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University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Edward Alexander Parsons Collection, 1678-1928



Descriptive Summary

CollectorParsons, Edward Alexander, 1878-1962.
TitleEdward Alexander Parsons Collection
Dates: 1678-1928
AbstractThe Parsons Collection consists of extensive manuscript resources related to the history of Louisiana, primarily during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Subjects include Spanish and French governance, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans, and Jean Laffite.
Extent6 ft.
LanguagesMaterials are in English, French, and Spanish.
RepositoryCenter for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents

The Edward Alexander Parsons Collection contains several hundred sub-collections comprising a wide variety of manuscript documents relating primarily to the Louisiana area. Records dated between 1678 and 1928 provide a wealth of information about government of the area by the French and Spanish in the 18th century, negotiations between the United States and these countries for free navigation of the Mississippi River and for the Louisiana Purchase, activities of the Louisiana Militia in the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans, and the Aaron Burr/James Wilkinson conspiracy. Individual documents of note include several documents issued by Louis XIV and Louis XV of France, correspondence and legal records relating to privateer and smuggler Jean Laffite, 1813-1815; correspondence of General James Wilkinson regarding the War of 1812 and other matters; and two late 18th-century letters from Thomas Jefferson, one to Bernardo de Galvez, regarding settlement, navigation, and Indians.

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Restrictions

Unrestricted access.

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Index Terms

Subjects
Louisiana Purchase
New Orleans (La.), Battle of, 1815.
Subjects (Persons)
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825.
Laffite, Jean.
Miro, Esteban, 1744-1795.
McDonogh, John, 1779-1850.
Places
New Orleans (La.)--History--Sources.
United States--History--War of 1812.
Correspondents
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786.
Other Authors
Laffite, Jean.
Miro, Esteban, 1744-1795.
France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV)
France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Edward Alexander Parsons Collection, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 
Miscellaneous, A-Bo
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3E4771. 31 miscellaneous and unidentified pieces:
1. Typescript of general orders and correspondence concerning Major General Benjamin F. Butler in New Orleans, May 1862-January 1863
2. Relacion de los Individuos que baxanon de Kentucky en dos chalanes para estalecense en este distrito de Natchez, June 1788
3. Relacion de la Tente repaida en los cinco chalanes que baxan de Kentucky de la pertenecia del Brigadier D. James Wilkinson en los que ba el Mayor Mr. Dunn y el Captain Dn. Alexandro, June 7, 1788
4. "Further Recollections of New Orleans, 1856"
5. Distribution de gardes du camp Jourdan, le 18 Januier 1815
6. List
7. Document in French, signed Deverieul, October 4, 1726
8. Copy of adjudication of land to [], December 26, 1766
9. Hist. de la Louis references, notes of journals of [], 1815-1819
10. La Louisianne, A Versailles, January 12, 1715
11. "Both Nations being at present friendly and not at war...", undated
12. Deliberation de general [], February 14, 1770
13. A Son Honneur a General Wilkinson, January 20, 1807
14. Honerable protecteur des Francais refugies...Gallosin County, Kentucky, October 1817
15. [] notes sur e'affaire [] chat
16. James Wilkinson address of inhabitants of the district of Saint Charles, [2 images of Wilkinson], 1805
17. Daniel McMullin, deposition of Patterson and Ross, certain goods taken at Barataria, December 5, 1814
18. Examinations of John Oliver and E. William, US vs Patterson and Ross
19. Lithoprint of James Wilkinson
20. Pay to the order of Henry Johnson, 6 % interest on Scrip
21. Hon. Samuel D. McEnery clipping
22. Page from book, Governor of Louisiana, Hon. Francis T. Nicholls
23. Clipping, "Extracts from Governor Moore's Military Order", May 15, [?]
24. Correspondence, D. Caffrey to Lawrence A. Bower
25. R. L. Gibson, February 1, 1809
26. Clipping of death notice of William Charles Cole Clairborne, Louisiana Courier, New Orleans, Monday, November 24, 1817
27. Financial document, "Compte des Merchandises...", March 17, 1787
28. [] notes del M. R. Mariguy [?]
29. Letter and envelope from Charles A. Lindburgh to Edward A. Parsons, February 27, 1928
30. Letter from Frank McCaffrey, February 16, 1932
31. Notes on New Orleans Public Library stationary
2. A-Am [9 items]:
1. Adair, John, ALS to General James Wilkinson, February 14, 1802
2. Agò, Pomphilio, ALS to Elcio, 1879
3. Allain, Francisco, ADS request for appointment of Simon Porche as sergeant, February 12, 1792
4. Amigo y Lopez, Juan Francisco, ADS certificate of baptism of Bernabé Lens, August 5, 1787
5. Almonester y Roxas, Andres, ALS to Carlos de Regio and Francisco Pascalis Barre, December 12, 1789
6. Almonester y Roxas, Andres, ALS to the MYA signed by Almonester y Roxas and others, December 2, 1795
7. Alpenente, Mathias, account book of the people of New Orleans and their rents from January 1791-31 December 1791, December 23, 1791
8. d'Ampierre, A., ALS to [unidentified receipient], May 1706
9. Alpuente, Mathais de, account book of the people of New Orleans, Dcember 23, 1791
3. Ar-Ay [6 itmes]:
1. d'Argenson, M., ALS to Adam, Secretary of War to Louis XV, August 20, 1790
2. d'Arnaud, Joseph, ALS to [Alexander O'Reilly], Governor of Louisiana, February 24, 1770
3. d'Arnaud, Joseph, ALS to [Alexander O'Reilly], Governor-General of Louisiana, March 2, 1770
4. Aubry, Charles Phillipe, ADS copy in the hand of Hilary B. Cenas concerning patented concessions made by the French government, June 18, 1766
5. Aubry, Charles Phillipe, ADS honoring Claude, a Sergeant, November 15, 1769
6. Ayala, Ignacio de, ALS to Espetata y Goldeano, February 22, 1789
4. Armesto, Andres Lopez [9 items]:
1. Armesto, Andres Lopez, ADS copy to royall decree concerning contracts (6 September 1789), May 19, 1785
