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1831008897Thibodeauxville 1831. Unbound. Good. This two-page folded letter measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. The cover has no postmark nor rate mark so it is likely it was carried outside of official post office channels. The letter's paper is supple but it has developed splits along several folds so quite fragile. <br /><br />In this letter the Thibodeauxville Justice of the Peace seeks information about two men James Stewart and Joseph R. King he has arrested for horse theft and the probable murder of a watchmaker: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"There was a complaint . . . there were two men James Stewart and Joseph R King . . .of Suspicious Character that there were strong circumstances . . . they were guilty of Murder or horse stealing and probably both. . . . They started from Iberville with an old Dutchman a clock or watch repairer. . . . About two miles below Plaquemine the horse threw the Old man . . . and they took his horse . . . and Saddlebags and threw the old mans tools into the Mississippi. . . . The horse was found . . . and King and Stewart were arrested and are now in jail. I shall feel under obligations to any man that will give me information of the Old man whether he is dead or living or any other information that will serve to an expose the crimes which Stewart and King may have committed." <p>I could find no record that King and Stewart were ever brought to trial. Also neither name appears on the historical list of Louisiana executions. This does not mean that the pair were not convicted of murder. In the 1830s <br /><br />Louisiana was one of three states Alabama and Tennessee being the other two that changed their laws to give juries the complete discretion to sentence convicted murderers to punishments short of death. Some see Banner <i>The Death Penalty: an American History</i> have suggested that this was so that juries which at the time were composed only of white men could take race into account when they handed down sentences. Perhaps . . . but only two men were executed in Louisiana in 1831 one white and one black. <br /><br /> books
183734107New Orleans: Bayone 1837. First Edition. 151 151 12 12pp.Facing pages bear duplicate numbering. Old gold stamped on spine cloth. Title page in French as well as English. Small rubber library stamp on front flyleaf from Library of Congress. Small "lc" on lower title page Jumonville 964locates 3 copies Bayone hardcover books
1803WRCAM36542BPhiladelphia: Printed by W. Duane 1803. 2198pp. Modern quarter calf and cloth spine gilt. Light foxing and toning heavier to outer leaves. Faint dampstaining in margin of last few leaves. Very good. Untrimmed. These Senate debates were printed by William Duane the mercurial editor of the AURORA. The debates were prompted when the Spanish intendent at New Orleans suspended the American right to deposit goods at New Orleans in October 1802. The right had been guaranteed by Pinckney's Treaty with Spain of 1795 but was revocable. Among the issues debated by the Senate were resolutions authorizing the President to take the Mississippi Territory by force and providing militia and money for that purpose. American fears that they might lose access to New Orleans was one of the motivations prompting Thomas Jefferson to negotiate with the French for the purchase of Louisiana. The Louisiana Purchase treaty was signed in April 1803. At this time there was no regular record kept of the debates on the Senate floor and the body only admitted stenographers and note takers into the chamber in 1802. William Duane's account of the debate over the right to deposit goods at New Orleans and potential military action to enforce that right then is a rare and valuable glimpse into the deliberations of the Senate on a question of great importance to the territorial expansion of the United States. HOWES D517. EBERSTADT 103:161. SABIN 20990. THOMPSON 990. SCHWARTZ SALE 244. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4113. COHEN 7268. Printed by W. Duane hardcover books
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 books
19156294New Orleans LA: F.F. Hansell & Bro 1915. Octavo 268 pages. Frontispiece. Third edition styled "Second edition". While the title page states "1885" it was likely printed about 1915. A classic American cookbook and one of the great books of Creole cuisine. The original was one of the first two books on the subject.; it was anonymously printed in 1885 but it is generally accepted that Lafcadio Hearn is the author. In the same year the Woman's Christian Exchange published The Creole Cookery Book. Both books were issued to be marketed at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. This work has been almost continuously in print since the original issue. Previous owner's name to front paste down gilt-stamped blue cloth with color illustration pasted down. Some light wear to boards and to head of spine otherwise a very good copy. For notes on various editions see: Perkins Lafcadio Hearn A Bibliography page 10; Johnson American First Editions page 94; BAL 7913; Bitting page 221; Cagle 348; Uhler 115. F.F. Hansell & Bro hardcover books
1821WRCAM53730New Orleans 1821. 155159pp. Modern legal buckram gilt morocco labels. Minor shelf wear. Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplate on front pastedown obliterated contemporary signature on titlepage small hole in titlepage costing no text uneven foxing. Good. A pair of works recording the laws for two sessions of the Louisiana legislature in the early 19th century. Printed in English and French on facing pages. The laws address issues relevant to the state including incorporating Catholic parishes improving navigation within the state defining the powers of the mayor of New Orleans and also incorporating the city itself granting privileges to the Louisiana State Bank and much more. Both works are scarce. JUMONVILLE 335 374. hardcover books
