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aly2002Humlebaek: 2002. 8vo. pp. 96. numerous illus. some colour. wrs [Humlebaek: 2002] unknown
185728024Philadelphia: Charles Desilver 1857. 17¼" X 13 3/4" image 16" X 12 3/4". Hand colored. Near fine. Faint age toning. Drawn by J.L. Hazzard this superb delicately hand colored map features a large ornamental border. Charles Desilver unknown
1804375007Washington D.C. 1804. 225vi pp. Uncut. 8vo. Publisher's paper-backed stiff blue sugar paper wrappers. Morocco backed clamshell box. 225vi pp. Uncut. 8vo. The first Congressional printing of the Louisiana Purchase treaty and associated conventions. This famous treaty was really three separate documents. The first was the purchase of Louisiana the second was a convention for the payment of the money due on the purchase and the third was a convention for the settlement of old claims. All were executed secretly in Paris in April 1803 ratified by the Senate on Oct. 17 and proclaimed on Oct. 21 1803. The terms were the most important in American diplomatic history after the 1783 peace treaty. They gave the United States all of the vast Louisiana Territory and made the country a continental power with territory extending to the Pacific Ocean. The text of all three documents is given in full in French and English. Also included are the texts of treaties with several Indian tribes. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. Malloy p.508 unknown
186046890New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15" image area 10 3/4" X 13½". Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning only. Bold bright map of this trio of states from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Handsomely colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
186046940New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15" image area 10 3/4" X 13½". Hand colored. Very good. Minor age toning and bit of soiling mainly about edges. A bold and nicely colored map of this southern trio from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Delicately colored and with handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1844715Washington D.C. 1844. Folio broadside. 340 x 220 mm. 13 1/3 x 8 ¾ inches. Wide geometric mourning border. Old folds. Two small pieces lacking from right hand margin but very good Bossier was of a Creole family one of the earliest to settle in Louisiana. He was a cotton and sugar plantation owner. A Calhoun democrat he served from March 4 1843 until his death on April 24 1844. He was later reinterred in Natchitoches La. His funeral service was conducted in the well of the House of Representatives and a newspaper notice about the event reads as follows: "The lighted candles the priests in their white surplices and the clouds of incense wreathing in the Hall presented a scene calculated to strike the beholder with awe. The Rev. Mr. Ryder then took his seat at the desk and delivered an eloquent sermon." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. See History Art and Archives of the United States House of Representative "The Funeral of Pierre Bossier of Louisiana" for details on the funeral. . unknown
186629782New Orleans: J. O. Nixon State Printer 1866. 17 pp 1p blank 2 folding tables of the "Statement of the Banks in New Orleans on the 28th October 1865 30th December 1865 being the last Saturday of the Month". 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound with stitching lacking some soiling discreet library markings short tears and creasing else very good. 17 pp 1p blank 2 folding tables of the "Statement of the Banks in New Orleans on the 28th October 1865 30th December 1865 being the last Saturday of the Month". 1 vols. 8vo. Financial Status following the war. The Board of Currency issuing their financial report with the status of funds gold and cotton. J. O. Nixon, State Printer unknown
6238HUGO PEDESCLAUX 1751-1834. Pedesclaux served as consul of Spain at Bordeaux from 1796 to 1808. DS. 10 x 12. August 27 1803. Bordeaux. A partially printed document signed Juan Estrada in Spanish; the translation states: DON HUGO DE PDESCLAUX commanding Commissary for His Catholic Majestys Royal armies and the trade of the nation of Spain in the Department of Gironde and its vicinity residing at Bordeaux. Whereas I have deemed it beneficial to the Kings service to grant free and secure passage to Don Antonio Ignacio Silva a resident of Louisiana 32 years of age 5 feet 4 inches in height eyes brown eyebrows the same hair black nose bulbous mouth regular and complexion dark; the said individual arrived in this port with the rank of second officer on the Spanish merchant frigate named La Eugenia and is returning to Spain by leave of his Captain Don Luis Dauquemenil on the chasse-mare El Santo ngel de la Guarde Don Martn de Ybarra master; having as his companion a youth named Jacinto Len