2. Armesto, Andres Lopez, ADS certified copy of four trial cases in the Supreme Court in Havana, Novemebr 22, 1787
3. Minó, Estaban Rodriguez, Annual report from Armesto to the King of Spain, November 12, 1788
4. Armesto, Andres Lopez, ALS copy to the King of Spain, including ALS of Estaban Rodriguez Minó to the MYA and an annual report of Minó, May 2, 1789
5. Minó, Estaban Rodriguez, ALS to MYA included in ALS from Armesto to the King of Spain, August 11, 1789
6. Armesto, Andres Lopez, AL copy to Charles IV, King of Spain, June 8, 1790
7. Armesto, Andres Lopez, AL copy of the King's letter granting a pardon to all criminals guilty of contraband under conditions of enclosed decree dated 23 March 1791, July 13, 1791
8. Armesto, Antonio Lopez, ADS copy of royal decree concerning a new procedure for testaments, May 14, 1792
9. Armesto, Andres Lopez, ADS copy of an original request for financial support to the King of Spain for the American colonies to continue the war against France, June 25, 1793
5. Augustin, George, letters, signatures, envelopes, cards, 1862-1928 [18 items]:
1. Note from George Augustin, "Rec'd from EA Parsons three dollars for book of old letters," New Orleans, [handwritten, English], January 28, 1928
2. Envelope with George Augustin's address
3. Signature of Charles [Freeman?], Associate Justice Supreme Court office, undated
4. Signatures of F. P. Poch, R. B. Todd, Charles [Freeman?], and L. B. Watkins, undated
5. Boulanger, General, letter to Monsieur le Ridaiteur en Cheif, signed General Boulanger, New Orleans, [handwritten, French], [?] 21, 1881
6. Beauregard, G. T., speech, [handwritten, French], April 18, 1883
7. Letter from E. B[?] to George Augustin, [handwritten, English], August 24, [1888]
8. Davis, Jefferson, letter from to Colonel Jno. Augustin, New Orleans, [handwritten, English], March 30, 1882
9. Davis, Jefferson, letter to Col. Jno Augustin regarding a reunion of the Louisiana Division, Army of Tennessee on the anniversary of Shiloh, Beauvior, Hamson County, [handwritten, English], April 3, 1883
10. Envelope from George Augustin, County Clerk, Supreme Court of Louisiana, adressed to Mr. Harry Yates in Australia, New Orleans, [English], December 2, 1887
11. Ribbon, "World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, Complimentary Excursion to the Iowa Press Association, April 1st, 1884"
12. Letter to George Augustin, singned Jenny Wilde, September 17, 1891
13. Hampton, Wade, letter to General [?], signed by Wade Hampton, Washigton, DC, [handwritten, English], January 22, 1883
14. Letter to Mr. Pond, "Please admit two for tonight's concert, St. Charles Theatre", signed Christine Nilsson-Raiyard [?], New Orleans, [handwritten, English], January 12, 1883
15. Gayarre, Charles, letter to D. Augustin, New Orleans, [handwritten, French], May 24, 1867
16. Card, "Association of the Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division (veterans) 10th Anniversary, New Orleans, April 6th and 7th, 1887"
17. State of Georgia, "For work done and provisions furnished, or either, in and about the construction of the Wills Valley Railroad, this will be received for fifty cents in payment of stock due and owing said Wills Valley Railroad Company", July 1, 1862
18. Description of an unnamed stage production, [handwritten, English], undated
6. B-Bd [6 items]:
1. Bainbridge, William, ALS to General Henry Dearborn, Ocotber 12, 1823
2. Ballinger, T., Captain, ALS to James Wilkinson, August 30, 1812
3. Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, General, ADS signed petition from citizens concerning release of Mayor John T. Monroe, [1862]
4. [Barbé]-Marbois, [François de], Marquis, ALS to Mrs. Joel Barlow, August 31, 1831
5. Barcelonne, Cyrille de, ADS copy in the hand of Andres Lopez Armesto concerning the charity hospital of New Orleans, January 16, 1779
6. Barrow, Alexander, ALS to unknown recipient concerning school for his sons Alexander and Willie
7. Be-Bh [6 items]:
1. Beauregard, Jacques Toutant, ADS requesting an increase in the price of bear oil, January 17, 1771
2. Beauregard, Jacques Toutant, ALS to MYA concerning regulation of commerice in city of New Orleans, August 23, 1771
3. Beauregard, Luis Toutant, AD legal curriculum vitae of Luis Toutant Beaugregard
4. Bellile, Francois, ALS to Luis de Unzaga y Ameraga, October 13, 1770
5. Benton, Thomas Hart, ALS to Colonel Isaac T. Preston, February 15, [?]
6. Bermudez, Francisco, ADS concerning Francisco Bernucho and Antonio Dubois, February 5, 1801
8. Bi-Bn [8 items]:
1. Biddle, Thomas, ALS to James Wilkinson, June 17, 1808
2. Biddle, Thomas, ALS to James Wilkinson, June 17, 1807
3. Blanchard, Newton Crain, ALS to Ben Perley Poore and undated newspaper clipping of Blanchard, January 23, 1883
4. Bienville, Jean Baptists de Moyne, Sieur de, ADS placing Deblanc in temporary command of the Louisiana infantry, July 2, 1723
5. Billy, D., ALS to officer commanding barrack guards at New Orleans, February 10, 1815
6. Blennerhasset, Harmon, ALS to James Brown, December 9, 1805
9. Blanc, Antonio Bishop, ALS to William George Read, November 16, 1843
10. Blanque, M., En opposition a [Pierre Clement de] Burthe Contre Laussat, New Orleans, [typed\, February 2, 1804
11. Bo-Bt [7 items]:
1. Bonhomme, ADS petition to Judge of Conté d' Acadie regarding Andrew Green, August 2, 1805
2. Boré, Jean Etienne, ADS decree for the establishment of the municipal authority at New Orleans, Novemebr 30, 1803
3. Bourgeois, Reinele, Bill of sale on Negro slave, Fanny, March 20, 1811
4. Breckenridge, John, 2 ALS to William Cary Nicholas, August 17, 1803
5. Breckenridge, John, 2 ALS to Wilson Cary Nicholas, September 15, 1803
6. Brian J., ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 24, 1815
7. Brown, James, ALS to Joseph Reed, December 7, 1816
12. Bouligny, Francisco [5 items]:
1-4. Conditions of population and commerce of New Orleans and Spanish Louisiana, [four bound booklets], August 19, 1776
5. ADS admitting Antonio de St. Marent as a cadet in the 7th Company, February 20, 1794, July 31, 1800

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3E4781. Butler, Benjamin, Major General, copy of disputed General Orders, no. 28, Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 15, 1862
2. Bu-Bz [11 items]:
1. Buisson, Benjamin, ALS to Austin Fortier, March 23, 1847
2-6. Buller, Robert, 5 ALS to David B. Morgan, January 11, 19, 22, 30, February 21, 1815
