French colonial manuscript document concerning a supply expedition to New Orleans commanded by Count Louis-Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil (1691–1763). A naval lieutenant, de Vaudreuil..... Read More about 1735 Louisiana Campaign Document commending the Pilot of the “La Charente” on its voyage to...
Published for the first time, the autobiography of this remarkable man enslaved from birth on a Louisiana plantation. Lynch rose to become Speaker of the..... Read More about Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch
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Letter by Georgetown College student Louis A. Greneaux, writing in French to his male friend Dranquet, discussing his family in Louisiana and expressing satisfaction with..... Read More about 1853 Autograph Letter Signed by Georgetown College Student Louis A. Greneaux of Louisiana
Subtitle: “King of the Twelve-String Guitar Players of the World, Long-Time Convict in the Penitentiaries of Texas and Louisiana.” The oral autobiography of Huddie Ledbetter..... Read More about Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly
Three related documents signed by wardens of the Port of New Orleans including two partly printed forms, similarly titled, likely printed in New Orleans before..... Read More about Port-Wardens’ Office, New-Orleans… [two partly printed documents likely printed in New...
Subtitle: “King of the Twelve-String Guitar Players of the World, Long-Time Convict in the Penitentiaries of Texas and Louisiana.” The oral autobiography of Huddie Ledbetter..... Read More about Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly
Writ of execution issued by New Orleans judge Charles Watts in the case of Citizens Bank of Louisiana vs. Hagan, Niven & Co., & Buchanan..... Read More about First Judicial District Court. The State of Louisiana .... [Citizens Bank of Louisiana vs. Hagan,...
Legal instrument protest signed by John Neilson, Jr., Notary Public, at the request of Messrs. Corning & Co. This latter firm presented a bill of..... Read More about United States of America, State of New York. SS. On the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord...
Legal writ of execution in the case of W.A. Gasquet v. McQueen & Atkins. Judge Charles Bushnell of the District Court of the Parish of..... Read More about The State of Louisiana, To the Sheriff of the Parish of West Feliciana—-Greeting: We Command...
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Membership Certificate blank for a duly elected “Active Member of Independent Perseverance Fire Company, No. 2, of the town of Natchitoches” in Louisiana. Fittingly, the..... Read More about Natchitoches, Louisiana Fire Company Membership Certificate