182932551New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1829. 200 21 1 blank pp. Modern library cloth some soiling text with scattered spotting and light institutional marks on title page. Good. <br/><br/> "English and French on facing pages" Jumonville. With a List of Acts Index and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Among the Acts passed are an 18-section slave registration statute; a state printing contract for Benjamin Levy; and various laws on the militia internal improvements land titles civil and criminal law. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Jumonville 665 3. AI 39326 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
180320071Washington 1803. 5 3 blanks pp. Disbound some loosening Very Good. <br/><br/> "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans the capitol of that province." The Committee thus urges a post road from Washington "to pass through or near the Tuckabachee settlement to the Tombigby settlement in the Mississippi territory and from thence to New Orleans. And further that a post road ought also to be established from the said Tombigby settlement to Natchez." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 5472 3. OCLC 54186405 1. unknown books
180425033Washington 1804. 6 2 blank pp. Disbound and lightly toned. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Senate proposed these Amendments to the House Bill providing for extension of the laws of the United States to the Louisiana Territory purchased from France forming a part of the earliest legislation concerning this newly acquired expanse. <br/>AI 7428 1- DLC. OCLC locates three copies AAS Yale Cambridge under two accession numbers. Not in BEAL. unknown books
1839700551839. Greiner's Annotated Edition of the Louisiana Code of Practice Louisiana. Greiner Meinrad Editor. Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana Containing Rules of Procedure in Civil Actions; With an Abstract of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Placed Under the Appropriate Articles in the Code; To Which is Appended the Laws Creating the City Court And the Laws Relative to Justices of the Peace. New Orleans: M. Greiner 1839. xx 281 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine endpapers added. Light shelfwear and soiling slight darkening to spine. Moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places light edgewear to preliminaries light soiling and library stamp to title page "8063" in tiny hand to verso. $350. First edition. Intended as a practical edition for lawyers Greiner's annotated edition of the code was somewhat overshadowed by Upton's edition which appear in the same year. It was well-received however and had a second edition in 1844. Not in Cohen. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1057. unknown books
1890WRCAM49909New Orleans: L. Soards Publisher 1890. 338pp. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Some insect damage light soiling spine ends and corners a bit frayed. Endpapers stained. Text toned but clean. A good copy. An early directory and guide book for the city of New Orleans. Includes address listings for both private residences and businesses advertisements for a wide variety of retailers a section for "Hints on Etiquette" floor plans for various opera houses and theaters and more. Illustrated with an occasional stock image in the advertisements. Rare with only two copies in OCLC at the New Orleans Public Library and the University of Texas at Austin. A delightful guide to the Big Easy. L. Soards, Publisher hardcover books
182829714New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1828. 211 1 blank; 199 1 blank pp. The 1827 Acts are bound in later cloth with morocco spine labels and an old law library gilt stamp at base of spine; bookplate on front pastedown; text lightly to moderately toned or foxed. Good. The 1828 Acts are bound in original attractive full calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. A couple of rubberstamps bookplate on front pastedown front and rear pastedowns worn. Good. <br/><br/> English and French are on facing pages in each volume. The First Session passed acts prescribing the mode of private emancipation an act relative to runaway slaves the organization of the City of New Orleans into wards; establishment of a consolidated planters association of Louisiana; and various laws on internal improvements civil and criminal law. <br/> The Second Session repealed an Act which had prohibited entry of slaves into the State for purposes of sale and passed several statutes improving river and canal transportation incorporating "a society of Israelites" incorporating other associations like the New Orleans Jockey Club. Each Session includes an Index and Titles of Acts.<br/>Jumonville 600 625. AI 29537 3 33906 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
1825WRCAM53386New-Orleans: M. Cruzat 1825. 241pp. Dbd. Moderate toning and foxing. Good. The official state publication of laws passed by the seventh legislature of Louisiana in its first session printed in English and French on facing pages. Only five copies located by OCLC at Yale Michigan Minnesota North Carolina and Historic New Orleans. JUMONVILLE 457. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21249. M. Cruzat unknown books