7. Buller, Robert, ALS to Anne Louise Tousard, Chevalier de, February 28, 1815
8. Burr, Aaron, ADS concerning court case in which Burr was attorney for the plaintiff, August 1, [?]
9. Butler, Andrew Pickens, ALS to unknown recipient, June 16, [18]56
10. Butler, Benjamin Franklin, General, ALS to John B. Monroe, Mayor of New Orleans, May 17, 1862
11. Butler, Pierce Mason, ALD to Waddy Thompson, February 4, 1841
3. Caldwell, Phillips, 2 ALS to General David B. Morgan, December 28, 1814, January 31, 1815
4. Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de, To [unidentified recipients]-M [6 items]:
1. ALS to unknown recepient concerning conditions in Louisiana, January 16, 1793
2. ALS to unknown recepient concerning affairs of state in Louisiana, May 29, 1793
3. ALS to Dehault de Lassus, June 8, 1796
4. ALS to Dehault de Lassus, July 1, 1796
5. ALS to Pedro Marigny, May 30, 1797
6. ALS to unknown recepient, August 6, 1797
Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de, To MYA, New Orleans, 15 ALS:
1. July 16, 1791
2. January 13, 1792
3. March 30, 1792
4. May 14, 1792
5. June 25, 1793
6. June 25, 1793
7. Septemeber 16, 1793
8. December 12, 1793
9. May 1, 1795
10. May 5, 1795
11. June 5, 1795
12. November 22, 1796
13. December 16, 1796
14. July 13, 1797
15. July 13, 1797
6. Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de, To N-Z [10 items]:
1. ALS to Joaquim d'Osorno, April 23, 1794
2. ALS to Joaquim d'Osorno, December 4, 1797
3. ALS to Pedro la Ronde, October 21, 1793
4. ALS to Pedro la Ronde, November 8, 1793
5. ALS to Pedro la Ronde, December 31, 1796
6. ALS to Pedro la Ronde, December [?], 1793
7. ALS to Pedro la Ronde, October 21, 1795
8. ALS to [?] Trudeau, June 23, 1792
9. ALS to Antonio St. Arnaud concerning the regulations of slaves, January 12, 1796
10. "LS to Nicholás Mariá Vidal, May 2, 1795
7. Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de [5 items]:
1. ADS concerning defense of Louisiana, February 2, 1792
2. ADS order issued to Gilberto Guille to fill a commission and to obtain help, April 4, 1794
3. ADS deed to 800 arpanes of land in the District of Louisiana [Natchez] sold to Theophile Collins, April 1, 1795
4. ADS order to city council of New Orleans prohibiting foreign negroes and creoles from entering New Orleans, February 19, 1796
5. ADS issuing passports to Manuel Arnaiz and Antonio Gonzalez, April 20, 1796
8. Car-Cas [3 items]:
1. Carroll, William, ALS to Alfed Osborne Pope Nicholson, December 16, 1833
2. Casa-Calvo, Sebatian, ALS to unknown recipient concerning the capture by the French privateer La Coquette of American ships, March 28, 1804
3. Casa-Calvo, Sebastian, ALS to General James Wilkinson, April 19, 1801
9. Ch-Ck [10 items]:
1. Chanterey, F., ALS to Fulwar Skipwith, American Consul in Paris, July 19, 1808
2. Charles III, King of Spain, ALS concerning Bernardo de Galves, countersigned, July 26, 1778
3. Charles III, King of Spain, ALS to the governor of New Orleans concerning moving the convent of the Ursulinas Sisters of New Orleans to Cuba, countersigned, April 23, 1777
4. Charles III, King of Spain, ADS order concerning Gilbert Guillemaro, countersigned, February 17, 1780
5. Charles IV, King of Spain, ALS to the citizens of New Orleans and the province of Louisiana announcing the death of Charles III, countersigned, December 20, 1788
6. Charles IV, King of Spain, ADS concerning Pedro de la Ronde, countersigned, March 18, 1789
7. Charles IV, King of Spain, ADS appointment of Santiago Livaudais, October 15, 1798
8. Charles IV, King of Spain, ADS approving the establishment in New Orleans of a new lighting system, countersigned, May 19, 1801
9. Chotard, H., ALS to General David Morgan, December 29, 1814
10. Chotard, H., ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 12, 1815
10. Clairborne, William Charles Cole, letters [13 items]:
1. ALS to unknown recipient, April 13, 1807
2. ALS to unknow recepient, October 25, 1814
3. ALS to Nicholas Girod, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, May 4, 1814
4. ALS to Nicholas Girod, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, September 8, 1814
5. ALS to Nicholas Girod, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, March 30, 1815
6. ALS to Augustus McCarty, April 25, 1816
7. ALS to Augustus McCarty, June 10, 1816
8. ALS to David B. Morgan, January 5, 1815
9. ALS to David B. Morgan, January 16, 1815
10. ALS to Captain [?] Porter, November 11, 1807
11. ALS to General James Wilkinson, August 18, 1807
12. ALS to General James Wilkinson, February 27, 1813
13. ALS to General James Wilkinson, April 6, 1813
11. Clairborne, William Charles Cole, miscellaneous [4 items]:
1. ADS affidavit of Clairborne concerning correspondence between Jean Lafitte and the English, September 1814, undated
2. ADS authorizing the governor to hire out persons sentanced to imprisonment at hard labor, February 24, 1814
3. Extract of the register of deliberations of the council of administration of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, August 9, 1814
4. ADS granting petition of Jean Lafitte, August 9, 1814
12. Cl-Cz [11 items]:
1. Clark, J. W., ALS to General [?] Green, November 2, 1813
2. [Cherry, Captain ?], ALS to Brigadier Major James H. Gordon, January 10, 1815
3. Coble, H., ALS to Joseph Bryan, November 21, 1804
4. Coffee, John, ALS to unknown recipient concerning Colonel de Leronde, December 23, 1814, undated
5. Coffee, John, ALS to Colonel de Leronde, July 20, 1816
6. Translation of item 12.4
7. Collell, Francisco, ALS to Pedro Garronde, March 31, 1804
8. Collell, Francisco, ALS to Pedro Garronde, [?] 27, 1804
9. Costa, Joseph, ADS sworn before Commander Lawson, December 5, 1814
10. Creel, David, ALS to unknown recipient concerning the trial of Aaron Burr, undated
11. Creel, David, ALS to O. A. Oldroyd concerninfg the trial of Aaron Burr, November 15, 18[7?]5
13. Da-Dd [5 items]:
1. Dacqueny, J., ALS to General James Wilkinson, July 14, 1812
2. Daniel, J. W., ALS to Lieutenant Colonel Purdy, July 1812
3. Dapors, M., Lieutenant, ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 7, 1815
4. Davis, John, Lieutenant, ALS to General James Wilkinson, August 11, 1812
5. Davis, Jefferson, ALS to Samuel M. Duncan, April 12, 1882
14. Darby, William, letter and printed item addressed to Colonel Abraham Wooley, Washington, Novemebr 30, 1849
15. De-Dn [6 items]:
1. Dearborn, Henry, ALS to unknown recipient, November 8, 1819
2. Debuys, Gaspar, ADS certifying that Francisco Bernucho and Antonio Dubois have been employed 3 days, February 5, 1801
3. Delvaux, Juan, ADS announcing the baptism of his sona dn claiming him as his legal heir, June 30, 1795
4. Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles, ALS to Josiah Stoddard Johnson, Novemebr 27, 1826
5. Derbigny, Pierre Auguste Charles, ALS to E. Gurley, December 4, 1804
6. Dexter, Samuel, ALS to General James Wilkinson, September 6, 1800
16. Derbigny, J., letter to the Governor of Mississippi, Executive Office, New Orleans, June 15, 1821
17. Do-Dt [3 items]:
1. Dormenon, Pierre, ALS to Major Simon Porche, August 31, 1807
2. Downes, William, ALS to James Knox Polk, August 11, 1846
3. Dournford, Thomas, ADS certifying the Francisco Bernuché and Anotnio Dubois have been employed 3 days in the general check-up of chimineas in the 4th sector of New Orleans, February 5, 1801
18. Du [8 items]:
1. DuBourg, P. F., bill parcel of P. F. DuBourg, July 12, 1804
2. Ducarpe, Jean Baptiste, ADS petition to Chevalier de Louis Kelenec Pierre Gaspar de Rochemore concerning the mulatress Françoise, countersigned, January 9, 1761
3. Typescript of item 18.3
4. Ducros, Rodulpho, ALS to Feodore Fhirzo Currige Henriquez concerning meeting the MYA, June 10, 1793
5. Ducros, Rodulpho, ALS to Patrick Walsh, June 10, 1793
6. Dufan, C. B., bill parcels of C. B. Dufan, May 14, 1804
7. Duncan, Abner L., ALS to General David B. Morgan, February 16, 1815
