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180324186New Orleans 1803. 1p. letter on a folded folio sheet with engraved scene entitled "Republique Francaise" at the top of the first page. A few manuscript notes and calculations on the second and fourth pages. Old folds. With: Printed invitation sent by the French Colonial Prefect of Louisiana Laussat for a gala in honor of the Spanish Commander in Louisiana and in anticipation of handing the Louisiana Territory over to the United States. December 11 1803 19 Frimaire an XII. 1p. printed on a folded quarto sheet addressed in manuscript on the fourth page. The pair in a half morocco clamshell case cloth chemises. Making the Louisiana Purchase happen and an invitation to the ball in honor of the transfer of Louisiana.<br/> <br/>A remarkable pair of documents announcing to a local French commander the completion of the transfer of Louisiana from Spanish to French control and inviting him to an upcoming gala in honor of the local Spanish commander and the forthcoming transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States. The letter and invitation are both addressed to Captain Guillermo Duparc Commandant of the Point Coupee military outpost just northwest of Baton Rouge. Pierre Clément de Laussat the last French Colonial Prefect of Louisiana arrived there in late March 1803 just a month before the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris on April 30. Spain had ceded Louisiana to the French in the Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 though the provisions of the treaty had remained a secret; his immediate responsibility was to oversee the transfer from Spain to France. Laussat had been hearing rumors since his arrival of a potential sale of Louisiana from France to the Americans and those rumors were officially confirmed to him in August. In May 1803 the Spanish commanders of Louisiana including the Marquis de Casa Calvo announced the forthcoming retrocession of Louisiana from Spanish to French control a process that was formally completed on November 30 1803. In the present letter dated just nine days after the completion of the Spanish retrocession Laussat writes Duparc sending him in translation from the French "the order which I have issued concerning taking possession of the French Republic of Louisiana in your district. I reached an agreement on it in advance with the Commissioners of S.M.C. Sa Majeste Catholique i.e. King Charles IV of Spain dated the 12th of Frimaire December 4 1803." Laussat writes that along with the proclamation he is sending Duparc various decrees regarding the circumstances of French control and asks him to redouble his efforts for tranquillity peace and order in his district. The proclamation and decrees mentioned by Laussat are not present with this letter. The manuscript letter is on Laussat's official letterhead with the seal of the French Republic and the engraved text "Marine. Coloniea. Louisiane." Interestingly Laussat has annotated the pre-printed portion of the letter changing his title from "Colonial Prefect of Louisiana" to "Colonial Prefect Commissioner of the French Government" reflecting the new political situation after the Spanish hand-over of the territory to the French just nine days earlier. The printed invitation is also addressed to M. Duparc and is very rare located by Jumonville in only one other copy at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Dated December 11 1803 it invites Duparc to a soiree hosted by Laussat on "next Thursday" the 15th of December. The party is being held to commemorate the transfer of Louisiana from Spanish to French control and its impending transfer to the United States. More specifically the party is in honor of the Spanish commander the Marquis de Casa-Calvo Brigadier of the Spanish armies in thanks for the Spaniards' efforts in recent days and as a sign of the union and friendship between the Spanish and French governments. On December 20 1803 just eleven days after writing this letter and five days after his gala in honor of Casa-Calvo Laussat presided over the ceremony officially transferring the Louisiana Territory to the United States. Laussat's manuscript letter and printed invitation of Captain Duparc are rare survivals and fascinating evidence of the political military and social aspects of events in Louisiana in 1803 from the Spanish transfer of control of the territory to France to the official completion of the Louisiana Purchase by the United States.<br/> <br/>Jumonville 86 printed invitation. unknown books
1803WRCAM42001New Orleans 1803. 1p. on a folded folio sheet with engraved scene entitled "République Française" at the top of the first page. A few manuscript notes and calculations on the second and fourth pages. Old folds. Some soiling on fourth page a bit of ink bleedthrough. Very good. with: PRINTED INVITATION SENT BY THE FRENCH COLONIAL PREFECT OF LOUISIANA LAUSSAT FOR A GALA IN HONOR OF THE SPANISH COMMANDER IN LOUISIANA AND IN ANTICIPATION OF HANDING THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY OVER TO THE UNITED STATES. Dec. 11 1803 19 Frimaire an XII. 1p. printed on a folded quarto sheet addressed in manuscript on the fourth page. Small tear in upper right corner of first page half-inch split along one fold. Very good. Together in a half morocco clamshell case cloth chemises. A remarkable pair of documents announcing to a local French commander the completion of the transfer of Louisiana from Spanish to French control and inviting him to an upcoming gala in honor of the local Spanish commander and the forthcoming transfer of Louisiana Territory to the United States. The letter and invitation are both addressed to Capt. Guillermo Duparc commandant of the Point Coupée military outpost just northwest of Baton Rouge. <br> <br> Pierre Clément de Laussat the last French Colonial Prefect of Louisiana arrived there in late March 1803 just a month before the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed in Paris on April 30. Spain had ceded Louisiana to the French in the Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 though the provisions of the treaty had remained a secret; his immediate responsibility was to oversee the transfer from Spain to France. Laussat had been hearing rumors since his arrival of a potential sale of Louisiana from France to the Americans and those rumors were officially confirmed to him in August. In May 1803 the Spanish commanders of Louisiana including the Marquis de Casa Calvo announced the forthcoming retrocession of Louisiana from Spanish to French control a process that was formally completed on Nov. 30 1803. <br> <br> In the present letter dated just nine days after the completion of the Spanish retrocession Laussat writes Duparc sending him in translation from the French "the