property in New Orleans. In French. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under De la Moitre, Duran. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 102.

Eager, William Blake, 1824-1890. Papers, 1848-1863-1865, 1874-1900. 21 items. Surgeon in the 162nd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Letters concern service in military hospitals in Carrollton (now part of New Orleans) and Franklin, Louisiana; the siege of Port Hudson; and the Red River campaign. Other materials deal with Eager's medical education and a European tour in 1877. Mss. 2826.

Eastman, Edward. Letters, 1846. 5 items. Location: Misc. Printer and an officer in the Nashville Blues, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers. Letters by Eastman to his family in New Hampshire including one from Nashville, Tennessee, two from New Orleans, and one from Mexico. There is also a letter from his former landlady, telling of his death. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1363.

Eder, Joseph and Rosina. Letter, 1854. 1 item. Location: Misc. Account of the journey of Joseph and Rosina Eder from Teisendorf, Germany, to Nacogdoches, Texas, by way of Bremen, Germany, and New Orleans. In German. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 469.

Edwards, Clara LaFargue. Family scrapbook, 1849-1851. 1 vol. Location: 5. Resident of Marksville, Louisiana. Volume of miscellaneous newspaper clippings from the Opelousas Gazette, the St. Landry Whig, the New Orleans Daily Delta, and the Louisville Journal. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2959.

Edwards, Marianne. Letters, 1855-1866 (bulk 1855-1863). 72 items. Location: U:239. Marianne Edwards, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, was the wife of Guy M. Edwards, a Massachusetts sea captain. She took voyages from Boston to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Letters concern voyages to New Orleans, France, and Spain, among others. Letters (1862-1863) about a voyage along the lower Mississippi River, describe conditions during the Union occupation of New Orleans and the Battle of Port Hudson. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1850.

Egan, J. S. Family Papers, 1850-1893, n.d. 28 items. Location: UU-R>118; OS:E. Resident of New Orleans. Papers contain Civil War letters from Virginia and Port Hudson, Louisiana, commenting on the people of New Orleans immediately prior to the surrender of the city and Union Sympathizers during the Union occupation. Included are antebellum letters telling of social conditions in San Francisco, California, following the Gold Rush; medical practice in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; and travel in Europe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1467.

Egana, Juan Y. de. Papers, 1851c on the river and recent presence of 'sickness' in the city. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3199.

Ellis, E. John and Thomas C. W. Family Papers, 1829-1936 (bulk 1870-1920). 9.3 linear ft., 72 vols. Location: U:52-65, G:5. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 21-22. Sons of Ezekiel Parke Ellis, a judge and state legislator from Amite, Louisiana. E. John and Thomas C. W. Ellis were practicing attorneys who were active in Louisiana politics. Both men served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and business papers of three generations of the Ellis family. Civil War correspondence includes letters by E. John Ellis from prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Politics occupies a large place in the correspondence and speeches of 1856-1861 and in the correspondence of the Reconstruction period. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 136. Complete finding aid (PDF)

Ellis, Hazel and Nellie. Family Papers, 1848-1938 (bulk 1903-1911). 5,451 items, 9 ms. vols. and 6 printed vols. Location: U:67-90, G:5. Personal correspondence and papers of the Caswell Prewitt Ellis family of Montgomery, Alabama, and New Orleans consisting mainly of letters among family members centering about Hazel and Nellie, daughters of Caswell P. Ellis. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 467. Complete Finding Aid

Ellis, J. M. Letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Letter by J. M. Ellis to his sister, Mrs. Samuel T. Tisdale of New York City, telling of a visit at the home of Samuel Judd on Long Island, New York, and that his financial situation in New Orleans did not warrant cultivating society people. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1363.

Escoffier, Francois. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Free man of color. Petition of Francois Escoffier to the president and members of the council of the second municipality of New Orleans for the remission of a fine imposed upon him for selling liquor to a slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 137.

Esquire, Aleise. Tax receipt, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc.Owner of a New Orleans coffee house. Parish tax receipt of Aleise Esquire. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1919. < /P>

Eversol, Samuel. Letter, 1833 June 2. Location: Misc. Letter mentions outbreak of Asiatic cholera in New Orleans and along the Mississippi River. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2873.

Farar, Benjamin. Papers, 1773-1826 (bulk 1820-1826). 56 items (on 1 microfilm reel). Location: Mss.Mf:F. Planter of Laurel Hill Plantation near Natchez, Mississippi. Papers include personal and business correspondence (1820-1826) related to family matters, plantation operations, and social life in New Orleans. Includes some land grants in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1364.

Featherston, Richard. Document, 1849. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of Madison Parish, Louisiana. Sale (notarized copy) of land and slaves of Richard Featherston to Henry R. W. Hill of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 668.

Fink, John D. Will, 1860. 1 printed vol. Location: Impr. Printed opinion of Messieurs Coin Delisle Paillard de Villeneuve on the validity of the disposition contained in the will of Mr. Fink providing for the construction and support of an asylum in New Orleans for the benefit of Protestant widows and orphans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Fisher, Jacob. Letter, 1850. 1 item. Location: Misc. Postmaster of the Village Post Office, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Typewritten copy of a letter from Fisher to his brother, Frederick Fisher, describing his trip from New Orleans to San Francisco by schooner and the economic and social conditions in Sacramento, following the discovery of gold in California. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1082.