8. Duvall, G. ALS to Ezekiel Bacon, January 21, 1811

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3E4791. Eberstadt, Edward, and Sons, American Historical Documents and Manuscript, Catalog #129, New York: Edward Eberstadt and Sons, 1951
2. E [7 items]:
1. Elliot, Robert, ALS to unidentified recipient, 'Dear Gen.', Pittsburgh, concerning charges alleged against Captain Armstrong and Captain Cushing for running up debt to Elliot and Williams
2. Elliot, Robert, ALS to General James Wilkinson regarding past conduct that cannot be excused, and Elliot is concerned about being hanged, Fort Washington, May 17, 1794
3. Espeteta y Goldlano, T., ALS to Esteban Rodriguez Miró
4. Eustis, William, ALS to General James Wilkinson, June 13, 1811
5. Eustis, William, ALS to General James Wilkinson, September 11, 1812
6. Eustis, William, ALD to James Morrison, a contractor for the Army, regarding prices of rations, December 26, 1816
7. Eustis, James Biddle, ALS to O. H. peck stating that he is unable to give information about relatives of General Magruder, Washington, DC, note with printed biography of Eustis attached, February 21, 1888
3. Fa-Fn [5 items]:
1. Failde, Pedro, list of salaries of two soldiers and 12 watchmen signed by Pedro Failde, Juan de Castenado and Jayme Jordon, January 31, 1801
2. Federal Republican, Georgetown, editorial opinion that General Jackson exceeded his authority when New Orleans was taken, January 13, 1815
3. Fernando VII, King of Spain, ADS appointment of Joaquim d'Orsana, Novemebr 13, 1811
4. Flanders, Benjamin Franklin, ANS with unidentified recipient regarding the lottery and its control of the Democratic Party of Louisiana, Youngsville, Louisiana, November 21, 1891
5. Flourney, [?], General, ALD to David Flourney, February 11, 1833
4. Fo-Fz [13 items]:
1-2. Fonvergne, Gabriel, ALS to MYA including ALS of unidentified recipient from Baron de Francisco Luis Herbert Carondelet, [?] 22, January 22, 1796
3. Fonvergne, Gabriel, ALS to the MYA, February 19, 1796
4. Forbes, John, ALS to Beverly Chew, an old friend, telling of recent appointment to Consul General and travel to St. Petersburgh and Copenhagen, January 28, 1816
5. Forsyth, John, ALS to General David B. Morgan, Georgetown, July 27, 1833
6. Forsyth, John, ALS to Richard Henry Wilde, Janaury 8, 1815
7. Fort, John A., ALS to [his brother] Fort concerning the Battle of New Orleans; his soon expected discharge; was sencond in command of troop of horses; Tennessee riflemen were the front, January 28, 1815
8. Foster, Murphey James, ALS to Lawrence F. Bower, undated
9. France, Minister d'Etat, ALS to William Crawford concerning the inspection of baggage of Henry Clay and James Asheton Bayard, French, March 9, 1815
10. Police Generale, France, ALS to Fulwar Skipworth, June 4, 1808
11-12. Fuselier, Agricola, ALS to Louis Louailler and [?] Soulier with an enclosure, ALS to Louailler, Doulier and Others, January 4, March 12, 1815
13. Fuselier, Agricola, Subscription sent under order of Andrew Jackson, undated
5. Ga-Gal [7 items]:
1. Gales, Thomas, ALS to General James Wilkinson, April 7, 1813
2. Galvez, Bernardo de, record of the marriage of Bernardo de Galvez to Felicitas de St. Maxent, Novemebr 2, 1777
3. Galvez, Bernardo de, ALS to MYA, March 16, 1780
4. Galvez, Bernardo de, ALS to MYA, April 29, 1780
5. Galvez, Bernardo de, ALS to Luis de Unzaga y Amezaga, August 24, 1782
6. Galvez, Bernardo de, ALS to MYA, April 15, 1785
7. Galvez, Bernardo de, ALS to Esteban Rodriquez Miró, June 24, 1785
6. Galvez, Bernardo de, Don, document stating that Don Bernardo de Galvez, Colonel of the Royal Armies, Intendant and Inspector General of the Province of Louisiana, gives to Pedro Lacoste titles to 40 arpents of land in front and on both sides of Bayou Nez Pique, New Orleans, [printed, Spanish], August 23, 1781
7. Gam-Gh [3 items]:
1. Gardoqui, Diego de, AL copy to John Jay with enclosures:
a. Letter from Gardoqui to Jay regarding Jay's request to navigate the Mississippi and the reasons that this is not allowed, New York, May 25, 1786
b. Articles proposed by Don Diego Gardoqui to be inserted in the treaty with the United States, concerns reciprocal trade between the US and Spain and establishes consuls in eachother's countries
c. Extract from a representation of Jay to Congress regarding flour and other US commodities reaching Spanish America, August 3, 1786
d. Extract from report to Congress on the Spanisha nd French claims to the Mississippi below US territory, August 17, 1786
e. Letter from Madrid from La Fayette to the Count de Florida Blanca regarding the position of navigating the Mississippi, February 19, 1783
f. Letter to Marquise de La Fayette from Pardo Florida Blanca discussing the King's desires to settle amicably with the United States, February 22, 1783
g. Letter from Madrid from La Fayette, clarifying La Fayette's position on the Blanca letter, February 22, 1783
h. Copy of a letter from Jay to Gardoqui regarding the upcoming negotiations between the United States and Spain, October 17, 1788
2. Garibaldi, Guiseppe, ALS to General Griffini, August 6, 1868
3. Gayarré, Charles Etienne Arthur, Tribunals of Criminal Jurisdiction in Ancient Rome, [bound], undated
8. Gi-Go [2 items]:
1. Gibson, Randall Lee, ALS to Reverend Richard Raines that states that Gibson entered the Senate in 1883, was re-elected in 1888, and that his term expires in 1895, Live Oak, Louisiana, [English], November 20, 1891
2. Godard, E., ADS, petition to Board of Alderman requesting use of Place d'Armes for balloon ascensions, New Orleans, undated
9. Gordon, James H., Brigadier General, 15 ALS to General David B. Morgan:
1. ALS to Colonel Alexander Decloult regarding as order to send 15 men to investigate a fire and to be preparred in case of a negro insurrection, December 26, 1814
2. ALS to Captain Joseph Debuclet regarding orders, December 24, 1814
3. ALS to General David B. Morgan, December 30, 1814
4. ALS to General David B. Morgan, December 31, 1815
5. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 3, 1815
6. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 9, 1815
7. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 10, 1815
8. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 12, 1815
9. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 14, 1815
10. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 16, 1815
11. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 17, 1815
12. ALS to General David B. Morgan, Janaury 18, 1815
13. ALS to General David B. Morgan, January [18?], 1815
14-15. ALS to the Regimental Quartermaster regarding transporting the sick across the river, December 26, 1814
10. Gp-Gz [5 items]:
1. Graham, George, ALS to Samuel Alexander Foot regarding a description of the area granted to Elias Smith in the Territory of Arkansas, General Land Office, handwritten, English, April 9, 1824
2. Green, Andrew, ALS to judge of Comté de Acadie, August 13, 1805
3. Grymes, John Randolph, ADS petition to judge of the US District Court regarding debt of Jean Laftitte to the US, undated
4. Grymes, John Randolph, ADS petition to judge of the US District Court regarding debt of Jean Lafitte to the US, April 7, 1813
5. Guillemaro, Gilberto, "DS account of expenses on repair of a dike in upper New Orleans signed by Guillemaro and others, August 26, 1794
11. Grailhe, Charles Arthur, "Arthur Grailhe, New Orleans, Groeca La Minora, Ovid and the Hateful Caesar, Translated into the English Tongue, by Charles Arthur Grailhe, AD 69-60", [bound manuscript]
12. Ha-Hn [9 items]:
1. Hahn, George Michal Decker, ADS, proclamation ordering sheriff of Plaquemines Parish, L. Leombard, to hold elections, New Orleans, April 9, 1864
2. Hahn, George Michal Decker, ALS to Elihu Benjamin Wahburne about recommendation of Washburne as the Secretary of the Treasury, December 16, 1868
