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    • A Tribute to defenders of New Orleans

    • A Tribute to defenders of New Orleans

    • United States--History--War of 1812; Women--Louisiana; Tennessee--Militia; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815

    • Josepine Favrot praises the Tennessee militia and the women of Louisiana for their bravery.

    • 1815-01-15
    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to "Excellency" [Marques de Someruelos],...

    • Letter, Pierre-Joseph Favrot, Baton Rouge, La., to "Excellency" [Marques de Someruelos], Havana

    • Someruelos, Salvador Jose de Muros y Salazar, Marques de--Correspondence; Grand-Pre, Charles Boucher de, 1754-1809; Delassus, Charles Dehault, 1767-1842; Governors--Louisiana; Baton Rouge (La.)--History; Spain--Colonies--North America

    • Favrot reports to Someruelos that Carlos De Lassus, commander of Louisiana, gave authority to an unscrupulous captain in the Louisiana Regiment, Raphael Croker. Croker abused his authority and this set in motion an insurgence by the citizens of...

    • 1811-01-08
    • Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans

    • Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans

    • New Orleans (La.)--Maps; Powder magazines; Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800

    • Map reflects the layout of the city 2-3 decades before the date of publication, but shows how few of the original plans for fortifications were actually constructed.

    • 1764
    • Plan of New Orleans

    • Plan of New Orleans

    • New Orleans (La.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

    • Map is from Philip Pittman's "The Present State of the European Settlements on the Missisippi with A Geographical Description of that River, 1770. Pittman was a British officer who examined and mapped the fortifications built by Governor Kerlerec.

    • 1770
    • Plan of Fort Baton Rouge

    • Plan of Fort Baton Rouge

    • Fort Baton Rouge (La.); Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800; Topographic maps; Louisiana--History--To 1803

    • Map shows the Mississippi and Galvez' route of attack on the British fort. Published posthumously, Victor Collot's survey in 1796 was part of an intelligence mission into Spanish Louisiana and Florida in preparation for a possible French attack on...

    • 1796
    • Sketch of New Orleans taken from fort St. Charles / Sketch of Plaquemine fort

    • Sketch of New Orleans taken from fort St. Charles / Sketch of Plaquemine fort

    • Fort St. Charles (La.); Mississippi River--Maps--Early works to 1800; Topographic maps; Louisiana--History--To 1803; Fort Plaquemine (La.); New Orleans (La.)--Maps

    • Upper map shows lines of fire from the various guns in Carondelet's fortifications around New Orleans. Original map was prepared by Victor Collot, a French spy collecting information for an attack on New Orleans.

    • 1796
    • Mississippi Territory

    • Mississippi Territory

    • Maps; United States--History--War of 1812

    • Engraved topographical map with watercolor shows Mississippi Territory, bounded by the Mississippi River at left, Tennessee at top, Georgia at right, and West Florida at bottom [currently the states of Mississippi and Alabama]. Shows tributaries...

    • 1812
    • Letter, Capt. William Henry Percy, HMS Hermes, Pensacola, to Nicholas Lockyer, HM Sloop Sophie

    • Letter, Capt. William Henry Percy, HMS Hermes, Pensacola, to Nicholas Lockyer, HM Sloop Sophie

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Barataria (La.)--History--19th century; New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century; United States--History--War of 1812; Lockyer, Nicholas--Correspondence; Hermes (Ship); Sophie (Sloop)

    • Percy directs Lockyer to proceed to Barataria and enlist the people and armed vessels there in the British cause. He outlines the inducements that can be used, and directs that Nichols returns as soon as possible with his recruits to assist in the...

    • 1814-08-30
    • Letter, [Lt. Col.] Edward Nicholls, [Florida], to Monsieur [Jean] Laffite, Barataria, Louisiana

    • Letter, [Lt. Col.] Edward Nicholls, [Florida], to Monsieur [Jean] Laffite, Barataria, Louisiana

    • New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Laffite, Jean--Correspondence; Barataria (La.)--History--19th century; New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century; United States--History--War of 1812

    • This letter is one from a collection of four letters from Lieutenant Colonel Edward Nicholls, commander of the British forces in the Floridas, and Captain William H. Percy, Senior Officer of the Gulf of Mexico. They were signed and certified as...

    • 1814-08-31
    • Letter, James Monroe, Secretary of War, to Willie Blount, Governor of Tennessee

    • Letter, James Monroe, Secretary of War, to Willie Blount, Governor of Tennessee

    • Monroe, James, 1758-1831--Correspondence; Blount, Willie, 1768-1835--Correspondence; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Tennessee--Militia

    • Monroe writes from Washington DC to Blount in Nashville, Tenn., informing him of an expected British attack on New Orleans and Mobile, and asking that 7,500 Tennessee militiamen be immediately transported across the river to Jackson's command.

    • 1814-10-13
    • British powder horn

    • British powder horn

    • Scrimshaws; Powder flasks; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; United States--History--War of 1812; Battlefields

    • The British Army issued this powder horn. Carved on the horn is the British order of battle prior to the attack of January 8, 1815; British corps and regiments depicted in front of "Rodrigue's Canal" separating British and American forces. The...

    • 1815

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