Flanders, Benjamin F., 1816-1896. Papers, 1827-1889 (bulk 1864-1875). 863 items. Location: U:109-112. Governor of Louisiana and mayor of New Orleans during Reconstruction. Flanders came to New Orleans from New Hampshire in 1843, left at the outbreak of the Civil War, and returned in 1862. Official papers and letters, including Civil War correspondence with a variety of Union military and political leaders. Collection also documents other federal posts held by Flanders, including U.S. representative and U.S. assistant treasurer. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 671.

Flower and Finley. Receipt book, 1817-1820. 1 vol. Location: G:3. Commission merchants of New Orleans. Receipt book of Flower and Finley containing records of transactions with clients in the Felicianas. East Feliciana Parish Archives Collection. Records introduced as evidence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1100.

Fluker, David J. Papers, 1839-1867. 54 items. Location: E:3. Resident of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Estate papers of David J. Fluker consist of business papers to his wife I. Ann Fluker. A letter from Fellowes and Company, New Orleans, urges sale of the plantation 'Isabella Place,' 1856. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 727.

Fontenot, Ozeme, 1846-1928. Family Papers, 1834-1949. 1148 items; 49 ms. vols.; 5 printed vols. Location: UU:190-194; O:21;0S:F. Planter of Grand Prairie, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Plantation, business records, correspondence of Ozeme Fontenot and family. Some relate to the marriage and divorce of daughter Alma Parker, and to her hospitalization in New Orleans. Papers also deal with United Confederate Veterans activities. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 2, Reels 3-6. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3248. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Forstall, Nicolas. Letter, 1790. 1 item. Location: Misc. Spanish colonial official in New Iberia. Official letter from Nicolas Forstall to Estevan Miro requesting authorization and funds to repair a road to New Orleans in the vicinity of Bayou Courtableu. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 382.

Fourchy, Alexandre François, 1787-1854. Family Papers, ca. 1848-1908, n.d. 185 items and 2 pamphlets. Location: U:117. Lawyer and writer of New Orleans. Family papers consist of correspondence and related items (1891-1895); family and religious cards; and 66 New Orleans trade cards. Included is a copy of Fourchy's Quelques Mots, a literary work dedicated to the memory of Napoleon I. Partly in French and in Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1692, 1694.

Fraly, James J. Letter, 1854 May 25. 1 item. Location: Misc.:F. Letter by James Fraly written from New Orleans to Mary S. Fraley in Hamburg, Tennessee, concerns clear title to the ownership of a slave. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3802.

Freeman, Theophilus. Document, 1839. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of slaves (notarized copy) of Theophilus Freeman to François A. Tete of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Freemasons. St. James Lodge, No. 47 (Baton Rouge, La.). Records, 1819-1957. 6.5 linear ft., 4 microfilm reels. Location: 33:29-32, Mss.Mf:F. St. James Lodge was formed in 1844 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, New Orleans. Records include minutes, membership files, financial records, and correspondence between St. James and other lodges and related societies (such as Knights Templar and Odd Fellowships) throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2860. Complete finding aid.

French Society of New Orleans. Papers, 1851-1947 (bulk 1872-1891). 5 items, 4 ms. vols., and 3 printed vols. Location: U:114, F:8. New Orleans organization. Certified copies of minutes of the General Assembly of the Société francaise de bienfaisance et d'assistance mutuelle (forerunner to L'athénée louisianais), minute book of the Committee of Thirty, registers of tombs, and printed histories and reports. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 318, 1012.

Fulton, J. Alexander. Diary, 1854-1855. 2 ms. vols. Location: Mf.. Microfilm copy of diary and observations of J. Alexander Fulton of a trip from the Eastern section of the United States, through Midwestern states and via the Mississippi River and New Orleans, to Texas and return. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1643

Garig, William Wallace, 1839-1908. Family Papers, 1858-1953. 594 items; 10 ms. vols.; 2 printed vols. Location: 7:58-59. Businessman and poultry breeder of Baton Rouge. His daughters Mercedes and Louise were both members of the LSU English Department faculty. Papers consist of correspondence pertaining to plantation work and social life in antebellum Louisiana; education of children, including that provided at LSU; social life in 20th-century Baton Rouge; and religion. Included are Garig's Civil War diaries and the papers of his daughters. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2993

Garland, Henry L., 1866-1970, Collection, 1857-1901, n.d. 17 items and 24 ms. vols. Location: Misc., N:3-4. New Orleans lawyer and native of Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Professional records consisting of abstract of titles prepared from St. Tammany Parish records; index to St. Tammany conveyance records; and legal file on the case of Emmett T. Moody and Louis T. Heintz versus Zachariah Strain and Mrs. W. C. Heintz. Collection also includes an index to Garland's personal library and a list arranged alphabetically under subject and/or author. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Garland, Henry L. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1788, 1978.

Garnier, John and Lubin. Papers, 1820-1859, n.d. 371 items. Location: U:121. New Orleans commission merchants. Letters and miscellaneous accounts. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 155, 752.

Gayarre, Charles, 1805-1895. Letters and miscellanea, 1853-1929 (bulk 1882-1894), n.d. 75 items and 5 printed vols. Location: UU:119. Louisiana historian, jurist, and statesman. Papers include letters and other materials of Charles E. A. Gayarre. Letters, principally by Gayarre to Edward C. Wharton, comment on literary and personal matters. Other materials include newspaper articles and printed items pertaining to writings by Gayarre and Wharton. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Gayarre, Charles E. A. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1553.