19081418New York 1908. Very good plus. Folding map 23 x 19 inches folded to 7.5 x 3.5 inches. Original grey printed card covers. Minor wear to covers a few small spots of foxing and wear to map. Handsome map of New Orleans printed in color with the canals railroads and electric street car lines highlighted. The map depicts the city from Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi showing minimal settlement south of the river primarily in the neighborhood of Algiers. Audubon Park Metairie Cemetery the city park and fair grounds are all highlighted as are many other smaller squares cemeteries and green spaces including the Oakland Driving Park today the New Orleans Country Club's golf course. At the time New Orleans was a city of about 300000 people. The present map shows that most of the neighborhoods along the Mississippi were traversed by "electric railways" with one line traveling north to the lake and terminating at West End while one line operated on the south side of the river. There are also numerous railroads delineated and several ferries crossing the river. A detailed look at the streets of New Orleans at the turn of the century. We locate fewer than ten copies in OCLC. unknown books
1812WRCAM40147Washington City 1812. 32pp. Dbd. Lightly foxed some chipping along spine- edge. Slight tanning to text. Good. The constitution of the State of Louisiana as accepted by the United States for entry into the Union. Louisiana's 1812 constitution was modeled after that of Kentucky providing for a two-house legislature and extensive executive powers. Only adult white males who paid taxes could vote which instantly disqualified two-thirds of the adult white male population and of course all nonwhites and women. The appeal for statehood was particularly urgent as the War of 1812 was unfolding. The Orleans Convention writes in January "Motives of peculiar urgency connected with the repose and security of the people of this territory have induced them to solicit of the executive that the constitution herewith transmitted may be immediately laid before Congress so as to be acted on without delay at their present session." Louisiana was the eighteenth state to enter the Union. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27252. unknown books
1845WRCAM36605Baton Rouge La 1845. Broadside 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Moderate dampstaining and age-toning. Contemporary annotation partially covered over in contemporary ink. Two small holes in margin not affecting text. A good copy. An unrecorded mid-19th-century Louisiana broadside advertising the sale on March 3 1845 of 180 arpents approximately 153 acres which belonged to the heirs of the late Jane Skinner and eighteen head of cattle and an unspecified number of hogs. The terms for purchase are also noted: "The Land at 1 and 2 years credit in endorsed notes payable in Bank and mortgage. Cattle and Hogs cash." The notice is signed in print "Ch. Tessier" possibly a justice of the peace and dated Baton Rouge January 30 1845. A rare Louisiana advertising broadside; no copies recorded in Hummel or OCLC. unknown books
187936489New Orleans: Jas. S. Cosgrove Convention Printer 1879. 337 1 blank 156 pp plus two folding tables. Each page printed in two columns. Bound in buckram with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels light rubberstamp on title page. Clean text. Very Good. Last leaf with a tear affecting about five letters of a two-page report in the Appendix concerning drainage and taxation in the City of New Orleans.<br/><br/> The Convention dominated by white Democrats returned Louisiana to Home Rule. It was consumed with issues of State debt financial auditing bonds and the public treasury. One delegate expressing his colleagues' deep resentment of Reconstruction asserted that "the deplorable gloomy and painful condition of Louisiana must be the result of the most barefaced prostitution of power the most barefaced abuse of sacred trusts and the most infamously corrupt application of the people's money" page 298. The Journal a day-by-day account of these Proceedings does not print the Constitution. <br/>Not in Marke Harv. Law Cat. Thompson. Jas. S. Cosgrove, Convention Printer unknown books
180311298Washington 1803. 5pp later stitching. Light wear Very Good. <br/> offered with SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.RELATIVE TO THE MEANS BY WHICH THE MAIL MAY BE CONVEYED WITH GREATER DISPATCH THAN AT PRESENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON & NATCHEZ AND NEW ORLEANS.12TH JANUARY 1804. READ AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON MONDAY NEXT. 1804. 4pp later stitching light wear. Very Good. <br/><br/> "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans the capitol of that province." The Committee thus urges a post road from Washington "to pass through or near the Tuckabachee settlement to the Tombigby settlement in the Mississippi territory and from thence to New Orleans. And further that a post road ought also to be established from the said Tombigby settlement to Natchez." Recognizing however that the route includes "a distance of nearly four hundred miles wholly uninhabited by citizens of the United States" in the Mississippi Territory the Committee adds that the precise route cannot be determined "until this unimproved territory has been explored." <br/>FIRST EDITIONS. AI 5472 3 7633 2. unknown books
186433590Natchitoches LA: Printed at the "Times" Office- Louis Dupleix Proprietor 1864. 48pp printed in English only as issued. Disbound old institutional rubberstamp on blank portion of title page. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> A scarce Confederate imprint which the Times Office also issued in a more common version with English and French on opposite pages. Much material on the prosecution of the War.<br/>Parrish & Willingham 2992 1- LNHC only. For the English-French printing see P&W 2991 11 locations. Printed at the "Times" Office- Louis Dupleix, Proprietor unknown books
1853WRCAM31934New Orleans: J.L. Sollée 1853. 44pp. Original printed wrappers. Minute wear to wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. A rare New Orleans printing of DON JUAN. with the text printed in English and French. OCLC locates only two copies and Jumonville adds one more. JUMONVILLE 2268. OCLC 24437616. J.L. Sollée unknown books