3. Hamilton, [?], ALS to Waddy Thompson, May 28, [?]
4. Harbour, A., ALS to John McDonogh and Company regarding the sale of four Negroes, June 15, 1812
5. Harvey, [?], Lieutenant Colonel, ALS to Colonel Winfield Scott, October 3, 1813
6. Hay, George, ALS to Aaron Burr as a reply to a letter and is of various subjects, July 19, 1803
7. Heard, William Wright, TLA from Heard, Vice President of State National Bank, in reply to Lawrence F. Bower's letter and denies knowing of hiring James Mitchell, New Orleans, July 26, 1806
8. Hérbert, Paul Octave, ALS to Mary Hérbert, his daughter, regarding her improving handwriting and his experiences away from home, Alleghany Springs, Virginia, handwritten, English, August 2, 1871
9. Henry, James W., ALS to General James Wilkinson, September 21, 1796
13. Henland, Cecil, "The Ghosts of My friend, arranged by Cecil Henland, Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers", a form of autograph book with directions: "Sign your name along the fold of the paper with a full pen of ink, and then double the page over without using blotting papers", 1911
14. Log of the HMS Rinaldo and includes the log of the HMS Emerald, "Log of the HMS Rinaldo, Commander W. N. W. Hewwtt, V. C. from the 8th August 1862 to 28th February 1863, Queensbury, Mid."
15. Ho-Hz [6 items]:
1. Holland, J. H., ADS listing the prisoners in the prison of the Parish of New Orleans, [oversized document], May 3, 1814
2. Hopkins, Stephen A., ALS to General David B. Morgan regarding men stationed at Camp Dupres sent to help Morgan, Janaury 12, 1815
3. Hoskin, James, ADS sworn statement regarding activities of Lafitte's pirates at Barataria Island, December 5, 1814
4. Hosy, William, ADS sworn statement regarding Lafitte's pirates at Barataria Island December 5, 1814
5. Howard, Carlos, ADS travel permit issued to Maximilliano Maxent, countersigned, June 12, 1802
6. Howard, Carlos, ADS travel permit issued to Caytam [?] Gutiérres, countersigned, Januasry 1, 1804
16. I [7 items]:
1. Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d', ADS agreement between Iberville and Canadians who accompanied him on an expedition in 1694, [French], August 8, 1694
2. Typescript of item 16.1
3. Printed description of item 16.1 from a calender
4. Iberville, Pierre le Moyne, Sieur d', AD copy of Iberville's journal of his voyage to the Mississippi in 1699 and signed by de la Rochelle, [French], June 30, 1699
5. Handwritten translation of item 16.4 from French to English
6. Irvine, B., ALS to General James Wilkinson, Baltimore, English, November 10, [?]
7. Handwritten script of item 16.6

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3E4801. Jackson, Andrew [9 items]:
1. ALS letter of recommendation, January 8, 1815
2. ALS letter of recommendation, [?], 1815
3-5. 3 ALS to General David B. Morgan
6-7. ALS to Major Michael Reynolds, includes a photostatic duplicate; orders to Major Reynolds to fortify the temple, December 22, 1814
8. Unidentified author, ALS to Andrew Jackson, December 19, 1806
9. AL draft to Messers. William and Stanley Donelson
2. Je-Jn [2 items]:
1. Jefferson, Thomas, ALS to William Carmichael and William Short concerning the actions of the Baron de Carondelet, the Governor of Louisiana in inciting the Indians to war on the United States, Philadelphia, PA, October 14, 1792
2. Jefferson, Thomas, ALS to Bernardo de Galvez regarding trade difficulties and that the United States cannot immediately repay the debt owed, Williamsburg, VA, November 8, 1779
Jo-Jz [7 items]:
1. Johnson, Henry, ALS to General James Wilkinson, May 10, 1820
2. Johnson, Henry, ALS to unidentified recipient, February 13, 1821
3. Johnson, Isaac, ADS appointing John R. Dufrocq Justice of the Peace for East Baton Rouge Parish, November 14, 1849
4. Johnson, Isaac, ALS to L. I. Cist, August 16, 1852
5. Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, ALS to General David B. Morgan, January 24, 1815
6. Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, ALS to Richard Smith, November 25, 1830
7. Jonas, Benjamin F., ALS to Lawrence F. Bower, November 27, 1891
4. Kellogg, William Pitt:
1. ALS to Lawrence F. Bower about assisting with information about people elected to the Senate, April 29, 1900
2. ALS to Daily Globe, New Orleans, directed to the editor, December 12, 1870
3. ALS to L. D. Merchant requesting that personal maps, charts and a book be returned to Kellogg, August 28, 1872
5. Kinsans, Jabeil, Letter to John McDonogh inviting him to his home, September 30, 1817
6. Kinsans, Jabeil, ALS to John McDonogh and writing at the request of Madame Levan about the property her husband left and they are requesting advice from McDonogh, October 6, 1817
7. Kinsans, Jabeil, ALS to John McDonogh, April 25, 1818
8. Knox, Henry, letter from Knox to General James Wilkinson, Philadelphia, PA, August 8, 1792
9. Knox, William G., Lieutenant, letter to General David B. Morgan, Fort St. Leon, January 25, 1815
10. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul, Marquis de [3 items]:
1. ALS to Henry Schyler Thibodaux, 1825
2. Fabric badge with drawing in black ink, according to item 3 in this folder "Within the letter is a small badge...on which a figure of a head and bust of Lafayette, with two goddesses of Liberty, one on either side, in the act of placing a wreath upon the head, while below is a representation of Lord Cornwallis surrendering his sword to General Washington at Yorktown on the 19th October 1781"
3. Newspaper articles [one in French and one in English] describing a letter by General Lafayette to Henry S. Thibodaux and a fabric badge enclosed in that letter
11. Lafitte, Jean [6 letters]:
1. ALS to Captain Garrison, April 22, 1813
2. Typed note regarding item 11.1
3. Typescript of item 11.1
4. ALS to Captain Lockyer, September 4, 1814
5. Negative photostat of item 11.4
6. Handwritten translation of item 11.4, [French to English
7. Typescript of item 11.4, [English], with note "Note: This is the translation that Lockyear has made of the original letter"
8. ALS to Jean Blanque, September [4], 1814
9. ALS to Jean Blanque, September 7, 1814
10. Handwritten script of item 11.9, [French]
11. Typescript of item 11.9, [English]
12. ALS to Commodore D[avid Tod] Patterson, [English], January 3, 1820
13. "Note: this is the only letter by Lafitte that the original is in English", 3 x 5 card
14. Typescript of item 11.12, [English]
15. ALS to William C. C. Clairborne, undated
16. Handwritten script of item 11.15, [French]
17. Typescript of item 11.15, [English]
12. Lafitte, Jean, miscellaneous:
1. ADS, order for the arrest of Jean Lafitte, July 24, 1813
2. ADS, testimony of John Oliver in the trial of Jean Lafitte, undated
13. Lafitte, Jean, miscellaneous:
1. Holmes, Andrew Hunter, ADS, United States vs. Jean Lafitte, November 19, 1812
2. Handwritten copy of item 13.1, addressed to the District Court of the U. States, filed, April 7th 1812, Columbus, Lawfo[?]