Geo. Limerick & Co. Letter: Vicksburg, Miss., to Lockhart, Fearn and Donegan, Madisonville, Miss., 1842 March 19. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:G. Shipping company which operated along the Mississippi River, with ports in New Orleans and Vicksburg, Mississippi. It shipped cotton to the Madisonville, Mississippi, merchants Mr. Lockhart, Mr Fearn, and Mr. Donegan. Letter to Lockhart, Fearn, and Donegan denies responsibility for water damage to bales of cotton the company took aboard its ship Vicksburg. Included is an earlier letter (copy) to the merchants also stating the cotton was damaged prior to shipment. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892. Papers, 1848-1891. 164 items. Location: A:56. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 6. Confederate general and New Orleans lawyer, later a United States representative and senator from Louisiana. Papers include letters written from Yale University as a student; Civil War papers from the 13th Louisiana Regiment; a copy of a letter from his sister Eleanora describing New Orleans in 1861; and mortgages and leases for various properties. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2402, 2412, 2423.

Gillie & Co. Receipt, 1845. 1 item. Location: Misc:G. Receipt to Gillie & Co. for labor in a New Orleans chain gang performed by a slave named William. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4660.

Girard, ET. Receipts, 1851. 2 items. Location: Misc. Tax receipts issued to the Et. Girard from the city of New Orleans, Municipality No. 3. On the reverse side the location of the property is noted. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1361.

Girard, M. D. Account books, 1847-1874. 2 vols. Location: G:8. French teacher in New Orleans. Journal recording pupils and income received for her lessons; record book including lectures contributed by members of her salon in 1865, and questions and answers asked at seances which she conducted. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 502.

Girault, Auguste, b. 1790 or 91. Papers, 1808-1845. 12 items. Location: Misc:G. Music professor in New Orleans. Girault (earlier known as Giraud) was a native of Nantes, France. Papers include passports, a discharge from military service, and correspondence, among it a letter from Dulisse Alleye recalling two years spent in prison with Girault. In French, one item in Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1145.

Girod, Joseph. Papers, 1816-1899 (bulk 1830-1880). 588 items, 6 ms. vols. Location: U:133, G:8. Native of France and planter of St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, and nephew of Nicholas Girod, first elected mayor of New Orleans. Joseph Girod's brother, Francis Girod, lived in Paris, France, and New Orleans. Papers include letters from Francis Girod, some of them related to the estate of Nicholas Girod, which provided for the aid of New Orleans orphans of French parentage. Plantation journals (1838-1877) and a letter book (1825-1832) are also included. In French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 838, 853.

Golsan Brothers. Papers, 1845, 1866-1876. 15,645 items, 102 ms. vols. Location: UU:199-210, G:8-10, 915:. New Orleans cotton factors and agents for the DuBois cotton gin, doing business with merchants, and commission firms in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Business papers of Golsan Brothers consisting chiefly of bills and receipts for merchandise, printing, and advertising; waybills; invoices for cotton purchased; bank checks; trial balance sheets; telegrams; statements of account; and correspondence. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 501.

Gordon Family Papers, 1848-1857. 50 items. Location: Misc:G. Owners of Woodland Plantation in Port Gibson, Mississippi, where they raised cotton. Papers mainly consist of receipts for cotton shipments and invoices for purchases in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4666.

Gordon, Forstall, and Co. Account and correspondence, 1832 April - 1832 June. 1 item. Location: OS:G. Gordon, Forstall, and Co. were merchants in New Orleans, La. with in Mexico that dealt in items such as sugar and woolens. Manuscript copies of multiple letters and financial statements from 1832 exchanged between the merchants representing Gordon, Forstall, and Co. in Mexico, and the office in New Orleans refer to stock status, account information, foreign relations, poor sales, the political climate in Mexico, and how smugglers and imposed taxes by the local government were making business increasingly difficult. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4857.

Gordon, Martin. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc.Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Gordon to Francis P. Blair, editor of the Washington Globe, stating that a voluntary contribution of one thousand dollars is enclosed for the support of Blair's newspaper. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1240.

Gove, A. D. Letters, 1838, 1839. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letters to Gove's brother of Kensington, New Hampshire, mentioning the high prices of provisions in the markets of New Orleans; the seriousness of the yellow fever epidemic in the country as compared to the city; and a trip from Boston to New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1256.

Graham, James, notary public. Papers, 1860-1883. 57 items. Location: A:57. Notary public and an auditor of public accounts in New Orleans and a marshal of the District Court of the United States of the Eastern District of Louisiana. Official papers consist of duplicate certificates of deposit of funds obtained from the sales of ships, tackle, cargo, and other goods condemned as prizes of war by the admiralty proceedings in the District Court during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1031.

Grant, Kate K. (Kate Kingston). Papers, 1794-1960. 1 linear ft. Location: W:20-21. Writer of Grant Parish, Louisiana. Collection contains Grant's literary writings--unpublished novels, short stories, and plays set in Louisiana; they include information about ante-bellum New Orleans and the Colfax riot of 1873. Also includes papers of the Layssard family. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2875.

Great Falls Manufacturing Company. Correspondence, 1834-1842. 23 items. Location: Misc. Company located in Boston, Massachusetts. Letters to George H. Kuhn, treasurer, of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company pertaining to purchase of cotton from New Orleans factors for New England textile mills. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Guion, Lewis, 1838-1920. Record books, 1859-1865. 2 ms. vols. Location: U:238. Lawyer in Thibodaux and New Orleans, Louisiana. Guion was an officer in the Confederate army in the Civil War, and later established a sugar planting partnership with his brother-in-law, Francis T. Nicholls. Two record books, one containing law examination questions from the University of Virginia, French language notes, and cash entries. The second is an official record book of Company H of the 26th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. Some notes in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1903.