order which I have issued concerning taking possession of the French Republic of Louisiana in your district. I reached an agreement on it in advance with the Commissioners of S.M.C. Sa Majesté Catholique i.e. King Charles IV of Spain dated the 12th of Frimaire Dec. 4 1803." Laussat writes that along with the proclamation he is sending Duparc various decrees regarding the circumstances of French control and asks him to redouble his efforts for tranquility peace and order in his district. The proclamation and decrees mentioned by Laussat are not present with this letter. The manuscript letter is on Laussat's official letterhead with the seal of the French Republic and the engraved text "Marine. Coloniea. Louisiane." Interestingly Laussat has annotated the pre- printed portion of the letter changing his title from "Colonial Prefect of Louisiana" to "Colonial Prefect Commissioner of the French Government" reflecting the new political situation after the Spanish hand-over of the territory to the French just nine days earlier. <br> <br> The printed invitation is also addressed to M. Duparc and is very rare located by Jumonville in only one other copy at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Dated Dec. 11 1803 it invites Duparc to a SOIRÉE hosted by Laussat on "next Thursday" the 15th of December. The party was being held to commemorate the transfer of Louisiana from Spanish to French control and its impending transfer to the United States. More specifically the party was in honor of the Spanish commander the Marquis de Casa-Calvo brigadier of the Spanish armies in thanks for the Spaniards' efforts in recent days and as a sign of the union and friendship between the Spanish and French governments. On Dec. 20 1803 just eleven days after writing this letter and five days after his gala in honor of Casa-Calvo Laussat presided over the ceremony officially transferring Louisiana Territory to the United States. <br> <br> Laussat's manuscript letter and printed invitation of Capt. Duparc are rare survivals and fascinating evidence of the political military and social aspects of events in Louisiana in 1803 from the Spanish transfer of control of the territory to France to the official completion of the Louisiana Purchase by the United States. Printed invitation: JUMONVILLE 86. hardcover books
1828WRCAM49374New Orleans 1828. Seventeen volumes. Publication details and pagination provided below. Uniform 20th-century buckram gilt leather labels. Small ink library stamp on titlepages embossed blindstamp on most titlepages occasional ink ownership signature. Some small paper repairs minor foxing some leaves closely trimmed. A few small marginal tears including the bottom corner of one titlepage; some tears with minor effect on text individually enumerated below. Minor occasional staining mostly marginal or in the gutters. Overall a good set. A superb consecutive set of the first seventeen session laws issued after Louisiana achieved statehood in 1812 comprising the laws from the first session of the first "General Assembly" or legislature to the second session of the Eighth Legislature. A wealth of interesting information on the early affairs of Louisiana at a time when the state was at the western extreme of the United States. The first volume contains much to be expected from a first legislature: a resolution giving the legislature's assent to "an enlargement of the limits of the State of Louisiana" an act regarding the salaries of various state officials an act establishing election methods for various public offices including the U.S. House of Representatives an act authorizing a state loan and an act to organize a "Corps of Militia for the Service of the State of Louisiana." Understandably there is a voluminous amount of information regarding slavery in the state throughout the laws. During the first session of the legislature alone two of the twenty-four acts enumerated concern reimbursement from state funds for lost slaves one to imprisonment and one killed while trying to run away. There are also acts relative to runaway slaves private emancipation and more. Towards the end of the run the eighth legislature passed an act prohibiting entry of slaves into the state for purposes of sale. Other acts contained here organize the City of New Orleans into wards with various and numerous laws on internal improvements civil law and criminal law. While individual volumes come to the market on occasion nothing like this group has ever been offered at retail; it is a collection that would be impossible to assemble today on a book-by-book basis. <br> <br> The imprints included here are as follows: <br> <br> 1 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Thierry 1812. 91pp. JUMONVILLE 226. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25881. <br> <br> 2 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Baird & Wagner 1813. vii265pp. Burn damage to upper gutter affecting an occasional word of text. JUMONVILLE 239. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28978. <br> <br> 3 ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1814. 8119pp. plus folding plate. JUMONVILLE 249. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 31952. <br> <br> 4 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1815. 6111pp. plus folding plate. JUMONVILLE 264. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35135. <br> <br> 5 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1816. 1iii172pp. JUMONVILLE 273. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 38098. <br> <br> 6 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1817. 222pp. Top fifth of titlepage lacking affecting four words in the title. JUMONVILLE 286. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 41289. <br> <br> 7 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1818. xii209pp. JUMONVILLE 300. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 44614. <br> <br> 8 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1819. 143pp. JUMONVILLE 315. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48514. <br> <br> 9 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1820. 155pp. JUMONVILLE 335. SHOEMAKER 2012. <br> <br> 10 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1821. 159pp. Small ink burn hole in titlepage; bottom corner of penultimate leaf torn costing a few words. JUMONVILLE 358. SHOEMAKER 5859. <br> <br> 11 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1822. 130pp. JUMONVILLE 374. SHOEMAKER 9295. <br> <br> 12 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1823. 2xxxi3-110pp. JUMONVILLE 402. SHOEMAKER 13142. <br> <br> 13 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1824. 1878pp. JUMONVILLE 432. SHOEMAKER 16938. <br> <br> 14 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: M. Cruzat 1824- 1825. 241pp. Untrimmed. JUMONVILLE 457. SHOEMAKER 21249. <br> <br> 15 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: James M. Bradford 1826. 264pp. JUMONVILLE 488. SHOEMAKER 25144. <br> <br> 16 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: John Gibson 1827. 211pp. Last third of text trimmed close costing some page numbers. JUMONVILLE 600. SHOEMAKER 29537. <br> <br> 17 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: John Gibson 1828. 25-199pp. JUMONVILLE 625. SHOEMAKER 33906. JUMONVILLE 226 239 249 264 273 286 300 315 335 358 374 402 432 457 488 600 625. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25881 28978 31952 35135 38098 41289 44614 48514. SHOEMAKER 2012 5859 9295 13142 16938 21249 25144 29537 33906. hardcover books