3. Percy, W. H., ALS to Nich[olas] Lockyer, August 30, 1814
4. Typescript of item 13.3
5. Percy, W. H., ALD to [Jean] Lafitte, [English], September 1, 1814
6. Typescript of item 13.5
7. Lafitte, Pierre, ALS to Jean Blanque, September 10, 1814
8. Typed note on index card questioning the author of item 13.7
9. Handwritten script of item 13.7, [French]
10. Typescript of item 13.7, [English]
11. Martinot, Joseph, ADS, protest authorized by John Lynd, September 30, 1814
12. Godfrey, William, ADS, sworn statement regarding activities of Lafitte's pirates in Louisiana, December 3, 1814
13. Oliver, John, ADS, affidavit regarding Jean Lafitte, December 3, 1814
14. William, Edward, "DS, sworn statement concerning Lafitte's pirates at Barataria Island, December 3, 1814
15. Blanque, Jean, ADS, testimony about Jean Lafitte, [French with notes in English], April 22, 1815
16. Handwritten translation of item 13.15, [French to English], undated
17. Listing of evidence and depositions regarding Lafitte and the Barataria people, [handwritten], [1815]
18. List of documents, 1812-1820, regarding Lafitte and his activities, handwritten on the reverse side of a form from W. P. Hickey, Recorder of Mortgages, Parish of Orleans, 19--
19. Cover page for a letter addressed to Mr. Blanque at New Orleans, [French], undated
14. Latour, A., letter to General David B. Morgan, camp near New Orleans, [English], January 14, 1815
15. de Laussat, Pierre Clement, letter to "his excellence, the Citizen Beuronville", New Orleans, April 16, 1804
16. Lee, Benjamin, General, letter to Dr. Benjamin Howard or General David B. Morgan, [handwritten, English], December 29, 1824
17. Legaré, Mary L., letter to Waddy Thompson in Greenville, South Carolina, dated from Charleston October 26, 1837
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3So4118. de Lemos, Manuel Gayoso, broadside announcing the treaty negotiated between Spain and the United States and the difficulties that arose from said treaty, Natchez, MS, December 3, 1796
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3E48019. de Lemos, Manuel Gayoso, "Some notes extracted from the Files deposited at the clerk's office of Mr. Louis Fabravche, Judge", Natchez, MS, April 19, 1792-January 12, 1796
20. de Lemos, Mauel Gayoso, ALS to Daniel Clark, Natchez, MS, June 17, 1796
21. de Lemos, Manuel Gayoso, ALS to unknown recipient, August 4, 1797
22. de Lemos, Manuel Gayoso, "A commission as Magistrate of New Orleans, given to Don Pedro Denis de la Ronde", New Orleans, June 6, 1798
23. de Lemos, Manuel Gayoso, letter to unknown recepient, undated
24. "Opinion by [Lieutenant] Francisco Caso y Luengo for Manuel Gayosos de Lemos; petition by Louis de la Houssaye against 5 posession of lands formerly belonging to petitioner" June 11, 1798, June 9, 1798
25. Lewis, Davidson B., letter to the Reverend Lawrence F. Bower of Yonkers, NY, regarding the nomination for Governor in 1872, New Orleans, [handwritten, English], November 1900
26. Lewis, Davidson B., postcard to Lawrence F. Bowers inquiring if photographs and letter were received, New Orleans, [handwritten, English], November 27, 1900
27. Lewis, W., letter from W. Lewis to Thomas Biddle regarding the deposition of Mr. Daniel Coxe about General Wilkinson and Aaron Burr; Lewis was council for Burr and refuses to release documents that relate to his client, [handwritten, English], June 17, 1808
28. Transcript of item 27
29. Livingston, Edward, letter to General David B. Morgan, [English], December 25, 1814
30. Livingston, Edward, letter to General David B. Morgan, [English], January 3, 1815
31. Livingston, Edward, letter to unknown recepient regarding a piece of land, [handwritten, English], June 13, 1819
32. Livingston, Edward, letter to Dom A. Hall regarding a petition of Vincent Gemby, New Orleans, [handwritten, English], filed July 12, 1815
33. Livingston, Edward, ADS to Dom A. Hall, US District Judge from the Louisiana District, concerning the petition of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana District Court, [English], July 28, 1815
34. Livingston, Edward:
1. Letter to [John McDonogh] regarding McDonogh's appeal to Congress, Washington DC, [handwritten, English], February 20, 1830
2. Envelope and cover sheet for item 34.1
35. Livingston, Edward, letter to John McDonogh about claims, Washington DC, [handwritten, English], March 16, 1830
36. Livingston, Edward, letter to John McDonogh about a decision on McDonogh claims, Washington DC, [handwritten, English], April 20, 1830
37. Livingston, John, letter to Beverly Chew [?] about a defect in title to property sold to Livingston in 1814 near Natchez, [handwritten, English]
38. Livingston, Robert R., Barbe Marbois and James Monroe, copy of convention between France and the United States, Paris, April 30, 1803
39., Livingston, Robert R., letter to Elkanah Watson about the Louisiana Purchase, Paris, [handwritten, English], June 25, 1803
40. Yeo, James Lucas, Captain, of the HMS Southhampton, letter to the first Lord of the Admiralty entitled "Observations relative to New Orleans," February 19, 1813

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3E4811. McCaleb, Thomas A., letter to John McDonogh regarding McDonogh vs. Theodore Tregare and others over the property of "frees" and that one Negro woman is to be seized and sold, New Orleans, January 23, 1829
2. McClelland, Jno., Captain, letter to General James Wilkinson, Fort St. Philip, April 13, 1813
3. McDonogh, John, bill to Payne McDonogh and E. Carraby & Company regarding the account of purchase of raw sugar, signed by P. Bordereau, [New Orleans], [French], February 29, 1801
4. McDonogh, John, and other inhabitants of Faubourg, St. Marie, written document to the superior court of Louisiana Territory regarding the protection of their property until the resolution of the case of Jean Gravier, in French, New Orleans, February 18, 1806