a native of New Orleans and arriving on the aforesaid frigate La Eugenia; I therefore pray and beseech the Lords Governors Judges and Peace Officers in the places through which he may travel to impose no obstruction to his journey but rather to afford him whatever favor and assistance he may require to continue. To this end I have granted the present passport signed by my hand and sealed with the Royal seal of this consulate. On the version the following is written in another hand in reply and signed Antonio Argote Villalobos: Having appeared with this passport at this Consulate of Spain in Virginia it is granted him to take passage to Louisiana on the vessel that suits him Norfolk 14 December 1803. This document is a passport for Don Antonio Ignacio Silva to enter the colony of Louisiana on the orders of Don Hugo de Pedesclaux the Spanish consul in French Bordeaux. It was issued during a time of great transition for Louisiana as it had just been purchased from France by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. In return for fifteen million dollars about eighteen dollars per square mile the United States acquired 530000000 acres from France. Napoleon had hoped to re-establish a French colonial empire in North America as they had in the 18th century. France had only reacquired some of that territory the Louisiana Territory from Spain in 1800 having lost it in the Seven Years War in 1762 and explaining how a Spanish citizen like Silva could have lived there for so long. However France's failure to suppress a revolt in Saint-Domingue now Haiti plus the prospect of European warfare prompted Napoleon to sell off Frances North American possessions. Given that this document makes no mention of American control at either date and given how slow communication was in the early 19th century it is likely that none of the parties to this document knew of the Louisiana Purchase. In fact France would not turn over New Orleans their colonial capital until December 20 1803 after both signatures; and this was only three weeks after Spanish officials had belatedly formally turned over administration of the colony to France! The intertwined early 19th century histories of France and Spain would affect Pedesclaux. When Napoleon put his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne in 1808 Pedesclaux defected and swore loyalty to Joseph. He was not pardoned by Spain for this action until 1833. The document is in very good condition with some minor stains and folds. An English-language translation is included. unknown
1888GE188681888. Ex-Library. Group of three separate publicatiosn regarding the State of Louisiana published between 1888 and 1892. The old library binding lacks the spine strip and the front board is loose. The frist piece a report by Louisiana's Commissioner of Education is 135 pp. and deals with population climate agriculture etc. The second piece is 71 pp. illustrated with full page photographs and deals mostly with agriculture mostly of sugar and was apparently isued by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The third piece is 81 pp printed in blue and is a summary of a convention called for by Louisiana in order to dispel misinformation held by midwesterners and northerners regarding the State's agriculture and development. <br/><br/> unknown
1802264638Paris: Dentu 1802. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter contemporary calf and boards speckled edges. Handsome copy. Blue bookseller ticket of Ch. Chadenat Librairie Américaine et Coloniale Paris. Very good plus. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes B-243; Clark II 76; Dionne II 915; Field 99; Sabin 3979; Streeter III 1571; Wagner-Camp 1a Dentu unknown
1847470121New-Orleans; Nouvelle-Orleans: Printed by Gaux & David; Imprimerie de Gaux & David 1847. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Two separate issues. Octavos 5 ½†x 8 ½â€. In English: 10 2 2pp. final leaf is blank; In French: 10 3 3pp. final three pages are blank. Both are bound in the same tan plain paper wrapper with an early manuscript ink notation on front cover with inventory number and name of a Masonic Lodge. Neatly removed from a bound volume with spine slightly notched the wrapper is lightly dust soiled both are very good bright copies. An early report detailing a dispute between the freemasons of Louisiana and freemasons of Mississippi as reported by members of the Louisiana Grand Lodge and attested by Francois Verrier a New Orleans merchant and Grand Secretary of the Lodge. In response to the dispute the freemasons of Louisiana draw attention to the diversity of its members in their appeal for unity:<br /> <br /> “What we have done here is this: we have drawn closer … by uniting the whole Brotherhood of Louisiana of the three first degrees under one head … Laws must be suited to the community for which they are made and some Masonic regulations might be well adapted to Meridian of Louisiana; and especially to that of the City of New Orleans where we have daily intercourse with the Brethren of all nations . In New Orleans there are Lodges working in our different Languages. The fraternity here is composed of men of various nations habits and opinions and every measure which intends to unite us all into one band of Brothers is a blessing .â€. A scarce pair of early New Orleans imprints rarely found together. OCLC locates only two copies of the English language edition and only one copy of the edition in French. Printed by Gaux & David; Imprimerie de Gaux & David unknown