182828991New Orleans 1828. Seventeen volumes octavo publication details and pagination provided in the listing below. Uniform 20th-century buckram gilt leather labels. Small ink library stamp to titlepages embossed blind-stamp to most titlepages occasional ink ownership signature some small paper repairs minor foxing some leaves closely trimmed a few small marginal tears including the bottom corner of one titlepage some tears with minor effect to text individually enumerated in the detailed list below minor occasional staining mostly marginal or in the gutters. An superb consecutive set of the first seventeen session laws issued after Louisiana achieved statehood in 1812 comprising the laws from the first session of the first "General Assembly" or legislature to the second session of the Eighth Legislature. A wealth of interesting information on the early affairs of Louisiana at a time when the state was at the western extreme of the United States.<br/> <br/>The first volume contains much to be expected from a first legislature: a resolution giving the legislature's assent to "an enlargement of the limits of the State of Louisiana" an act regarding the salaries of various state officials an act establishing election methods for various public offices including the U.S. House of Representatives an act authorizing a state loan and an act to organize a "Corps of Militia for the Service of the State of Louisiana." Understandably there is a voluminous amount of information regarding slavery in the state throughout the laws. During the first session of the legislature alone two of the twenty-four acts enumerated concern reimbursement from state funds for lost slaves one to imprisonment and one killed while trying to run away. There are also acts relative to runaway slaves private emancipation and more. Towards the end of the run the eighth legislature passed an act prohibiting entry of slaves into the state for purposes of sale. Other acts contained here organize the City of New Orleans into wards with various and numerous laws on internal improvements civil law and criminal law. While individual volumes come to the market on occasion nothing like this group has ever been offered at retail; it is a collection that would be impossible to assemble today on a book-by-book basis. The imprints included here are as follows: 1 Acts Passed at the First Session of the First General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Thierry 1812. 91pp. Jumonville 226; Shaw & Shoemaker 25881. 2 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the First Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Baird & Wagner 1813. vii 265pp. Burn damage to the upper gutter affecting an occasional word of text. Jumonville 239; Shaw & Shoemaker 28978. 3 Acts Passed at the Third Session of the First Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1814. 8119pp. Plus folding plate. Jumonville 249; Shaw & Shoemaker 31952. 4 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1815. 6111pp. Plus folding plate. Jumonville 264; Shaw & Shoemaker 35135. 5 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1816. 1iii172pp. Jumonville 273; Shaw & Shoemaker 38098. 6 Acts passed at the First Session of the Third Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1817. 222pp. Top fifth of titlepage lacking affecting four word in the title. Jumonville 286; Shaw & Shoemaker 41289. 7 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Third Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1818. xii 209pp. Jumonville 300; Shaw & Shoemaker 44614. 8 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1819. 143pp. Jumonville 315; Shaw & Shoemaker 48514. 9 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1820. 155pp. Jumonville 335; Shoemaker 2012. 10 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1821. 159pp. Small ink burn hole to titlepage bottom corner of penultimate leaf torn costing a few words. Jumonville 358. Shoemaker 5859. 11 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1822. 130pp. Jumonville 374; Shoemaker 9295. 12 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1823. 2xxxi3-110pp. Jumonville 402; Shoemaker 13142. 13 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1824. 1878pp. Jumonville 432; Shoemaker 16938. 14 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Seventh Legislature of the State of Louisiana.New Orleans: M. Cruzat 1824-25. 241pp. Untrimmed. Jumonville 457; Shoemaker 21249. 15 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Seventh Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: James M. Bradford 1826. 264pp. Jumonville 488; Shoemaker 25144. 16 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: John Gibson 1827. 211pp. Last third of text trimmed close costing some page numbers. Jumonville 600; Shoemaker 29537. 17 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: John Gibson 1828. 25-199pp. Jumonville 625; Shoemaker 33906.<br/> <br/>Jumonville 226 239 249 264 273 286 300 315 335 358 374 402 432 457 488 600 625. Shaw & Shoemaker 25881 28978 31952 35135 3809841289 44614 48514. Shoemaker 2012 5859 9295 13142 16938 21249 25144 29537 33906. unknown books