5. McDonogh, John, to his son:
1. Letter regarding views on Wilkinson and Burr, Baltimore, March 18, 1807
2. Letter regarding the danger from Spain and Britain, Baltimore, July 27, 1807
6. McDonogh, John, bill of sale of a Negro slave to McDonogh, signed C. F. Visinier, September 25, 1812
7. McDonogh, John:
1. ALS to Edward Livingston regarding land and the wishes of slaves, New Orleans, April 14, 1830
2. Note, October 22, 1830
8. McDuffie, General, ALS to General Waddy Thompson, Greenville, May 1, 1841
9. McEnery, Samuel Douglas, ALS to Lawrence F, Bower, Baton Rouge, May 18, 188[?]
10. McEnery, Samuel D[ouglas], letter to S. J. Schwartz, Washington, DC, January 12, 1896
11. McEnery, Samuel D[ouglas], letter to S. J. Schwartz, Washington, DC, June 10, 1898
12. McEnery, Samuel Douglas, letter to L. F. Bower, New Orleans, November 2, 1899
13. McEnery, Samuel Douglas, ALD to [Richard Lewis] concerning McEnery's tenure as Governor of Louisiana, New Orleans, December 28, 1891
14. MacPhereson, B. H., Captain, letter to General James Wilkinson, Fort Columbia, March 26, 1812
15. MacRea, W., Major, letter to General James Wilkinson, New Orleans, August 15, 1812
16. Madison, James, letter to William Hulings of New Orleans about a decree of the Governor that is a gross violation of the trarty with Spain, State Department, Washington, DC, November 29, 1802
17. Madison, James, letter to Rufus King regarding trade restrictions imposed by Great Britain and Spain, December 23, 1802
18. Many, B., Captain:
1. Letter to James Wilkinson, Fort St. Philip, August 27, 1812
2. Typescript of item 18.1
19. Magruder, Allan B., ALS to General Thomas Posey, Senate, Washington, DC, March 3, 1913
20. Marigny, General, Controleur des Alienation Pour la Nouvelle Orleans, certificate of the Department of Alienations, New Orleans, June 24, 1850
21. Marques [?], ALS to Masis [?], January 12, 1738
22. Martin, J. P.:
1. Letter to James Wilkinson, New Orleans, [French], January 5, 1807
2. Copy of item 22.1
23. Mazange, Leonard, ALS to the MYA regarding the police of New Orleans, 1770
24. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA about the charity hospital, New Orleans, [Spanish], 1783
25. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA discussing measures to be pursued for repair and reestablishment of the charity hospital, New Orleans, [Spanish], May 2, 1783
26. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA, City Council of New Orleans, transmitting royal decree calling for the establishment of a National Bank for the province to promote commerce and trade, New Orleans, [Spanish] June 6, 1783
27. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a letter from the Conde de Galvez that Galvez is to name a temporary replacement to govern Louisiana and West Florida while he is absent, New Orleans, [Spanish], August 1, 1783
28. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA of New Orleans enclosing certification by Captain Nicholas de Lasize of an expenditure against a runaway black slave, New Orleans, [Spanish], October 31, 1783
29. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA concerning more discussion of measures to repair and re-establish the charity hospital, New Orleans, [Spanish], March 20, 1783
30. Miro, Don Estevan, adjustment of a debt owed by a police officer of the Spanish government from the German coast in Louisiana to Francisco Birot, New Orleans, [Spanish], December 6, 1784
31. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to MYA transmitting royal dispatch regarding the right granted to regulars of the established Jesuit Society to enjoy Fruits of Property Pertaining to them in American and the Phillipines, New Orleans, [Spanish], January 2, 1785
32. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA regarding the appointment of de Galvez as Governor of Havana and the Island of Cuba, reatining also his past authority over Louisiana and the two Floridas, New Orleans, [Spanish], January 14, 1785
33. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA regarding transmission of de Galvez's statement regarding the MYA's propsal to improve the streets of New Orleans, New Orleans, [Spanish], April 1, 1785
34. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a statement by de Galvez that all disputed matters be handled by the auditor of the province, not by other lawyers, New Orleans, [Spanish], May 6, 1785
35. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to Son Nicholas, Christmas and Davenport concerning rival claims of the State of Georgia to the Fort and District of Natchez based on a prior peace treaty with Great Britain, addresses to Messrs. Long, Christmas and Davenport, relating to some comunication received from Col. Don Fr. Bouligny, commanding at Natchez, in which the same refuses to turn over to the Spanish government some certain districts of lands which were included in the last treaty, New Orleans, [Spanish], September 7, 1785
36. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA forwarding copies of a royal decree establishing a powerful compnay for the Philippine trade, New Orleans, [Spanish] September 10, 1785
37. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting two royal orders, New Orleans, [Spanish], December 16, 1785
1. Regulating the amount of tabacco that tobacco ship's passengers can carry, August 3, 1785
2. Announcing 40 openings available to Americans at Madrid Seminary, August 8, 1785
38. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a royal order of September 4, 1784 that prescribes methods by which to preserve towns and cities from the effects of the plague [small pox epidemic], order enclosed, New Orleans, [Spanish], March 9, 1786
39. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA citing statement of the Marquis de Sonora on the royal order of May 20, 1786, giving full rights and privlidges to the men of the New Orelans Battalion, New Orleans, [Spanish], December 22, 1786
40. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA consisting of a copy of Article VI of the peace treaty between Great Britian and Spain, signed in London on July 14, 1785, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 9, 1787
41. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting the treaty of peace and friendship between Charles and the Dey of Algeria, dated June 14, 1786, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 9, 1787
42. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA of New Orleans concerning the competence of lawyers in appeals preceedings and enclosed is a lawyer's brief by Rafael Pendome, New Orleans, [Spanish], March 16, 1787
43. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA of New Orleans concerning the absolute immediate need to acquire a house to quaratine small pox sufferers to contain what is becoming an epidemic, New Orleans, [Spanish], June 8, 1787
44. Miro, Don Estevan, letter transmitting the Royal Order of March 13, 1787 that named Joseph de Expleta to suceed de Galvez as interim captain General of Louisiana and the two Floridas, order enclosed, New Orleans, [Spanish], July 12, 1787
45. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA of New Orleans including a letter from Andre Lopez Armesto about parental consent in certain cases of their children's marriages, New Orleans, August 11, 1787
46. Miro, Don Estevan, letter of Don Estevan Miro announcing that ecclesiastical courts will only consider grounds for divore a spiritual matter, copy of decree enclosed, New Orleans, [Spanish], August 11, 1787
47. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA, City Council of New Orleans, transmitting copy of a royal decree regarding extraction and fate of prisoners who have taken refuge in the church, New Orleans, [Spanish], August 11, 1787
48. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA including a royal order of the King, signed by Andres Lopez Armesto reagrding the granting of private chapels, New Orleans, [Spanish], August 16, 1787
49. Miro, Don Estevan, letter witha copy of a royal edict concerning the Louisiana Militia, royal compensation to Louisisana Militia for their efforts during recent actions against the British, New Orleans, [Spanish], January 18, 1788
50. Miro, Don Estevan, order to the Sergeant, privates and soldiers to obey the orders of the new commander of St. Bernard, Pedro Leronde, New Orleans, [Spanish], April 5, 1788
51. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS including a copy of the royal decree of December 21, 1787, and signed by Andres Lopez Armesto, regarding cases of concubinage prosecuted by the authorities, New Orleans, [Spanish], April 25, 1788
52. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a royal resolution that, due to rectitude and probity of the administration od the late Conde de Galvez, there will be no need for the usual "residencia" hearings, New Orleans, [Spanish], May 8, 1788
53. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA transmitting royal orders for the extinction of all circulating paper money in the province due to abuses that have arisen, New Orleans, [Spanish], January 5, 1789
54. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to Don T. Espetata y Galdeano, Governor of Havana, discussing observances of the funeral of the late King Carlos III, New Orleans, [Spanish], April 3, 1789
55. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a copy of the Royal Decree of May 31, 1788, which concerns the education, treatment and occupation of slaves in all of the Dominions, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 26, 1790