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19764649Shreveport La 1976. Good. 34pp. Original pictorial cream wrappers stapled. Moderate staining and noticeable insect damage to wrappers some pen notations on covers. A few ink notations and underlinings in the text but mostly clean with center gathering detached. An unrecorded pamphlet containing numerous "historical sketches" of the various groups within the 13th District Baptist Association Women's Auxiliary in Shreveport Louisiana. The work contains a history of the Antioch Baptist Church Missionary Society which began in 1889 and sketches on the women of the Broadway Missionary Church Mission Band the Lakeside Baptist Church the Little Union Missionary Baptist Church Mission Society and Woman's Missionary Union and many many more groups from area churches. The text is illustrated throughout with dozens of photographs of notable officers members and other figures within the groups various churches and more. An excellent snapshot of Shreveport-area women's church groups with no copies in OCLC. unknown
19384099Baton Rouge La: January 1938. Very good. 32pp. Original green printed wrappers stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling. Pencil notations to a few pages otherwise internally clean. The rare first issue of the bulletin of Southern University in Baton Rouge. The issue was devoted to the Southern University Rally and printed rules and regulations for the tournaments of the Louisiana Interscholastic Athletic and Literary Association. These events included the state football championship basketball games music and literary contests the state dramatic festival and the state track meet. The work also includes the "Aims and Purposes of the Association" which are "adapted from the Texas Interscholastic League for Colored Schools" a history of interscholastic activities "among Negro Schools in Louisiana" and lists of the officers of the organization. The previous owner of the present copy of the bulletin had a keen interest in the section on the rules for music contests with numerous light pencil notes written in the outer margins of the first two pages of that section. January unknown
19564349Mostly Shreveport LA 1956. Good. Thirteen manuscript ledgers all quarto or folio in contemporary cloth paper or partially-leather bindings totaling approximately 650pp. of manuscript content. Condition ranges from fair to very good with a few detached covers occasional detached leaves varying levels of toning and tanning to text and other wear. Evidence of regular handling and use as expected. A highly-informative and unique manuscript record of the activities of several African-American religious and social organizations in the larger Shreveport area of Louisiana over the period of more than three decades beginning in the mid-1920s. These thirteen ledgers mainly record the minutes for organizational meetings detailing group activities and also include useful information such as member rolls monthly dues paid donations to other organizations and so forth for eleven different Black organizations in the Shreveport area some of whom are exclusively women's groups. The meeting notes record a legion of activities engaged in by the various groups often opening with the location date and time of the meetings followed by detailed reporting of activities such as organizational committee and financial reports scripture readings vocal performances the election of new members and numerous other events. The locations of the meetings sometimes include the homes of various named members. The ledgers present here are as follows in chronological order:<br /> <br /> 1 Diamond Square Lodge #170. Shreveport La. 1924-1926. 79pp. Folio. Spine perished covers detached. A highly-detailed ledger and minutes book with mostly full-page entries recording the activities of the group over a two-year period in the mid-1920s. <br /> <br /> 2 Mt. Lebanon Lodge #20. Shreveport La. 1925-1940. 