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title: Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 Sept. 25
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France
Date created ms: 1840-09-25
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Paris, writes her cousin Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, addressing him first as 'cousin' and then as 'uncle.' She reports that she and her accompanying aunt have returned to Paris and are well after some illness, bad weather, and unpleasant travel. In sending her best to those in Voiron, she mentions her 'aunts' Henriette and Amélie, her 'Uncle' Séraphin, Mme. Castellino, 'my little Aunt Isabelle the imp,' Nina, and the Blanchin ladies.

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Eduvige Allard Duplantier, 1822 Apr. 25
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, Duplantier, Guy Antoine, 1747-1822, Death and burial, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Cotton growing, Louisiana, Land grants, Law and legislation, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1822-04-25
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier, New Orleans, tells his sister, Eduvige Allard Duplantier, that he has received her letter, care of Bernard, announcing their brother's death. The addresser states his satisfaction over his sister's being with their sister-in-law, nephews, and niece. He relates that the sons from his first marriage, excepting Fergus, are in other locations, pursuing agriculture, and the children of his second marriage, four boys and a girl, are still with him, pursuing their education. He notes that his oldest daughter has finished her schooling in New Orleans and is helping her stepmother with the household. Duplantier relates that she resembles her paternal and not maternal family, and he expresses concerns over being able to marry her well in Louisiana. The writer states that he is neither happy nor well (especially because of some family troubles) and that he no longer deserves the nickname 'Gradouble.' He states that because of losses occasioned by a cotton disease, he had to sell his wife's properties to cover expenses. He comments on the local economy, refers to problems locals are having with government recognition of their land titles, and expresses the hope that Congress will resolve the latter. In a postscript, he sends his regards to Nanette Rocha and Mr. Colon.

title: Letter, 1814 July 27
Subject: Louisiana, Politics and government, 1803-1865, Letters, Yellow fever, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Ethnicity, Louisiana, British Americans, Louisiana, Spanish Americans, Louisiana, French Americans, Louisiana, United States, History, War of 1812, Louisiana, History, War of 1812, Legislators, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1814-07-27
Abstract: Thomas Bolling Robertson was born in Prince George County, Va., graduated from William and Mary College in 1795, and practiced law in Virginia until he moved to the Territory of Orleans in 1805. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson appointed him secretary of the territory. He held several state offices, was Louisiana's first member of the House of Representatives, 1812-1818, was governor, 1820-1824, and became a United States judge for the District of Louisiana in 1824. In this letter to "Dear Sir," Robertson refers to the War of 1812, commending the recipient of his letter on Virginia's reception of the British and expressing his concerns about British and Spanish loyalists in Louisiana, as well as friction between the French and American residents and the potential harm the diverse population, "a thing of shreds and patches," poses in the war. He also mentions his standing in the recent election.

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Eduvige Allard Duplantier, 1804 June 21
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Boys, Education, France
Date created ms: 1804-06-21
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier addresses his sister, Eduvige Allard Duplantier, at Le Plantier in Voiron, France. He states his hopes that Poignand [Poignaud?] will bring a portrait of the Duplantiers' father when he returns to Louisiana, as the man is to accompany the writer's oldest son, Fergus, to Le Plantier before continuing to Grenoble. The addresser expresses his feelings over finally sending his oldest son to France and hopes that Dupuy will be able to instruct him. Duplantier refers to his first daughter's stepmother and black nanny as 'her white mother and her black mother,' and he announces that he has a second daughter as well. He indicates that he is expecting another child (which he believes will be a girl) and that his brother ('Allard') has two sons. He extends his best to Mme. Faure.

title: Joseph Cazeaux
Subject: Cazeaux, Joseph, Portraits, Mustaches, Clothing & dress, Bus drivers, French Americans
Date created ms: 1890
Abstract: Caption by Maude Reid: "Well known by travelling men from New Orleans to Houston, Texas, as the peppery little driver of the bus from the depot to the town's hostelries."

