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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
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
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
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
182129735New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1821. 159 1 blank pp. Bound in later cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine titles rubbed. Light scattered foxing front pastedown with a bookplate several institutional rubberstamps else Very Good. <br/><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. J.C. De St. Romes, State Printer 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
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
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
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
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
182829358New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1828. 199 1 blank pp. Disbound. English and French on facing pages may lack the French title page. Good. Probably the copy of the Louisiana diplomat lawyer and Senator John Slidell signed 'Jn Slidell' at the head of the title. <br/><br/> With Index and Titles of Acts. Slidell was the Confederacy's ambassador to France during the Civil War. With James Mason he set sail for Europe on the British ship Trent but was intercepted and captured by an American warship. A serious diplomatic row with England ensued. Lincoln believing that one war at a time was sufficient made his amends to the British. <br/>Jumonville 625. AI 33906 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
183427722New Orleans: Jerome Bayon- State Printer 1834. 167 167 vi vi 1 blank viii-xviii pp. Scattered foxing disbound Good. <br/><br/> "English and French on facing pages.Facing pages bear duplicate numbering." Jumonville. With Index and Titles of Acts. <br/>Jumonville 835 3. AI 25373 5. Jerome Bayon- State Printer unknown 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
182629736New Orleans: James M. Bradford State Printer 1826. 264pp. Bound in later cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine titles rubbed. Foxed front pastedown with a bookplate several institutional rubberstamps Good. <br/><br/> "English and French on facing pages." Jumonville. 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. James M. Bradford, State Printer unknown books
1860WRCAM53734Baton Rouge 1860. 191191131388pp. Printed in English and French on facing pages and paginated separately. Contemporary sheep gilt morocco label. Some scuffing to boards edges worn contemporary gilt morocco ownership label at foot of spine. Same owner's ink stamp to several leaves minor occasional foxing. Very good. The last session laws for the state of Louisiana before seceding from the Union at the outset of the Civil War. These laws reflect the growth of Louisiana in the mid- 19th century with much on infrastructure development and jurisdiction on the waterways. Also includes an "Act relative to pardoned slaves." This copy was previously owned by Charles I. Denechaud legal counsel for the Archdiocese of New Orleans beginning in 1901. The Denechaud family law firm continues to represent the Archdiocese along with Xavier University and numerous other New Orleans organizations to the present day. Rare with only five copies reported in OCLC. OCLC 24579300. hardcover books
186633279New Orleans: J.O. Nixon State Printer 1866. 331pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Some loosening and wrapper wear last page with a hole costing several letters of the Index. Good.<br/><br/> Louisiana's early Reconstruction legislature deals with post-War issues. J.O. Nixon, State Printer unknown books
1866WRCAM53388New Orleans 1866. 331pp. Original printed wrappers rear lacking. Spine perishing front hinge detaching rear gatherings loose. Light tanning and foxing. Good. With text in parallel English and French. Important laws from the early Reconstruction period. Includes an act forming the Supreme Court of the state and reparations made for damages incurred during the recent Civil War. Only five copies located by OCLC. SABIN 42184. 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
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
184758914New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne for the State of Louisiana 1847. Broadside document 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. In part: "P.S. Hoes . to take acknowledgement and proof of deeds depositions conveyances mortgages sales transfers and assignments of any property etc. . and to authenticate and attest the signature & official capacity and acts of the public officers holding a commission or acting under the authority of the State of New York for and on behalf of the State of Louisiana." Folded but very good. Official form illustrated at the head with the seals of Louisiana and the United States. #5538. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne [for the State of Louisiana] 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
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
1885WRCAM11340New Orleans 1885. 79pp. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrap detached spine perished wraps dust soiled and bit chipped notes in colored pencil else good. Subtitled "A Contribution to the Exhibit of Woman's Work in the Louisiana State Department at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition New Orleans La. 1885." paperback books
184958915New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne Stationer for the State of Louisiana 1849. Document. Broadside document 9 7/8 x 8 inches. In part: "George Y Bright . is and was at the time of his signing the same 2d Justice of the Peace in and for the Parish of Orleans State of Louisiana that all his official acts as that are entitled to full faith and credit." Folded but very good. Official form on blue paper illustrated at the head with the state seal. #5528. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne, Stationer [for the State of Louisiana] unknown books