1838291492New Orleans 1838. unbound. very good. Rare autograph document signed: The Citizens Bank of Louisiana trades shares in the capitol stock of the bank for parcels of land and slaves. Folio 4 pages City and Parish of New Orleans Louisiana September 8th 1838 whereby Demey Kemp and wife who are wealthy land owners with many slaves enters into a contract with Victorin Patin President of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana to secure the sum of fifteen-hundred dollars the amount equal to fifteen shares in the Capital Stock of said bank with fifteen shares in an additional allowance of stock for the following described property to wit as adjudicated by Judge Samuel Leonard and certified by Theodore Seghers notary public in small part: ".that including four tracts or parcels of land in the Parish of St. Helena containing two-thousand and forty acres; a tract of land situated on the River Licksaw containing six-hundred acres. Likewise further: Demey Kemp declares that one of the Slaves therein mentioned and named Adelin aged nine years has died since appraisement; and he referred to the title papers in the possession of the said Bank to show from when the appraised property is derived; with the exception of twenty-eight slaves who were born on the property. A mortgage is granted by the said Demey Kemp . to secure fifteen additional shares allowerd on his subscription in the Capital Stock of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana. According to the Judge's certificate there is no mortgage in this office on the different described properties except the mortgage granted in the sum of two-hundred schares in the Capital Stock of said Bank . then this said . Demey Kemp will be recognized as a stockholder of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana for fifteen additional shares." This document has been certified by Justice Samuel Leonard on verso with his signature and embossed seal October 6th 1938. Condition: usual folds with light soiling and minor toning on the Court Filing page: Very good.<br/><br/> Between 1831 and 1866 Citizens Bank of Louisiana currently owned by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. accepted 13000 slaves as collateral on loans and repossessed 1250 enslaved individuals on loans that plantation owners defaulted on. Though this information is readily available through extensive historical research much of it financed by J.P. Morgan Chase and personally authorized by Jamie Dimon 2003-2005 this is the first document we have ever encountered whereby Citizens Bank of Louisiana is knowingly trading stock in their bank for slaves to shareholders.<br/><br/> unknown books
1803WRCAM36550New Orleans 1803. Broadside 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches with woodcut headpiece of symbolic figure with printed inscription: "Préfecture Coloniale." Moderate dampstaining and soiling occasional foxing moderate wear at edges. Autograph signatures of Colonial Prefect Laussat and Commission Secretary Daugerot authorization stamp of the Préfecture Coloniale de la Louisiane contemporary inscriptions above text. A good copy. In a cloth clamshell case leather label. An exceedingly rare New Orleans broadside concerning the provisional administration of customs duties printed during the brief return of France's control of Louisiana between the Spanish and American periods of ownership. The decree creates a French customs system in place of the Spanish authority and appoints "Mr. Garland and citizen Navailles respectively as Collector of Customs and Treasurer under the newly installed French regime" Hummel. <br> <br> Spain signed a treaty of cession on March 21 1801 but this was not announced to the inhabitants of the colony until March 27 1803. The actual transfer of Louisiana back to France occurred on November 30 of that year and three weeks later the territory became a part of the United States. Pierre Clément de Laussat Colonial Prefect arrived in New Orleans from Paris to take formal possession of Louisiana and as had already been arranged to transfer title to the U.S. "Laussat's first official announcement after his arrival in New Orleans was followed by five other proclamations or edicts in broadside form which have been seen and recorded in the course of this study and there were undoubtedly still others which have not come to light. The purpose of these broadsides was to establish and carry on the machinery of government and to insure the maintenance of law and order after the automatic termination of the authority of the Spanish magistrates and office holders. Most of these bear at the top an interesting woodcut of the typical female figure symbolical of France and inscribed 'Préfecture Coloniale.' This woodblock was undoubtedly brought by the commission from Paris" - McMurtrie NEW ORLEANS. <br> <br> Jumonville records copies at New Orleans Public Library and Tulane; OCLC adds a third copy at Yale. JUMONVILLE 68. HUMMEL 780 788. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 52 p.64. McMURTRIE LOUISIANA 21. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4539. OCLC 27803500. hardcover books
31830The Acts are in both English and French on facing pages. Bindings vary: the first item disbound others in modern buckram modern cloth or contemporary sheep. The usual institutional marks and occasional light wear. Overall Very Good. <br/><br/> a. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY. 1819. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer. 1819. 142pp. Disbound a bit roughly moderately foxed light chipping to blank outer margin of title leaf and last leaf.<br/>Jumonville 315.<br/><br/> b. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE TWETIETH sic DAY OF NOVEMBER 1821. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1821. 159pp.<br/> "English and French on facing pages." Jumonville. With a List of Acts an Index and Resolutions. One of the Resolutions is a several-page report on the necessity for hospitals: "Navigators and traders from more northern latitudes" who arrive in New Orleans healthy are frequently felled by the radically different climate. These are "principally boatmen from Kentucky Ohio and other states on the Ohio." It is hoped that their Governors will chip in to help provide the necessary medical attention to these men. <br/>Jumonville 358. <br/><br/> c. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1822. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1822. 130pp.<br/>Jumonville 374.<br/><br/> d. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY 1823. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1823. xxxi 1 blank 110pp. <br/> The volume begins with a rare printing of the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana in English and French on facing pages with names of delegates.<br/>Jumonville 402.<br/><br/> e. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY 1824. New-Orleans: Peter K. Wagner State Printer 1824. 187 8pp.<br/>Jumonville 432.<br/><br/> f. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1825. New-Orleans: James M. Bradford State Printer 1826. 264pp. <br/> With a List of Acts an Index and Resolutions. One of the Resolutions urges settlement of the boundary with Arkansas; one of the laws regulates river pilots; others regulate the emancipation of slaves runaway slaves and other aspects of slavery. <br/>Jumonville 488.<br/><br/> g. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1827. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1827. 211pp.<br/>` <br/> h. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1828. John Gibson State Printer 1828. 199pp. <br/> 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. 