132pp. Records an unusually high time frame of activities and membership information for this local Shreveport men's group with entries recorded over most of a fifteen year period with no entries for 1930-32. The ledger contains mostly meeting minutes but some of the latter section is comprised of membership dues lists. Interestingly many of the pages over the first half of the ledger are crossed out in pencil with a full-page "X" for reasons which are ultimately unclear. <br /> <br /> 3 Sunflower Choir Club #7. Shreveport and Foster La. 1931-1939. Two volumes: 15; 66pp. of manuscript entries. A co-ed organization with members referred to variously as "Brother" or "Sister." The first volume contains seven double-page manuscript tables recording the member rolls and monthly dues paid between 1931 and 1937. The second volume is a continuation of the group's records beginning with membership rolls for 1938 and 1939. This second volume also includes more than fifty pages of meeting minutes. Interestingly one page records "Disbursements" made in 1938 which included donations to two other choirs named Shiloh and Stonewall. <br /> <br /> 4 Usher Civic Association and others. Shreveport La. 1931-1939. 12pp. of manuscript. The earliest two entries record the minutes of the Usher Civic Association while some of the later entries pertain to the VFW Glee Club and other usher boards in the area. <br /> <br /> 5 Stars Chapel Church. Hosston La. Two volumes: 74; 116pp. 1939-1947. An unusually-dense and informative pair of ledgers detailing the meetings financials and other activities of this small church in the tiny town of Hosston Louisiana. Among the information here are lists of donations for church repairs and member rolls for the years 1939 to 1947. <br /> <br /> 6 Antioch Baptist Church Usher Board. Shreveport La. 1942-1944. 57pp. of manuscript text. Some portions of ledger excised. This ledger is accompanied by a delightful landscape watercolor drawing of the Antioch Baptist Church building measuring 11 x 16 inches and signed Paul L. Dutzel. This historic Black church building was constructed in 1903 and still stands precisely as it is rendered in this beautiful piece of artwork. <br /> <br /> 7 The Good Samaritan Club. Shreveport La. 1942-1943. 60pp. Some leaves detached and worn. Interestingly the early recorder of this minutes book was not a good speller often recording some version of the name of the group as "The Good Sirmaraten" or even "Good Surmearic" club. <br /> <br /> 8 Lilly Lodge #28. Shreveport La. 1951-1952. 50pp. of manuscript. A neatly-kept ledger of meeting notes and membership dues for a local Masonic group with most of the work comprised of the meeting notes with detailed membership rolls and corresponding dues amounts from the previous month listed on facing pages. Every meeting for the Lilly Lodge took place at the Union Masonic Hall in Shreveport. <br /> <br /> 9 "The Brotherhood." 1953. 9pp. Likely a partial ledger which begins on page 55 and only contains notes for a few meetings along with two double-page tables of membership rolls and dues which are only partially recorded. Still a good record of the names of this group identified only as "The Brotherhood" in the early-1950s. <br /> <br /> 10 The Elbert Net Social Club. Bossier City and Shreveport La. 1955-1956. 30pp. of manuscript. The second entry records the meeting minutes for the El Serepe Social Club while the remainder of the book relates to the Elbert Net Social Club likely renamed. In addition to a couple of entries recording meeting minutes most of the entries for this women's social organization pertain to itemized donations taken up for the birthdays of various members. For example for Gladis Hamilton's birthday in June 1955 ten different named women contributed a quarter each. <br /> <br /> 11 The El Serepe Ebanett Social Club. Bossier City La. 1955-1956. 30pp. of manuscript. Peculiar to this volume are several entries recording lists of donations collected for different purposes including meals multiple entries for a "Fish Supper" pictures corsages a "special fund" and more. Also contains some entries for meeting notes member rolls with dues information and birthday collections. <br /> <br /> African American religious social and mutual aid societies were and continue to be vital to the Black community. Traditionally these groups have provided a sense of community as well as support and assistance to one another through shared funds especially when facing systemic oppression and limited access to traditional social services including religious services access to colleagues in business government healthcare education and more. These groups were particularly important to the African-American community during the Jim Crow era when segregation largely kept Black people literally separated from the larger white society in America. Organizations such as those represented in the present collection were essential to the Black community in Louisiana before the legal end of segregation was announced through various court decisions in the mid-20th century and also helped the Black community organize during the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.<br /> <br /> Taken together the ledgers contain approximately 650 pages of manuscript entries providing a unique opportunity for not only deep study of the social activities of African Americans in the Shreveport area over the course of thirty years but also allowing for comparative analysis between the groups with particular regard to the financial information contained herein. An informative and important manuscript record of African American social life in Jim Crow Louisiana with broad research potential. unknown