Gumbel, Simon. Family Papers, ca. 1851-1949. 2.5 linear ft.Location: P:21-22. Resident of New Orleans. Comprised almost entirely of property tax receipts for city, parish and state taxes; remaining papers consists of three stock certificates and personal legal papers. Also includes the records of the Sophie L. Gumbel Home, comprised of correspondence, printed items, financial and administrative records. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1490. Complete finding aid.

Gurley, John W. Papers, 1858-1866. 81 items. Location: U:145. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B Reel 6 and Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 13. Attorney of New Orleans. Gurley and his wife Rosa were registered as enemies of the United States during the Civil War but were excused after they signed oaths of amnesty. The majority of letters are from Edward G. Stewart, a planter of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Papers of the Civil War period include claims the Gurleys were enemies of the United States, their oaths of allegiance, and letters confirming their loyalty. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 507. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Hacker, P. Correspondence, 1830-1831. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Hacker written from St. James Parish and Iberville Parish, Louisiana, to his wife, Emilie, telling of sending money and produce; commenting on business conditions and the high rate of interest in the city; and requesting news of his family. Included is a letter from Charles Maillot to P. Hacker requesting permission to marry Hacker's daughter. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1171.

Hadden, H. H. Receipts, 1852, 1854. 2 items. Location: Safe:8. Receipts for payment by D. McDonald, New Orleans, for repairs to a building. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Hagan, John. Papers, 1833-1848. 6 items. Mss. 1485. New Orleans merchant. Papers pertain to Hagan's connection with land transactions of General Lafayette, John McDonogh, Zachary Taylor, and Josiah Coghill. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1361.

Hale Correspondence, 1843, 1845. 4 items. Location: Misc. Business letters from New Orleans to New York City and to Alliance Mutual Company, New York. Letters (1845) comment on problems getting the required amount of cargo for a ship sailing to New York. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404, 1417.

Hall, Edward. Papers, 1826-1829. 7 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letters to Hall from friends. Part in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Hall, Samuel. Letter, 1843 March 3. 1 item. Location: Misc. Boston factor. Letter from Captain Albert Winsor, New Orleans, contains an account of expenses for barque Nahant. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1404.

Hamilton, William Sutherland, 1789-1867?. Family Papers, 1766-1942 (bulk 1780-1884). 4 linear ft., 16 vols. Location: T:82-87, H:21, UU:148, OS:H. U.S. Army officer under General Wade Hampton, planter of Holly Grove Plantation, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, and politician who served on the first board of trustees for the College of Louisiana and a term in the Louisiana legislature. Papers reflect the administration of U.S. Army troops in the Territory of New Orleans and give an inclusive picture of national and Louisiana politics. Included are descriptions of Southern college facilities and curricula and early medical treatments. The papers also document conditions in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, land speculation in Texas, and various aspects of plantation life and economy. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1029, 3167.

Haron, Louis. Papers, 1764. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Papers pertaining to the disposal of Haron's estate including auction sales of land and slaves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 171.

Hawkins, J. E. (Josiah Edwin). Papers, 1857-1929 (bulk 1880-1900). 6.7 linear ft. (4,464 items, 135 ms. vols., 52 printed vols.). Location: UU:309-315, J:8-9, OS:H, 98:H. Physician, surgeon, and farm owner in Bayou Chicot, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. Hawkins was originally from Georgia and first practiced medicine in Columbia City, Arkansas. Collection includes professional, business, and personal papers related to Hawkins' medical career. Papers include medical daybooks, plantation diaries, financial records, maps, and newspapers from New Orleans and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 982.

Heineken, C. W. Letters, 1810, 1811. 2 items [photocopies]. Location: Misc. Letters written from New Orleans to Heineken's parents in England describe the sea voyage from England and give impressions of the people, scenery, climate, and social customs of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2883.

Hennen-Jennings Family Papers, 1803-1918 (bulk 1850-1870). 216 items; 25 vols. (1 ms. vol., 24 printed vols.). Location: U:157, Mss.Mf:H. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 6-7. Alfred Hennen was a civil lawyer, a Presbyterian, a professor of constitutional law in New Orleans, and a director of the old Bank of Louisiana. Hennen's daughter, Ann Maria, was married to Needler Jennings who was a major in the Confederate army. Papers relating to Ann Maria Jennings, including letters, an Italian passport, and a pardon signed by Andrew Johnson. Other papers include personal and family correspondence of Alfred Hennen and Needler R. Jennings and Civil War letters. Printed pamphlets include discourses and sermons by Reverend Benjamin M. Palmer, and two stories, 'Dominic You,' and 'Husacar' by Louisiana author Octavius N. Ogden. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 748. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Herbert, Susan F. Papers, 1839, 1852-1857. 34 items. Location: C:61. Resident of Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Statements from Payne and Harrison, New Orleans factor, for sale of cotton for the estate of T. S. Herbert and for his wife, Mrs. Susan Herbert. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1209.

Hersey, Alfred C. Record book, 1849-1855. 1 bound vol. Location: Misc. Ship accountant and part owner of ship Kentucky. Records of finances during eleven voyages from Boston to New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3476.

Hichborn, B. H. Letter, 1809. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter of Hichborn, written to his parents in Boston, commenting on the unpopularity of General James Wilkinson. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 950.

Hicky, Daniel and Philip. Papers, 1667, 1762-1846. 33 items. Location: U:122. Daniel Hicky was an early planter of the District of Manchac, West Florida. His son, Philip Hicky, was an officer of the Louisiana militia. Papers of Daniel Hicky include land documents and a passport. Military papers of Philip Hicky include papers pertaining to troop movements before and after the Battle of New Orleans. Also included are miscellaneous documents and letters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 720.