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" and the New Orleans Jockey Club. Each Session includes an Index and Titles of Acts.<br/>Jumonville 600 625. <br/><br/> i. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1828. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1829. 200 21 index pp.<br/> With a List of Acts Index and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Among the Acts passed are a detailed 18-section slave registration statute; a state printing contract for Benjamin Levy; various laws on the militia internal improvements land titles civil and criminal law. <br/>Jumonville 665.<br/><br/> j. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF DONALDSONVILLE ON MONDAY THE 4TH DAY OF JANUARYA.D. 1830. Donaldson: C.W. Duhy State Printer 1830.156pp.<br/> An early Donaldson imprint with much contemporary marginalia on the different statutes. <br/><br/> k. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AT DONALDSON ON MONDAY THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY 1831. IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1831. 143pp.<br/>Jumonville 735.<br/><br/> l. ACTS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1831. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1831. 15 1 blank pp.<br/> A detailed Slave Code is enacted.<br/>Jumonville 736.<br/><br/> m. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Stroud & Pew. State Printers. 1832. 204 6 pp. <br/> With continuing regulation of slavery and the domestic slave trade.<br/>Jumonville 773. <br/><br/> n. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1833. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1833. 194 194 1 blank 195-202 pp. <br/>Jumonville 809.<br/><br/> o. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1833. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1834. 167 167 vi vi 1 blank viii-xviii pp.<br/>Jumonville 835.<br/><br/> p. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWELFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY 1836. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1836. 193 193 iv iv 1 blank v-xii pp. Title leaf crimped and chipped but no text loss.<br/>Jumonville 923.<br/><br/> q. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1837. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1838. 120 120 vi xvi pp.<br/>Jumonville 1013. <br/><br/> r. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS JANUARY 7 1839. New-Orleans: J.D. DE ST. ROMES State Printer 1839. 241 xii pp. <br/>Jumonville 1055.<br/><br/> s. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ON THE 6TH DAY OF JANUARY 1840. New-Orleans: Bullitt Magne & Co. State Printers 1840. 142 142 iv iv v-xiii index pp.<br/>Jumonville 1144. unknown books
180528988New Orleans: James M. Bradford 1805. Octavo. Two volumes. xxxiv 461; xii 95pp. Bound to style in half calf and marbled boards leather labels. Short tear to titlepage of the second volume neatly mended small marginal tape repair to F4 in the first volume light staining to some leaves occasional tanning minor contemporary ink marginalia.<br/> <br/>The first American laws in the West.<br/> <br/>A rare and important set of the the first American laws printed west of the Mississippi. They encompass the first two session laws for the Louisiana territory under American rule with the text printed in English and French on facing pages. In March 1804 the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territories of Orleans south of the present border of Arkansas and Missouri and Louisiana everything to the north and west governed until 1807 by Indiana Territory. The influence of French and Spanish laws in North America is evident in these early territorial laws as it took Congress more than two decades to determine their intent with regard to existing Spanish and French law. These imprints are the same as the second and third works bound with the Compilation of New Orleans laws in item 1587 in the Streeter sale. "At the first session of the Legislative Council 51 Acts and one joint resolution were approved the latest on May 1 1805; and at the second session 15 acts were approved the latest dated July 3 1805" - Streeter. Early Louisiana laws are especially rare; this is only the second time we've ever seen these imprints.<br/> <br/>Jumonville 121 122; McMurtrie New Orleans 77 78; Shaw & Shoemaker 9072 9073; Streeter 1587 ref. James M. Bradford unknown books
1805WRCAM49326New Orleans: Printed by James M. Bradford 1805. Two volumes. xxxiv461; xii95pp. Half calf and marbled boards in antique style leather labels. Short tear in second volume titlepage; neatly mended small marginal tape repair to F4 in first volume. Light staining to some leaves occasional tanning minor contemporary ink marginalia. Else very good. A rare and important set of the first American laws printed west of the Mississippi. They encompass the first two session laws for the Louisiana territory under American rule with the text printed in English and French on facing pages. In March 1804 the Louisiana Purchase was divided into the Territories of Orleans south of the present border of Arkansas and Missouri and Louisiana everything to the north and west governed until 1807 by Indiana Territory. The influence of French and Spanish laws in North America is evident in these early territorial laws as it took Congress more than two decades to determine their intent with regard to existing Spanish and French law. These imprints are the same as the second and third works bound with the COMPILATION of New Orleans laws in item 1587 in the Streeter sale. "At the first session of the Legislative Council 51 Acts and one joint resolution were approved the latest on May 1 1805; and at the second session 15 acts were approved the latest dated July 3 1805" - Streeter. Early Louisiana laws are especially rare. This is only the second time we have ever seen these imprints. JUMONVILLE 121 122. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 77 78. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9072 9073. STREETER 1587 ref. Printed by James M. Bradford hardcover books