19504646Shreveport La 1950. Good. Broadside 8 x 7 inches on cardstock. Irregularly trimmed minor soiling and toning. A striking advertisement for the Colored Funeral Service Association Inc. which offered "Funeral Service Insurance" to relevant businesses in midcentury Shreveport. The advertisement pictures a nondescript building presumably the association's home office in Minden Louisiana. It also lists the three officers of the association along with the addresses of five "Colored Funeral Homes" located in Shreveport Lake Charles Minden Winnfield and Jonesville. unknown
19784648Shreveport La 1978. Very good. 56pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Moderate foxing creasing light edge wear with a few pen notations to rear wrapper. Light occasional foxing to text. A wonderful combination of souvenir program for a notable women's religious organization and overall celebration of African-American church life in Shreveport in the late-1970s. Chiefly the program contains the schedule of events for the 1978 conference of the 13th District Missionary Baptist Association Women's Auxiliary which took place over five days in August. The work also opens with a Dedication "In memory of The Black Mother" by the auxiliary's president Sister Eddie Jones and includes photographic collages of the organization's officers "Some Past President of the 13th District Association and Pioneers of Faith" other photo-collages of "Pioneers of Faith" a group photograph of the Baptist Men's Council of Louisiana" and much more. The text is supplemented with a wealth of greetings and well wishes from a legion of local citizens and religious organizations along with a number of advertisements for local businesses. One greeting that also doubles as an advertisement for the African-American newspaper The Shreveport Sun is printed in memory of the founder of the paper M.L. Collins. No copies in OCLC. unknown
19644637Shreveport La 1964. Good. 48pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Noticeable staining and edge wear head of spine chipped. The very rare if not unrecorded program issued by the Shiloh Baptist Church "celebrating the completion of a new house of worship and sixty-four years of service for God 1900-1964." The work contains a schedule of events for the week-long service and dedication of the new building as well as a wealth of information on the Shiloh church along with numerous photographs of groups within the church including the Deaconess Board the Matrons Officers Sunday School classes the "Angelic Choir" and many more. The material on the church is supplemented by dozens of congratulatory messages and advertisements for local businesses supportive of the African-American community in Shreveport. No copies listed in OCLC. unknown
19744634Shreveport La 1974. Very good. 29pp. Original blue printed wrappers stapled. Minor discoloration around edges minor wear. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover ink notation on first page. An unrecorded pamphlet containing the details of Baptist church events in Shreveport for 1974. The work includes a listing of the ministers in charge of the Fellowship as well as the program calendar of events order of events the schedule for the Christian Doctrine Lectures assignments of Sunday School teachers listings of committees and members of each and the Constitution and By-Laws of the Fellowship. The final eleven pages are comprised of a Membership Directory of the Baptist Ministers' Fellowship listing each minister's name home address church affiliation and the address and phone numbers for the church. We could locate no other copies of this rare handbook which offers ample study of the African American religious community in Shreveport in the early-1970s. unknown
19754627Shreveport La 1975. Very good. 36pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black stapled. Moderate toning to wrappers minor edge wear. Contents a bit toned but clean. A rare program printing the schedule of events for the "First Annual Banquet" of the Neighborhood Advisory Councils of Caddo Parish Louisiana. The present work prints the banquet information on the first page but the remainder of the text is comprised of advertisements for local businesses churches and more along with well wishes from politicians community leaders business owners and others. As such the work is tantamount to an African-American directory of Shreveport in 1975. Neighborhood Advisory Councils were and are just what they sound like -- organizations comprised of local leaders who serve to advocate for the citizens usually low-income citizens in their neighborhoods. We could no locate any other copies in OCLC. unknown