Hicky, Daniel. Letter, 1793 April 10. 1 item. Location: Misc. Manchac, Louisiana, planter. Letter sent from Baton Rouge to Hicky's son Philip in New Orleans, discussing a Mississippi River flood, bad weather, and Hicky's gout. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3430.

Hicky, Philip, 1778-1859. Family Papers, 1667-1846 (bulk 1814-1815). .4 linear ft. (53 items, 1 vol., 1 artifact), 1 mf reel. Location: U:122, Vault, Mss.Mf:H. Planter of Hope Estate Plantation, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Hicky built the first sugar mill in East Baton Rouge Parish in 1814. Papers include a 1793 proclamation by Manuel Gayoso de Lemos to the Natchez District, French military orders and letters from Carlos de Grand-Pre, and a letter from Thaddeus Mayhew to 'Susan' describing the Battle of New Orleans. Included is correspondence pertaining to members of the Morgan and Mather families and to the military service of Philip Hicky and his father Daniel Hickey. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 720, 2007, 2035.

Hinckley, Orramel, 1813-1868. Family Papers, 1811-1897 (bulk 1830-1870). 335 items; 16 vols. Location: UU:65, J:9. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 8-9. Steamboat owner and captain whose business was centered mainly in New Orleans and Opelousas, Louisiana. Hinkley's wife and son lived in Washington, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. Personal and business papers and account books (1834-1897) document Hinckley's work as a steamboat captain. There are also volumes relating to personal matters, Civil War letters and items, and the bylaws and rules of a chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 970, 1151, 1317.

Hornor, Joseph P. Collector, 1718-1908. 149 items, 2 ms. vols. Location: UU:103. New Orleans lawyer. Documents and letters collected on Louisiana history and Hornor family business papers. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2036, 2055, 2107.

Horton Family Papers, 1834-1848. 15 items. Location: Misc. Letters addressed to Nathaniel M. Horton, Amesbury, Massachusetts, written by his brothers. One letter is to his sister Elizabeth Colby of Salisbury, Massachusetts. The letters were sent from New York, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Liverpool, and Cadiz. Contents concern business and family matters, politics, city life, slavery, and ship travel. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 3482.

Huguet, Adolphe H. (Adolphe Hiram), 1837-1928. Family Papers, 1850-1951. 20 items, 6 vols. and 1 microfilm reel. Location: UU:255, Mss.Mf:H, and OS:H. The related families of Adolphe H. Huguet and William S. Pike were influential in the economy and politics of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Papers include scrapbooks, correspondence, death notices, photographs, legal papers, and other materials relating to the Huguet and Pike families in Louisiana, as well as to their relatives living in Spain and France. Some items in French and Spanish. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3805. Complete Finding Aid.

Hunter, Robert and Sarah Jane. Letters, 1846-1847. 9 items. Location: Misc:H. Letters exchanged between R. [Robert] A. Hunter while serving in the Louisiana State Senate, and his wife, Sarah Jane, residing either on their plantation or their summer home in the "Pine Woods" in Rapides Parish or in Alexandria. In addition to love letters, correspondence includes description of political activities and also his service as an officer in the Mexican War. She relates news of family, friends, crops, and other local happenings. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4072.

Hyams, Henry M. (Henry Michael), 1806-1875. Family Papers, 1843-1953 (bulk 1901-1955). 313 items, 7 printed vols. Location: E:55. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 13-14. Lawyer, state senator, and lieutenant governor of Louisiana. In the 1830s he was a member of a vigilante committee to oppose anti-slavery interests. His son, Henry Hyams, Jr., was a lawyer in New Orleans as was his daughter, Judith Hyams Douglas. Papers consist of letters pertaining to the political situation in Grant Parish, Louisiana, in 1873 and the causes of the Colfax riot. Included are land patents and plats issued in Carroll, St. Landry, and Caldwell parishes, Louisiana, and in Texas. Papers of Henry M. Hyams, Jr. relate to his work for the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims and family lawsuits which concerned litigation and recovery of Hyams' lands principally by Judith. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1392, 1564. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

Inman, B. R. (Benajah R.), b. 1820. Family Papers, 1808-1888. .2 linear ft. (68 items). Location: B:50. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reel 11. Planter of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Inman inherited Smithland Plantation in 1863 from his aunt, Nancy Quine. Collection includes financial records; legal materials; correspondence; and miscellaneous and printed items. The financial and legal records document Smithfield Plantation and a dry goods store on it. Business letters to John Lee, a purchasing agent in New Orleans, deal with the price of cotton and other commodities. Slave bills of sale and labor contracts with sharecroppers are included. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 893.

Ireland, William H. Document, 1828. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Notarized document for sale of land by Ireland to Daniel Warburg of New Orleans. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 185.

Isaiah Chase - Peter Hanson Business Letters,1847-1855. 16 items. Location: Misc:I. Most letters written to Joseph Holmes (1771-1863), shipbuilder and owner from Kingston, Mass., from New Orleans by either Isaiah Chase or Peter Hanson. Letters discuss financial transactions made through the New England Bank in Boston and ships used to transport the acquired commodites out of New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4946.

Jacotot Institute. Report, 1837. 1 item. Location: Misc. Institute for young men in New Orleans. School report signed by Louis Caboche, director of the Jacotot Institute. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1244.

Jahncke, Ernest Lee, Sr., 1877-1960. Papers, 1852-1960 (bulk 1911-1941). 1,528 items, 16 ms. vols., 15 printed vols. Location: U:136-143, F:22-23, OS:J. Rear Admiral in the Naval Reserve, assistant secretary of the navy during the Hoover administration, president of Jahncke Interests in New Orleans, and first executive director of the Louisiana State Department of Commerce and Industry. Papers documenting Jahncke's civic, cultural, and professional interests. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1713,1805.