183958894Avoyelles Parrish LA printed in Alexandria or Opelousas LA: The author 1839. Printed broadside 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches the single headline printed in a large display type half inch tall. Bennett B. Simmes a native of Maryland and one of the wealthiest men in the state of Louisiana before the Civil War being informed that a printed statement "the object of which is the vituperation and abuse of the undersigned" was circulating in New Orleans occasioning Simmes to deliver a caning to its author New Orleans physician W.T. Brent on their next meeting expecting Brent to demand satisfaction; as described here the challenge came and a place and time was agreed upon for a meeting but Brent did not appear. Simmes proceeded to ridicule Brent for his cowardice and after some months Brent left the area; included with the statements from Simmes are supporting letters from his seconds and others familiar with the proceedings. Simmes was the founder of Simmesport Louisiana in Avoyelles Parish and served a number of terms in the state senate chairing a committee deliberating on the status of wetlands in the late 1850s; Brent was serving as secretary to the Lafayette Louisiana Board of Health by 1848. Not in Hummel. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Short tear in upper margin not touching text else a fine copy. #5697. "Duelling was a social practice common in various sections of the United States for a century prior to 1870 . it lost favor in the North after the Revolution but spread in the ante-bellum South motivated by a growing planter class French and Spanish influences and an individualism which soon developed a high code of honor . duels were waged over differences of opinion real or fancied wrongs or insults. Arrangements usually were carried out with respect to the code whether it was the English the South Carolina or the New Orleans covenant . the practice embraced all classes . among the famous duelling grounds were 'Duelling Oaks' New Orleans reports indicate that as many as ten duels were held 'under the oaks' on one Sunday in 1839 . most of the states of the young republic eventually decreed a challenge a breech of peace . in the latter part of the 19th century public opinion and ridicule brought an end to a deadly and senseless custom" Encyclopedia of American History. <br/><br/> The author unknown books
180428737Paris: Ballard 1804. viii 18 31-176pp. plus folding table. Library label on front cover from Shwartz Historical Library. Minor rubbing and edge wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Loss to portions of thirteen leaves affecting some text reinforced with tape dust-soiling to titlepage dampstaining to some leaves toward the end of the text. Lacking pp.19-30. Later 19th-century marbled wrappers.<br/> <br/>An extraordinarily rare account of travels in Louisiana the Mississippi Valley and the Illinois-Ohio country especially interesting in that the travels practically coincide with the Louisiana Purchase: a battered copy of a great rarity.<br/> <br/>An extraordinarily rare account of travels in Louisiana the Mississippi Valley and the Illinois-Ohio country especially interesting in that the travels practically coincide with the Louisiana Purchase. The work has been attributed to either Wante or G. Boucher de la Richardiere. "The author - whoever he was - travelled extensively throughout the lower Mississippi Valley" Howes. "There is also much on the Illinois-Ohio country but the body of the work has to do with the Louisiana Cession" Eberstadt. Incomplete but quite rare as Howes accorded it a "b" rating. The great Simon Shwartz library of Louisiana material had a copy sold for $15 in 1926 in blue morocco with an inked name on the titlepage. This is perhaps an additional Shwartz copy not auctioned at the time. The only other copy we can find any record of selling is the one listed by the Eberstadts in 1953.<br/> <br/>Eberstadt 132:412; Howes W87 "b."; Sabin 101246; Shwartz Sale 622. Ballard unknown books
1804WRCAM49186Paris: Ballard 1804. viii1831-176pp. plus folding table. Lacking pp.19-30. Later 19th-century marbled wrappers. Library label on front cover from Shwartz Historical Library. Minor rubbing and edge wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Loss to portions of thirteen leaves affecting some text reinforced with tape. Dust soiling on titlepage dampstaining to some leaves toward end of text. A battered copy of a great rarity. An extraordinarily rare account of travels in Louisiana the Mississippi Valley and the Illinois-Ohio country especially interesting in that the travels practically coincide with the Louisiana Purchase. The work has been attributed to either Wante or G. Boucher de la Richardiere. "The author - whoever he was - travelled extensively throughout the lower Mississippi Valley" - Howes. "There is also much on the Illinois-Ohio country but the body of the work has to do with the Louisiana Cession" - Eberstadt. Incomplete but quite rare as Howes accorded it a "b" rating. The great Simon Shwartz library of Louisiana material had a copy sold for $15 in 1926 in blue morocco with an inked name on the titlepage. This is perhaps an additional Shwartz copy not auctioned at the time. The only other copy we can find any record of selling is that listed by the Eberstadts in 1953. HOWES W87 "b." SABIN 101246. EBERSTADT 132:412. SHWARTZ SALE 622. Ballard unknown books
1808WRCAM16036New Orleans: Bradford and Anderson 1808. vxxi1491pp. Quarto. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Closed tear in titlepage neatly repaired. Faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves. Page 113-114 torn in the outer margin affecting about a dozen words else a very good copy. This copy bears the ownership signature and stamp of Samuel P. Greves a New York native who practiced law in Baton Rouge from the 1840s to the 1870s. <br> <br> A most important compilation of laws covering the southern part of the Louisiana purchase separated from the northern section in 1808 and so covering present-day Louisiana and Arkansas. Printed in parallel French and English this volume amalgamated for the first time the combination of English French and Spanish law which represented the legal past and present of the territory. One of the most substantial books printed in New Orleans up to that time. JUMONVILLE 174. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 114. Bradford and Anderson hardcover books
1824687131824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. Livingston's Louisiana Code of Civil Practice Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836. Lislet-Moreau Louis 1766-1832. Derbigny Pierre 1769-1829. Code of Practice in Civil Cases For the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. 410 pp. English and French on facing leaves. Quarto 10-3/4" x 7-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece gilt fillets and blind ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light browning and faint dampspotting to text small darker dampstains to upper margins of preliminaries and a few following leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $2500. First edition. This important code was one of a series of codes produced for the Louisiana legislature. Principally the work of Livingston work on the civil practice code began in 1823. Submitted to the legislature and first published in 1824 it went into effect the following year. Like the other codes it was a decisive influence in the codification movement. It was for example the main inspiration and source for the 1848 Field Code of Procedure which incorporated many of its provisions. Not in Cohen. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 148. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 458. unknown books