1828WRCAM31957New Orleans: Benjamin Levy 1828. First volume only of two. iv688pp. Contemporary plain boards rebacked in period style. Original spine remnants laid in. Faint dampstain in upper margin throughout. Overall internally clean. Contemporary ownership signature on rear board later ownership signature on front free endpaper later ownership stamp on front board. Overall very good partially unopened and untrimmed. The first volume only of this comprehensive listing of the laws of Louisiana from 1804 to 1828. Also issued in French the same year. Scarce. COHEN 5664. SABIN 42228. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 38099. JUMONVILLE 629. FOOTE p.179. KORN 130. Benjamin Levy hardcover books
186737280New Orleans: Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Job Office 1867. 60 25- advertisements 3 blanks pp. Original printed yellow wrappers some extremity chipping. Originally stitched now loosened. Illustration on rear wrapper: 'Front Entrance Gentilly Road. Several institutional stamps scattered foxing and dusting. The final 25 pages are advertisements from various commercial enterprises mostly from New Orleans. Good.<br/><br/> The Report announces Louisiana's entry into the post-War New South displaying its "improvements" in agriculture and the "Mechanic Arts." The advertisements alone demonstrate impressively Louisiana's determined recovery from the War. <br/> Officers Directors and Committee Members are listed after the title page. The Fair's President was the merchant I.N. Marks. "As indicated by his name ISAAC N. MARKS is of Hebrew descent and is a distinguished representative of his highly favored race but contrary to the usual customs of that people he has adopted the Christian faith. This change in his creed is due to the independent manner of thought which has characterized him from his boyhood and has ever made him master of his personality in the domain of both his sentiments and business. Mr. Marks is a native of South Carolina having been born at Charleston on the 5th of May 1817. At the age of nineteen he came to New Orleans and linked his career with that of his adopted city then lacking much of the greatness and grandeur which to-day places her a queen among cities" online 'Genealogy Trails History Group Orleans Parish <br/> The pamphlet records Louisiana's first Fair after the War's end in late November 1866. An essay explains its establishment and inauguration in late November 1866. "The mellow light of an Indian Summer's sun shone down." The various exhibits are listed followed by Marks's Address lamenting the "long and disastrous war leaving in its desolated path ruin upon every side; agriculture paralyzed; commerce languishing; a well-regulated labor system grown venerable in its usefulness and its humane tendencies suddenly and violently destroyed." Other Addresses call for immigration manufactures agricultural improvements and modernization.<br/>Not in Thompson which records later fairs of this Association. OCLC 24446596 1- Historic New Orleans Collection as of December 2020 but not collating the 25-page advertisement section. Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Job Office unknown books
18991837New Orleans: The Daily Item 1899. About very good. 600pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Extremities worn covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Some slight worming heavier at front of text. Light tanning and wear. A rare New Orleans almanac full of facts and figures on a wide array of subjects ranging from Queen Victoria's income to information on the Texas petroleum industry. With numerous advertisements for businesses across the country including a woodcut depicting the publisher's premises. The publication appears to have been rather short-lived appearing from 1897 to 1900. An interesting and eclectic volume designed to be an all-purpose ready reference for the average man. OCLC locates four serial holdings for this title all in the South. The Daily Item unknown books
1808WRCAM31953New Orleans: Bradford & Anderson 1808. viii1451pp. Dbd. Many leaves and signatures loose. Moderate browning. Contemporary ownership signature and stamp on titlepage. Good. An early printing of session laws from the Territory of Orleans admitted to the Union four years later as Louisiana. Printed in both English and French. A rare New Orleans imprint. OCLC locates only five copies. JUMONVILLE 173. FOOTE p.4. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 131. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15813. THOMPSON 1083. MACDONALD CHECKLIST OF SESSION LAWS p.70. OCLC 24446395. Bradford & Anderson unknown books
1868700681868. Louisiana's Reconstruction-Era Constitution Louisiana. Constitution Adopted by the State Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana March 7 1868. Printed by the New Orleans Republiean sic In Accordance with a Resolution of the Constitutional Convention Adopted March 7th 1868. New Orleans: Printed at the Republican Office 1868. 22 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers bound into to later library cloth. Some soiling light shelfwear. Moderate toning and light foxing to text faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves library stamps and marks to title page and its verso. $750. Louisiana's 1868 constitution instituted the criteria necessary for readmission to the Union. It eradicated the Black Codes of 1865 removed property qualifications for holding office and disenfranchised former Confederates. Indicating support for the Fourteenth Amendment which would be ratified on July 9 1868 the constitution granted full citizenship to African-American men with equal civil and political rights. It also banned segregated public schools and segregated accommodations on public transportation. This constitution was the First in Louisiana's history to include a bill of rights. These rights were severely diminished in Louisiana's 1879 constitution which followed the end of Reconstruction. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 152. unknown books