Jamison, John Letter, 1817 September 30. 1 item. Location: Misc: J. Letter from John Jamison (an Indian Agent at Natchitoches, La. in 1817) to Joseph Saul, Esquire, the cashier of the Bank of Louisiana, in which Jamison complains about the difficulties of transacting the financial business of his office and asking to be able to draw bills through the Bank of the United States at New Orleans on the Bank of Louisiana. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4889.

Jennett, Jesse. Elegiack poem, 1833 December 25. 1 item. Location: E:Impr. Louisiana poet. Francis Asbury was a founder of American Methodism. He traveled to America in 1771 as a missionary and was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1784. Broadside of an elegiac poem written by Jesse Jennett at the death of Francis Asbury printed at the Creole Office in New Orleans. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 965.

Johnson, Charles Andrew, 1818-1896. Papers, 1832-1896 (bulk 1858-1894). 514 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: UU:65. Native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a lawyer in New Orleans. Johnson served as a judge in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (1843) and in 1855 began a partnership in a New Orleans firm. Collection contains passports, letters (1858), military passes (1863-1864), a receipt for bonds (1864), bank checks (1866-1869), and two letters and a newspaper clipping (1873) relating to lawsuits of Johnson. Some letters in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.

Johnson, Racutauqua County, New York. Letter to a relative comments on New Orleans climate, vegetation, and business opportunities. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

Joly, Auguste. Document, 1811. 1 item. Mss. 190. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (notarized copy) of slaves by Auguste Joly to Louis C. deBlanc of Attakapas. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2641.

Jones, Joseph. Papers, 1832-1919 (bulk 1860-1905). 3,360 items, 52 ms. vols., and 22 printed vols. Location: UU:87-100, N:1-2, OS:J. New Orleans physician and scientific writer, Confederate medical authority, and president of the Louisiana State Board of Health. Papers consist of Dr. Jones's manuscript writings pertaining to his investigations of various diseases, his studies on American archaeology and anthropology, and his published and unpublished papers on Confederate medical history. Also included are family letters; and manuscript volumes consisting of six letter file books containing correspondence and related items by subjects. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 468. For the complete online finding aid, click HERE

Jorda, Jayme. Document, 1794. 1 item. Location: Misc. Sale (copy) of slaves by Jorda to Patricio Walsh, New Orleans. In Spanish. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 193.

Joseph P. Hornor collection, 1718-1964 (bulk 1850-1890). .5 linear ft. Location: UU:103, OS:H. Lawyer and resident of New Orleans. Items primarily relate to New Orleans history and include colonial and ante-bellum documents. There are also items related to the War of 1812, manuscript extracts of legal codes, returns from elections (1867), and autographs of famous people. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2036, 2055, 2107.

Jourdan, J. Receipt, 1850. 1 item. Location: Misc. Receipt for paying tax due on New Orleans property. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1361.

Jourdan, Noel. Letter, 1828. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Personal letter from Noel Jourdan to his cousin. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Judd, Samuel. Letter: New Orleans, La. to Gideon Les (?), New York, N.Y., 1837 January 20. 1 item (2 leaves). Location: Misc:J.Resident of New York who visited New Orleans in order to improve his health. Letter commenting upon commerce, shipping, and navigation in New Orleans. It includes estimates of the city's population and describes its municipal government, its ethnic diversity, its culture, and atmosphere. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3326.Complete finding aid.

Keary, Patrick F. Letters, 1848-1855. 19 items. Location: Misc. Planter of Ben Lomand Plantation, Wilkinson County, Mississippi. Letters to Wylie and Egana (1848) and Juan Y. de Egana (1849-1855), brokers in New Orleans, concerning business matters on Keary's cotton plantation, Ben Lomand, and his sugar plantation Catalpa Grove, on Bayou Boeuf, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1053.

Keeler, Timothy B. Letters, 1823-1827. 14 items. Resident of Danbury, Conn.and New Orleans merchant. Letters to his wife, Mary provide news of his health, the state of his business in New Orleans, and his longing to be home in Connecticut with her. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 4964.

Kendrick, Benjamin. Papers, 1806-1894 (bulk 1810-1840). .7 linear ft. (611 items). Location: U:170. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 2, Reels 11-12. Cotton planter and slaveholder of the Feliciana parishes, Louisiana. In 1823 he moved from St. Francisville (West Feliciana Parish) near Jackson (East Feliciana Parish) and in 1830 he established Asphodel Plantation there. Collection includes legal papers, bills, receipts, and correspondence. Papers document medical care for family members and slaves; and include letters from New Orleans merchants and a letter from a Missouri slave dealer (1836). Some materials relate to David J. Fluker of East Feliciana Parish, Kendrick's son-in-law. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 906.

Kenner, Duncan Farrar, 1813-1887. Papers, 1838-1905 (bulk 1838-1894). .8 linear ft. (342 items, 2 ms. vols., 1 printed vol.). Location: A:51, F:4, Vault:1. Planter of Ashland, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and Confederate diplomat. Financial, legal, and personal papers related to Ashland Plantation and Kenner's investments and business dealings in New Orleans, especially leasing the New Basin Canal in New Orleans and horse racing, as well as to Kenner's diplomatic mission to France on behalf of the Confederacy. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Southern Plantations from Emancipation to the Great Migration, Series B, Part 1, Reel 14. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 198, 1402, 1477. Complete finding aid (PDF).

