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1850WRCAM16808Washington 1850. 163pp. Dbd. Bit soiled else very good. Communications regarding the abduction and transportation to Cuba of Don Juan Garcia alias Juan Francisco Rey by the Spanish Consul Don Carlos de Espana. This incident served as a pretext for the abortive Lopez filibuster. 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
1828WRCAM53272Washington: Printed by Galen & Seaton 1828. 25pp. plus three folding maps. Later paper wrappers manuscript paper label on front wrapper. Moderate foxing and tanning. Good plus. Congressional printing of local arguments in an 1827 dispute between New Orleans and the federal government over several land sales. With three folding maps depicting the street plan of the city in the relevant areas. Printed by Galen & Seaton unknown books
1810WRCAM40148Washington City 1810. 9pp. Dbd. Bright and clean. Very good. An appeal by the Territory of Orleans for statehood. The MEMORIAL describes reasons for the territory's entry into the Union. Two years later in 1812 the Territory of Orleans would become the state of Louisiana. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21724. unknown books
182514007Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1825. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 18th Congress 2d Session. 57. Removed from a nonce volume; four tears at inner margin not touching text. Age-toned. A few small dark spots. Pr. by Gales & Seaton 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
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
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
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
192413429Baton Rouge: Department of Agriculture and Immigration 1924. 206 2 pp loose in original colored pictorial wrappers. Faint tan many photographs Good. Department of Agriculture and Immigration unknown books
197626195Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1976. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197526192Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1975. 39 pages; this issue devoted entirely to Edvard Munch. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197626194Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1976. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197526193Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1975. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback 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
1965ess2911Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Book Store 1965. Octavo burgundy leatherette hardcover gilt letters xi 394 x pp. Very Good with former-owner bookplate and inked through signature to pastedown; light soiling to page edges. Claitor’s Book Store, 1965. hardcover books
1875170781875. 43rd Cong. 2nd Sess. SED17. 1875. 75 1 blank pp disbound. Very Good. unknown books
1818WRCAM17691Washington 1818. 15pp. Dbd. Foxed and tanned but good. Straightening out land titles in Louisiana. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 46352. unknown books
195046926n.p. 1950. 1st Printing. Card stock leaf decorated like an old piece of paper printed in black and red now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Edges a bit rubbed vertical crease due to being folded overall clean and bright. Broadside. Small vignette of a ship to head. 19-1/2" x 12-1/2" <br/><br/> 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
185236379New Orleans: Printed at the Crescent Office 1852. 100pp. Toned with some foxing light rubberstamp on title page. Upper blank corners of last two leaves renewed couple of small holes in last leaf affecting about five letters. Good in modern boards.<br/><br/> The new Constitution mandated that "the Legislature shall apportion the representation among the several parishes and election districts on the basis of the total population. A representative number shall be fixed and each parish and election district shall have as many Representatives as its aggregate population shall entitle it to." This meant that in apportioning representatives slaves would be counted in determining the "total population" even though the franchise was limited to adult white males. The legislative deck was thus stacked in favor of election districts with large slaveholding plantations; and the interests of that segment of the State would dominate governmental councils.<br/> This provision created significant opposition to the proposed Constitution which was adopted by the narrowest of margins. Many called it "anti-republican" arguing that it reflected "a calculated effort to reduce the political power of regions where the black population remained sparse" Hyde Pistols and Politics 70 LSU Press: 1996.<br/> The Journal records the Convention's daily proceedings during July 1852 and prints the proposed Constitution. <br/>Jumonville 2151. Thompson 1300. Cohen 3106. Not in Harv. Law Cat. or Marke. Printed at the Crescent Office unknown books
189034055New Orleans 1890. First Edition. 12pp.i 16mo folder disbound corners chipped with small pieces missing no text affected.Illus. On first leaf: trade mark of woman with longish hair holding a bottle of the ":cure". The second is of the Manufacturing plant A fragile and scarce brochure for the "cure" with many testimonials included 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
190041444Coushatta LA: Printed by Fletcher Smith Rome Georgia for S.Q. Hollingsworth 1900. Oblong 4to. 56 pp. Illustrated plates. Original printed pale yellow wrappers stapled; spine partly eroded but very good. Though styled the "Fourth Annual Catalogue" we have been unable to trace any publications for this farm and stock raiser. Full pedigrees are given for the animals along with brief text listing showing awards etc.; only a few pages are devoted to the pigs and chickens. <br/><br/> (Printed by Fletcher Smith, Rome, Georgia for) S.Q. Hollingsworth unknown books
188658867Baton Rouge LA 1886. Estate papers. Folio 4to and 12mo. Eight pages of manuscript plus the invitation. One of the manuscript items is quite worn otherwise a very good lot. #5567. <br/><br/> unknown books