56. Miro, Don Estevan, ADS, proceedings by a free black woman named Carlotta seeking freedom for her mother at German Coast, Costa de los Alemanes, upriver from New Orleans, New Orleans, [Spanish], March 9, 1790
57. Miro, Don Estevan, ALS to the MYA transmitting the royal appointment of Don Luis de las Casas as new commandant of Louisiana and West Florida, New Orleans, [Spanish], April 30, 1790
58. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA calling council members to a meeting to undertake the distribution of charity funds to the victims of fire, New Orleans, [Spanish], June 18, 1790
59. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a royal decree regarding pardons for thise convicted of contraband trade, New Orleans, [Spanish], July 10, 1791
60. Miro, Don Estevan, letter to the MYA transmitting a royal decree relieving Don Antonio Valdes of interim responsibility for the Ministries of War and Finance for the Indies, [Spanish], August 19, 1790
61. Miro, Don Estevan, surveyor report if the District of Punta Carta, Louisiana, with comments by Miro; Royal Surveyor Carlos Trudeau reports on the lands of Don Jorge Olivet at Punta Cortada (Pointe Coupe), New Orleans, March 10, 1791
62. Miro, Don Estevan, letter announcing a statement from the Count de Lorina that the commercial decree of 1782 is to be porogued beyond the original ten year period, New Orleans, [Spanish], September 16, 1791

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3E4821. Money, J., Captain, letter to General James Wilkinson, October 9, 1777
2. Monroe, John T., typescript of a letter to General Benjamin Butler concerninf the protest of General Order No. 28, New Orleans, May 16, 1862
3. Monroe, John T., Mayor of New Orleans, ALS to General Benjamin Butler concerning General Order No. 28, New Orleans, May 16, 1862
4. Monroe, John T., Mayor of New Orleans, ALS to General Benjamin Butler concerning General Order No. 28, New Orleans, May 17, 1862
5. Monroe, John T., Mayor of New Orleans, typed copy of a letter to General Benjamin Butler concerning General order No. 28, New Orleans, May 17, 1862
6. Montégul, Joseph, ALS to Don Bernardo de Galvez, New Orleans, September 18, 1778
7. Moore, Thomas O. [2 items]:
1. ALS to J. J. Petters, Governor of Mississippi, Baton Rouge, January 14, 1861
2. Typescript of item 7.1
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3So418. Moore, Thomas Overton, ADS appointing A. Ducatel to be notary public in New Orleans, includign Ducatel's signature, New Orleans, April 30, 1861
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3E4829. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Brigade Major James H. Gordon, Doctor Flood's Plantation, January 2, 1815
10. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Brigade Major James H. Gordon, Doctor Flood's Plantation, January 4, 1815
11. Morgan, David B., General, letter to General Andrew Jackson, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, Janaury 12, 1815
12. Morgan, David B., General, letter to General Andrew Jackson, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, January 13, 1815
13. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Brigadier-General Hopkins, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, January 15, 1815
14. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Colonel Cavelier, Dr. Flood's Plantation, January 15, 1815
15. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Brigade Major James H. Gordon, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, January 15, 1815
16. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Brigade Major James H. Gordon, Camp Morgan, January 12, 1815
17. Morgan, David B., General, letter to General Andrew Jackson, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, January 21, 1815
18. Morgan, David B., General, letter to General Andrew Jackson, Headquarters, Drafted Militia, January 21, 1815
19. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Lieutenant Darby, January 22, 1815
20. Morgan, David B., General, letter to General Andrew Jackson, Camp Morgan, January 22, 1815
21. Morgan, David B., General, handwritten copy of a letter to Brigade Major James H. Gordon, Camp Morgan, January 23, 1815
22. Morgan, David B., General, handwritten copy of a letter to Mr. Louailier, Camp Morgan, January 23, 1815
23. Morgan, David B., General, letter to Captain Ferme, Camp Morgan, January 25, 1815
24. Morgan, David B., General, handwritten copy of a letter to Colonel Johnston, Camp Morgan, January 27, 1815
25. Morgan, David B., General, typewritten statement from Morgan to the editors of the Reporter, Madisonville, April 15, 1817
26. Morgan, Morgan, ADS bill of sale for a negro slave to Shepard Brown, Felicia Parish, Louisiana, May 2, 1814
27. Morphy, Diego [2 items]:
1. Copy of financial statement between Don Philip Neri, Baron de Bastrop and Don Joseph Hernandez, signed Don Manuel Salcedo, June 10, 1809
2. English translation of item 27.1, January 18, 1836
28. Morphy, Diego, sale of land to Ballon Desravines, New Orleans, December 26, 1837
29. de Morphy, Spanish Consulate, letter to Andrew Jackson, New Orleans, January 18, 1815
30. Movine, Joseph, deuplicate of a resolution that "Mr. John Jay is invested with full powers to negotiate with Don Diego Gardoqui," St. Ildefonso, September 27, 1784
31. Mulford, Clarence, Lieutenant, letter to General James Wilkinson, Philadelphia, June 9, 1807
32. Napoleon I [unidentified author], "Quelques notes sur la Floride," undated
33. New Orleans, "Sindicoes de la jurisdicion de la ciudad," AMS list of names, June 5, 1795
34. Nicholas, Robert Carter, ALS to William Harrison, Washington, January 12, 1837
35. Nicholas, Robert Carter, ALS to James Kirke Pauling, Secretary of the Navy, January 3, 1839
36. Nicholls, Francis T., ALS to Lawrence F. Bower, Baton Rouge, LA, June 28, 1888
37. Nicholls, Edward, Sir, to the Spaniards, Frenchmen, italians and British living in the United States, to assist Britain, Headquarters, Pensacola, FL, August 29, 1814
38. Nicholls, Edward, Sir, handwritten and typescript copies of ALS to Jean Lafitte, Headquarters, Pensacola, FL, August 31, 1814
39. Nixon, John, statement to General Morgan of the participation of Louisiana Militia in the engagement below New Orleans on January 8, 1815, undated
40. North, Godfrey, bill of sale of negro slave, Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, April 6, 1814
41. Ilivier, Jean, letter to the Mayor of New Orleans, New Orleans, April 14, 1807
42. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, "Episode of the History of Louisiana: the taking over of the colony by Spanish Troops in 1769," [French], September 27, 1769
43. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, "Instructions on the manner and form of setting up civil and criminal laws and matters of government in Louisiana under Spanish domination," New Orleans, [French], November 25, 1769
44. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, declaration abolishing unjust rates in the cabildo, New Orleans, [Spanish], December 21, 1769
45. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don:
1. ADS concerning the militia and the defense of Louisiana, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 12, 1770
2. Typescript of item 45.1
46. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, ALS to Joseph Hernandez, notary public of New Orleans, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 15, 1770
47. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, ALS to Joseph Hernandez, notary public of New Orleans, New Orleans, [Spanish], February 15, 1770
48. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, ordinance relative to land concessions in Louisiana, New Orleans, [French], February 18, 1770
49. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, ALS to the sheriff and the Regent of the cabildo, New Orleans, [French], February 28, 1770
50. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don:
1. Letter announcing to the cabildo the entry of a new governor in function, New Orleans, [Spanish], March 1770
2. Typescript of item 50.1
51. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, letter to the Judicial Department of the government of Louisiana, requesting that two statements of law, enclosed [not found], be placed in the Archvies of New Orleans, New Orleans, [Spanish], 1770
52. O'Reilly, Alexander, Don, declarations of O'Reilly, Governor of Louisiana, [Spanish], August 27, 1769, August 25, 1802 June 27, August 16, 1804, August 16, 1806
53. Overton, W. H., letter to James Wilkinson, Natchitoches, LA, August 25, 1812

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3E4831. Patterson, Daniel T., and others, sales of cargoes of certain vessels and of wares and merchandise taken at Barataria, [New Orleans], November 12, 1814
2. Patterson, David F., letter to unidentified recipient, New Orleans, April 24, 1816
3. Pavie, Joseph, certificate that francisco Bernucho and Antonio Dubois, Mason bricklayers, have been employed 3 days in the general examination of chimneys in the 1st Sector, New Orleans, February 5, 1801
4. Pedesdaux, Pedro:
1. ALS with no recipient, New Orleans, March 18, 1791
2. ALS from Don Estevan Miro to the MYA, New Orleans, March 18, 1791
5. Peconnet, Joseph:
1. Letter from David [L. Ken?], MD, certifying that Peconnet received a war wound in his foot during a battle on January 8, 1815, New Orleans, January 31, 1816
2. Copy of a letter from Manuel Garcia regarding Peconnet, New Orleans, original date March 25, 1815, copy date January 11, 1816
3. Lette