19684412Various locations in Louisiana 1968. 81 leaves illustrated with 701 photographs some in color but mostly in black-and-white. Oblong folio. Contemporary green cloth screw-bound. Moderate soiling and wear to album both covers and a few internal leaves detached. Album leaves with varying levels of chipping and wear a handful of photographs with paper remnants from being stuck to facing images on a few leaves but the great majority of images in very good or better condition. Overall good condition. A thoroughly charming and mammoth assortment of vernacular photographs documenting the activities of an African-American family and their friends in Jim Crow Louisiana. Many of the images contain dated captions printed in the borders helping to identify the time they were taken and are not arranged chronologically; the album was likely compiled some time in the mid-1960s. The wealth of images capture men women and children at home often playing with their children visiting sitting on the porch and so forth. The photographs also feature the family at church weddings family events swimming at Christmas and more. A great number of the images feature subjects posed in front of or near personal automobiles an important development in the lives of Black families in the mid-20th century. The album does not contain any captions or notations but the license plates of several automobiles in some of the images can be read clearly identifying the setting as Louisiana. Three photos document a young man and woman near a flooded portion of a neighborhood. A few of the men featured here sport military uniforms. The sheer number of images provide an excellent opportunity for further study into African-American life in Louisiana in the 1950s and '60s - a time of great transition and upheaval in the country. unknown
19334182Leesville La 1933. 135pp. Folio. Contemporary partially-printed ledger book bound in half black cloth over maroon cloth boards completed to various degrees in ink manuscript. Significant wear dust-soiling abrading and staining to binding with front joint partially split. Text block separated from spine with a few leaves detached but otherwise intact in gatherings. Varying levels of toning and dust-soiling to text but highly readable nonetheless. Fair condition. A unique and informative manuscript record book recording the activities of a local lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Louisiana during the Great Depression. Leesville Louisiana is atill a very small town located in Vernon Parish not far from the Texas border about fifty miles from Jasper Texas. The present ledger records meeting times and dates appointments and elections occasional committee reports and notes on meeting activities including communications dues paid suspensions and reinstatements of members disbursements made by the lodge and more in varying levels of detail throughout the book. As an example the September 18 1930 meeting records with original spelling retained that the committee "a pointed on claning off the graves Sir Jem Davis" and five others; the "unfinished business" portion records that "Some of the members of the Lodge was dissatisfied with their endetness to the Lodge which was tabled untill the next R.M. which will be Oct 2nd;" and new business included "Sir RJ Jefferson CC of Silver Star Lodge No. 110 of Slagle La visited Pine Tree Lodge on Sept 18 and md short talk on the good of the order" followed by a listing of four other members of the Slagle lodge who accompanied Jefferson. Naturally numerous other members of the Pine Tree Lodge and others are named throughout the activities recorded in the book providing a written record of an African-American organization struggling to maintain social standing and provide mutual aid to its members in a harrowing time in American history. unknown
19606351New Orleans 1960. Near fine. Broadside 9 x 6 inches. Minor toning. Broadside urging the white citizens of New Orleans to stop buying Ford cars claiming Ford profits "have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations" to the detriment of white folks "by forcing them to associate with negroes." The broadside declaims "It is time to dry up at least one source of the money that is being used to destroy our Southern way of life. Don't ever buy a Ford again." The Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans lobbied for boycotts on several companies that they felt were encouraging Southern society into integration. unknown