Kenner, William, 1776-1823. Papers, 1802-1832, n.d. 371 items. Location: T:30. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 3, Reels 12-13. New Orleans factor and commission merchant affiliated with John Oldham and Richard Clague in a general mercantile and commission business under the firm name of William Kenner & Company. Business and personal papers of Kenner document territorial and antebellum economic and social life at New Orleans; conditions on the eve of the War of 1812; and details of the Battle of New Orleans. Included are papers relating details received at New Orleans on the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; and papers reflecting slavery and plantation life in Louisiana and Mississippi. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1477, 1491. Complete finding aid (PDF).

King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932. Papers, 1851, 1864-1932, 1941, n.d. 3,800 items, 6 ms. vols., 1 printed vol., 26 mf reels. Location: UU:14-31, N:6, Mss.Mf:K and Vault:11. New Orleans writer and historian. Correspondence, literary writings in notebooks, photographs, bound manuscript volumes, and printed materials concern Grace King's literary career, historical interests, travels, and personal affairs. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1282.

King, William W. Family Papers, 1833-1954 (bulk 1868-1936), n.d. Ca. 8,802 items. Location: 36. New Orleans lawyer and the father of writer Grace King. Personal and family papers of King consisting of correspondence and bills and receipts concerning the law firm of Elmore and King; L'Embarrasse Plantation in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; and hardships during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also included are papers concerning the education of the children; the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of New Orleans; the anti-lottery movement; and travel in the U.S. and Europe. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1282.

King, William W. Family Papers, 1837-1954 (bulk 1837-1933), n.d. 550 items, 174 ms. vols., 64 printed vols. Location: UU:23-27, 28:72-73, OS:K, N:6-8. New Orleans lawyer and the father of Grace King. Records of the law firm of William King, manuscript volumes of members of his family, and printed volumes of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union. Manuscript volumes include records of expenses, school notebooks, and travel diaries. Filed in the manuscript card catalog under Grace King Collection. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1282.

Kleinpeter, Andrew. Papers, 1827-1833. 20 items. Location: B:40. Resident of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Correspondence from relatives in Spencer County, Kentucky; and letters from James Neilson, attending school in Lexington, Kentucky, commenting on Henry Clay after attending a party in his home, and mentioning a shooting by supporters of Clay and Jackson. Included business letters of Isidor Larguire, cotton broker, of New Orleans; and a letter of A. Jones, Baton Rouge, concerning the treatment of cholera. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 238.

Knapp, James S. Family Papers, 1849-1909 (bulk 1865-1895). 1,187 items, 16 printed vols. Location: U:182-185. Dentist and dean of the New Orleans Dental College. He was the nephew of Frederick H. Knapp, a dentist of Baltimore, Natchez, Memphis, and New Orleans; and his son, J. Rollo Knapp, was president of the Louisiana State Dental Society. Early papers include dental bills and receipts; and the charter for the New Orleans Dental College. Post-1865 papers concern the Louisiana Dental Association and the New Orleans Dental College. Also included are personal papers. Papers of J. Rollo Knapp deal with his dental practice. Frederick H. Knapp's papers include certificates from the Board of Medical Censors of Adams County, Mississippi, and the University of Havana. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 880.

Kowalski, G. Papers, 1839-1841. 5 items. Location: Misc. Resident of Bordeaux, France. Letters from G. Kowalski to Jean and Lubin Garnier, New Orleans, concerning wine shipments and business conditions. In French. Misc. For further information see manuscript card catalog.

La Clair, Fusellier de. Document, 1764. 1 item. Mss. 204. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of property by Fusellier de la Clair to Jacques Chaperon. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 203.

La Coste, Marie Louise. Receipts, 1803, n.d. 2 items. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Receipts for payment of rent. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss.1244.

La Cour, Antoine. Document, 1848. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale (notarized copy) of a slave by Antoine la Cour to Eugene Rochereau. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 205.

La Freniere, Nicolas C. de. Document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Act of sale for land sold by Nicolas C. de la Freniere to Helen Fasende Laissard, New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 207.

La Tourrette, John. Letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans cartographer. Letter from La Tourrette to the governor of New Hampshire referring to a business deal with the governor of Mississippi for Mississippi maps sent to various states. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1198.

La Villebeuvre, Jean Ursin. Family Papers, 1806-1917 (bulk 1840-1880). 1,022 items, 39 vols. Location: B:48-49, J:4. Jean Ursin La Villebeuvre and his son, Eli Faurault La Villebeuvre, New Orleans commission merchants. Papers of the la Villebeuvre and the related Jourdain, Forstall, Roman, Peters, and Hyman families of New Orleans. Collection includes business and legal records as well as some family and personal papers. Partly in French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 812.

Labatut, John B. Certificate, 1802. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Certificate for merchandise shipped on the ship Roebuck by Philadelphia merchants and delivered at the Port of New Orleans for Labatut. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2014.

Lafayette Wharves check, 1846. 1 item. Location: Misc. Check payable to the Lafayette Wharves. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1508.

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Letter, ca. 1824-1830. 1 item. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letter from Mobile, Alabama, to Monsieur Arnault, member of the Institute of Paris, justifying his resignation as president of the College of Orleans in July 1823. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 244.

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Letter, n.d. 1 item. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letter about the punishment of a disobedient young slave and problems of master-slave relations. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2107.

Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Papers, 1793-1834, n.d. 21 items. Location: Safe:12. French Revolutionary free-thinker and head of the College of Orleans in New Orleans. Letters from free-thinkers, scientists, teachers, artists, and learned men of the first Republic of France. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1312.