1720WRCAM48868Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books
1890291621890. 1st ed. viii2282 pp. Map. Orig. cloth. Rebacked original spine laid down original endpapers retained. Tine hole in front free endpaper else very good<br/> <br/>"A fairly reliable narrative of the war in Mississippi and Louisiana although it was written without benefit of wartime letters or diary" Nevins I p.99. "This narrative merits consideration for both reliability and travel comments written twenty years after the war without benefit of a diary or other material it contains few improbable personal details and most observations appear to be accurate.The travels described here were not extensive being entirely in Mississippi and Louisiana except for one or two trips to Richmond" Coulter 208.<br/> <br/>Howes H-92 "aa." Dornbusch II 469. unknown books
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 books
1845700771845. French-Language Account of Louisiana's 1845 Constitutional Convention Louisiana. Constitution of 1845. Foullouze Foulhouze James Reporter. Rapports Officiels Des Devats sic de la Convention la Louisiane. New Orleans: J. Bayon Imprimeur de la Convention 1845. i 460 11 pp. Text in parallel columns. Octavo 9-1/2 x 6-1/4. Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper location label to spine endleaves added. Some soiling and light shelfwear some chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Light browning and foxing to text early mark sin pencil to a few passages lower corners lacking from a few leaves with no loss to text library stamp to title page "8049" in early hand to its verso. $1850. Only edition. Louisiana's first constitution was adopted in 1812 its second in 1845. More liberal than its predecessor it expanded white male suffrage established public schools and granted the right of appeal to felons sentenced to death or hard labor. The final 11 pages contain a French translation of the 1845 Constitution. Also issued in English Foullouze's report is not to be confused with the Official Reports of Debates 1844 a different account by an anonymous author. The French edition of Foullouze's report is scarce the English edition in rare. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1390. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 150. unknown books
1805WRCAM30416Washington: William Duane & Son 1805. 30pp. Gathered signatures string-tied as issued. Light even toning titlepage and foredges of a few leaves a bit soiled. Ex-New-York Historical Society with their small discreet ink stamps on the final two leaves. Else very good. Untrimmed. A most important petition relative to the eventual establishment of the territory of Missouri. "In 1805 Congress had divided the Louisiana Purchase into two parts the trans- Mississippi portion south of 33 degrees being the District of Orleans; that north of 33 degrees including the St. Louis region was made an adjunct of the Territory of Indiana and called the District of Louisiana. This division was violently protested in this petition to Congress signed by sixteen deputies of the Territorial assembly of the District convened at St. Louis. Augustus Chouteau and Eligius Fromentin were appointed to present the petition to Congress which in 1804 granted the petition and set up the region as a separate territory which after 1812 was called Missouri Territory" - Streeter. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold for $150 to parties unknown in 1968. STREETER SALE 1586. SABIN 42298. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9631. COHEN 10798. William Duane & Son unknown books
1825666061825. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. First Foreign Edition of the Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836 Compiler. Moreau-Lislet Louis 1766-1832 Compiler. Derbigny Pierre 1767-1829 Compiler. Civil Code of The State of Louisiana Preceded by the Treaty of Cession with France The Constitution of the United States of America And of the State. Published by a Citizen of Louisiana. Paris: De L'Imprimerie de E. Duverger 1825. xvi 714 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Recent period-style calf blind fillets to boards blind fillets and original lettering piece to spine free endpapers renewed title page mounted and re-hinged. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signatures to title page small early owner stamp to p. v first page of table of contents brief annotations to a few leaves extensive annotations to rear endleaves. $1500. First French edition one of two issues the other in French. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet-Moreau were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of Louisiana territorial laws. Principally the work of Livingston the result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825 one of the great codes of the nineteenth century. Duverger's was the first foreign edition. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 459. unknown books
1822WRCAM30884Lyon: Chez Rusand 1822. 67pp. Titlepage engraving. Dbd. Light foxing on preliminary and final leaves ink stamp on final leaf. Very good. New edition enlarged after the original Paris edition of 1820. An account of the Catholic missionary activity under Bishop Du Bourg whose diocese included the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri river valleys. He arrived in Baltimore in the summer of 1817 with a group of priests and nuns and thereafter traveled to St. Louis. This work describes his work among the Indians. "Du Bourg was one of the great American Bishops" - Streeter. HOWES L515 "b." SABIN 55987. STREETER SALE 1538 1st ed. Chez Rusand unknown books