Lamarque, Charles. Document, 1850 August 12. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of a slave woman, Rosa, by Charles Lamarque to Henry Rance. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 208.

Lanaux's (T.) Sons. Account books, 1860, 1880-1920, 1930. 49 ms. vols. Location: 114:, 125:. New Orleans commission merchants. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2222.

Lanaux, George. George Lanaux and Family Papers, 1830-1915. 3 linear ft. (3,100 items). Location: UU:61-63, J:9, OS:L, 104-105. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reels 11-13. Planter of Bellevue Plantation in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and later president of the New Orleans Insurance Association. Papers include correspondence, legal documents, financial documents, and photographs documenting the Lanaux family, plantation management, slave holdings, and land sales. Partly in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1318.

Langwell, William J. H. Letter, 1833. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Letter from Langwell to his wife, Mrs. Rebecka Langwell, New Albany. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 222.

Laroe, James S. Diary, 1846-1850. 1 vol. [typed copy]. Location: Misc. Diary of Laroe while on a trip from Newfoundland, New Jersey, to the northeastern part of Texas to purchase land. The early entries of the diary describe Laroe's trip from New York to New Orleans and up the Mississippi River and Red River to Shreveport. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 253.

Larose, Rosemond. Document, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Resident of New Orleans. Sale of a slave of Rosemond Larose to Charles Lamarque, Jr., of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Latham, W. G. Notebook, ca. 1856. 1 vol. Location: UU:149, O:3. Available on microfilm: University Publications of America Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century: Papers and Diaries Series E, Reels 15-16. Notary public of New Orleans. Notebook containing a digest of legal provisions affecting notaries; compiled chiefly from statutes, codes, and published legal reports. M:20. For further information see online catalog.

Laycock, John T. Family Papers, 1840-1953. 78 items, 3 vols. Mss. 3194. Lawyer, banker, and author of Baton Rouge. Papers contain Laycock's law notes and a transcript of 'Fragments from a Collection of Letters and Notes of Nina Harper of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861-1862,' describing civilian life during the Civil War. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 3194. Complete Finding Aid (PDF)

LeBlond, Coralie. Music collection, ca. 1850-1870. 3 ms. vols. Location: 65. Concert pianist and composer of New Orleans. Sheet music, principally by Louisiana composers, arrangers, and publishers, collected by Coralie LeBlond, including one of her own compositions. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 2204, 2205.

Lebrai Brothers. Account book, 1829-1830. 1 vol. Location: G:15. Accounts of a general merchandise firm of New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 215.

Lebreton document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc. Adjudication concerning a house and land of Mr. Lebreton to be sold to Mr. Guachinard, New Orleans. In French. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 217.

Lefevre, Pascal and Gardes, Alphonse. Document, 1853. 1 item. Location: Misc. Residents of New Orleans and representatives for the heirs of Pierre Baron Boisfontaine. Petition (copy) of Lefevre and Gardes pertains to the sale of slaves at public auction. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 537.

Lefevre, Paul. Letter file book, 1856-1859. 1 vol. (218 items). Location: F:8. Resident of Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and apparently a drygoods merchant dealing in women's apparel and accessories. Business correspondence of Paul Lefevre and his wife from New Orleans and New York merchants. Included are a few letters from customers. In French.For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 754.

Lejeune, John Archer, 1867-1942. Papers, 1815-1955 (bulk 1918-1919). 17 items, including 1 vol. Location: U:116, Misc:L. Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and Superintendent of Virginia Military Institute. Originally from Point Coupee Parish, Louisiana, Lejeune attended LSU before graduating from the Naval Academy. Papers document Lejeune's military career and include a citation for the Cross of the Commander of the Legion of Honor (in French) and biographical materials. An 1815 letter deals with the Battle of New Orleans. One item in French. For further information see online catalog. Mss. 1690, 2553.

Leonard, Jonathan and C. J. Letter, 1838. 1 item. Location: Misc. Residents of New Orleans. Letter to a former neighbor, Jonathan Cobb, postmaster of Sharon, Massachusetts, stating that Jonathan Cobb's son, William, has been appointed second surveyor in the Surveyor General's Office. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1399.

Leverich Company. Correspondence, 1839-1848. 5 items. Location: Misc. Cotton factors of New York and New Orleans. Letters of J. H., Henry L., and Charles P. Leverich concerning business and family matters. Included is a letter from Charles P. Leverich describing a sea voyage from New York to New Orleans in 1845. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2466.

Leverich Company. Papers, 1830-1851, n.d. 149 items. Location: W:11. Cotton factors of New York and New Orleans. Letters pertain to New Orleans business and banking conditions, shipping between New York and New Orleans, and family matters. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2998.

Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence, 1834-1847. 69 items. Location: A:56. Factor of New York City associated with J. H. Leverich and Company of New Orleans. Correspondence consists of letters from New Orleans merchants and factors including Maunsel White. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 2418.

Leverich, Charles P. Correspondence, 1843-1853. 12 items. Location: Misc. Factor of New York City associated with J. H. Leverich and Company of New Orleans. Letters from a New Orleans factor comment on the effect of the Oregon Question on the sugar market. Letters from St. Mary Parish planters refer to shipping sugar and other cargo, a mortgage on Leonidas Polk's plantation, floods, and the parish's health. Letter from William J. Minor of Natchez mentions his interest in horse racing and comments on his son's finances in relationship to Yankee thriftiness. For further information see manuscript card catalog. Mss. 1078, 1220, 1352, 1506.

Leverich, Henry S. Correspondence, 1831-1832, 1846. 7 items. Location: Misc. New York City commission merchant. Le