1870WRCAM56244New Orleans 1870. 128pp. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and black pebbled cloth boards gilt leather label on front board. Most cloth on front board and calf on spine and lower outer corner of front board perished rear board worn and scuffed. Front board almost completely detached textblock tender in some places. Minor occasional foxing and spotting to text. Overall good condition. A rare surviving ledger from Reconstruction- era New Orleans containing tax assessment records for the Eighth Assessment District in 1869 and 1870. Most of the properties listed herein are in the heart of New Orleans including the French Quarter. The ledger is labeled "No. 1" on the front board and indicates it was kept by a tax assessor named Charles Lewis though the entries are made by at least two different hands. The text is comprised of ledger entries organized by squares within the city of New Orleans listing the streets bounding each particular square and containing the taxable entities in each square. For example Square 12 bounded by Ursulines Ave. Gallatin St. Hospital and Peters St. lists entries for eleven residential "taxable persons" their lot numbers measurements and real estate value in both 1869 and 1870. There are also eleven separate entries locations lot numbers and amounts of commercial capital for various businesses in Square 12; the businesses are specified in the "Remarks" column and include coffee houses liquor stores feed stores and a vegetable wholesaler. A couple of the squares are entirely residential in nature. <br> <br> The remainder of the ledger continues in the same manner relating important information on the residential and commercial makeup of New Orleans just after the Civil War with the last few pages reporting personal property brought forward from other ledgers and a recapitulation of each square. In total the ledger reports names of property owners real estate values commercial capital amounts and types of businesses for almost 1300 residents and businesses in Reconstruction New Orleans providing a rich foundation for further research. The front pastedown bears an attractive label from John W. Madden Stationer Printer and Blankbook Manufacturer at 73 Camp Street in New Orleans. hardcover books
1804WRCAM56593Philadelphia 1804. 1p. autograph letter signed on a folio sheet with address panel and docketing on verso. Remains of wax seal. Old folds with small separations starting a most folds no loss of text one-inch seal tear to left margin no text affected else very good. A friendly and informative letter from Philadelphia merchant Lewis Cist to his brother Jacob Cist prominent naturalist and coal entrepreneur. In between updates on various investments he and his brother are involved in with an individual named Ritter and money he owes Jacob Lewis recounts: "We have just been watching a procession in commemoration of the acquisition of Louisiana. All of our volunteers infantry foot horse artillery the governor followed by the councils the Cincinnati the Incorporated Cordwainers with an 8 gallon shoe & flags with the names of the states.obscured.&c. It made a very good appearance & lasted from the beginning to end abt. 3/4 hours." Popular opinion on the Louisiana Purchase was mixed and so the government was keen to promote the country's profound expansion along with great potential of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition which launched from Camp Dubois just two days after the date on this letter. <br> <br> Jacob Cist 1783-1823 was born in Philadelphia son of printer Charles Cist. A man of varied interests and activities Jacob starting by working in his father's printing establishment which was then the official government printer for John Adams' administration. In 1800 as the capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington his father opened a new printing house in Washington D.C. and Jacob became manager as well as acquiring a clerkship in the U.S. Post Office. From there he was appointed the first postmaster of Wilkes-Barre in 1808 as well as co-founding the Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company and Luzerne County Agricultural Society and serving as Luzerne County treasurer. The Cist family was already involved in coal and he inherited shares in the Lehigh Coal Mine Company. In time he became a leading advocate for the commercial production of anthracite coal as well as inventing and patenting an anthracite heating stove since anthracite was difficult to ignite in existing stoves. This was helped in part by coal shortages during the War of 1812 as British blockades prevented the shipment of Virginia bituminous coal to Philadelphia. Jacob was also a avid naturalist and geologist. As an early contributor to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS the longest-running scientific journal in the U.S. he began a correspondence with Adolphe Brongniart an important French paleontologist. Jacob's letters pamphlets maps specimens drawings and watercolors both promoted his commercial coal-mining interests and helped establish correlations between American and European coal deposits through their fossils. Jacob's papers are now at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. <br> <br> Lewis Cist d.1806 was a merchant and investor and may have gone on to equally diverse and distinguished achievement had he not died suddenly in 1806 on a voyage back to Philadelphia. Probate records note that he had not created a will; existing paperwork on the settlement of his estate was administered by Jacob Ritter possibly the same Ritter mentioned in this letter and signed by his mother Mary. Cist Lewis. Files No. 159-224 Book K p.253 1806. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Register of Wills. Jacob Cist correspondence and documents 1794- 1829. ANSP-Coll-0152. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. unknown books
1838700031838. The First Annotated Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Upton Wheelock S. Annotator. Jenning Needler R. Annotator. Civil Code of the State of Louisiana; With Annotations. New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. 1838. xl xl 536 536 v 48 pp. French translation on facing pages. Octavo 10" x 6-1/2". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling and shelfwear light wear to lettering pieces front free endpapaer lacking following endleaf partially detached. Light toning to text faint library stamps and a few minor library markings to preliminaries. $950. First edition. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of territorial laws. The result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825. Upton and Jennings's edition of that code is significant because it was the first to include annotations. Actually printed in Philadelphia by T.K. & P.G. Collins this book was also issued in two single-language editions one in English and one in French. Some libraries list these two books as Volumes I and II. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 138. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1014. unknown books
1769WRCAM34675Paris 1769. 3pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light dampstaining in bottom corner; three small worm holes in upper corner not affecting text. Near fine. A series of articles governing the settlement of certain French accounts left over from France's possession of Louisiana after the turnover of the territory to Spain in 1763. Wroth locates only the copy at the John Carter Brown Library; OCLC adds no more. Rare. MAGGS FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA 571 this copy. WROTH ACTS OF FRENCH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION 1790. unknown books