title: Jean Charles de Pradel letter, 1751 May 24
Subject: French Americans, Louisiana, De la Chaise family, Education, France
Date created ms: 1751-05-24
Name: Pradel, Jean Charles de
Abstract: Personal letter

title: Jean Charles de Pradel letter, 1729 Oct. 4
Subject: French Americans, Louisiana, Plantation owners, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1729-10-04
Name: Pradel, Jean Charles de
Abstract: Personal letter

title: Alexandrine de la Chaise de Pradel letter, 1765 July 12
Subject: French Americans, Louisiana, Pradel, Alexandrine de la Chaise de, Plantation owners, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1765-07-12
Name: Pradel, Alexandrine de la Chaise de
Abstract: Personal/Business letter

title: Jean Charles de Pradel letter, 1763 Sept. 26
Subject: French Americans, Louisiana, Slavery, Louisiana, Slaveholders, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1763-09-26
Name: Pradel, Jean Charles de
Abstract: Personal letter

title: Antoine Doussan to Auguste Doussan, 1843 Nov. 15
Subject: Doussan, Antoine J, Doussan, Auguste Alexandre, Doussan, Louise Perrin, Baton Rouge (La.), History, 19th Century, French Americans, Louisiana, Books and Reading, Louisiana, 19th Century, Books and Reading, France, 19th Century
Date created ms: 1843-11-15
Abstract: Antoine Doussan to Auguste Doussan. The Doussans were an émigré French family who came to Louisiana in the wake of Napoleon's downfall. The patriarch, Antoine, a medical doctor and former soldier under Napoleon, managed the family's cotton and sugar plantation in West Baton Rouge Parish as well as French-resident members' financial affairs in Louisiana. Auguste Doussan was the younger brother of Antoine Doussan. He practiced medicine in Grasse, France, and married Louise Perrin, who was a relative of the Allain family of Louisiana.Antoine Doussan recommends the “Courrier des États–Unis” to Auguste Doussan as the best Franco-American gazette and expresses his impatience to receive the “Herbier Général de l'Amateur” from him. In the last part of the letter, Antoine provides family news to Auguste's wife, Louise.

title: Règlement du Compte entre Ursin Soniat et Auguste Doussan, 1842 March
Subject: Doussan, Auguste Alexandre, French Americans, Louisiana, Mississippi River Valley, Commerce, History, 19th Century, Louisiana, Economic Conditions, 19th Century
Date created ms: 1842-03
Abstract: Auguste Doussan was the younger brother of Antoine Doussan. He practiced medicine in Grasse, France, and married Louise Perrin, who was a relative of the Allain family of Louisiana. This letter contains financial statements for Auguste Doussan between May 1839 and May 1842.

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Eduvige Allard Duplantier, 1807 June 26
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1807-06-26
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier, New Orleans, tells his sister, Eduvige Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, about his daughters, Augustine and Euphémie, mentioning the latter by name for the first time. He says that Augustine is like the girls' brother Armand and Euphémie like their brother Guy.

title: Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 July 30
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France, Tourists, France, Health resorts, France
Date created ms: 1840-07-30
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Cauterets, France, addresses her cousin Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, as 'uncle.' She says that a Parisian doctor recommended that her accompanying aunt visit the Cauterets baths, and she reports that the latter, while still suffering in the shoulder, can make some movements that were previously impossible. Duplantier says that she is sorry to hear about the sickness of 'Tante Henriette' [Henriette Paris d’Avancourt de Treffonds, wife of Antoine Frédérique Allard Duplantier, and, therefore, actually the addresser's cousin-in-law]. Duplantier states that she hopes the waters at Uriage, France, will have the same effects on Henriette as the baths at Cauterets had on the writer. She relates having seen Chartres, Tours, Bordeaux, and Pau, France, on the way to Cauterets, adding that she and her travelling aunt are enchanted by the beautiful mountains. She recounts that they saw the Lac de Gaube, the Cascade du Ceriset, and the Pont d’Espagne, but not yet the Vallée de Campan, France. She expresses the hope that her aunt will let her visit Marseille and Switzerland before returning to Paris and notes that her mother is anxious for her to return to Louisiana. Among those to whom she sends her regards are 'Uncle Séraphin' and 'my little Isabelle.'

title: Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 Aug. 27
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France, Tourists, France, Tourists, Switzerland, Tourists, Italy
Date created ms: 1840-08-27
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Barèges, France, addresses her cousin Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, as « uncle. » She says the more sulphuric waters at Barèges have helped her aunt. She relates that they will be travelling to Voiron via Tarbes and Toulouse and that they would like to visit Switzerland and Italy before returning to Louisiana in the spring. She offers a travelling spot to either the recipient or to 'Uncle' Séraphin. Duplantier adds that while her 'Uncle Tivollier' might not be able to make the trip because of his occupations, the addressee would find Italy interesting because of his interest in insect hunting. The writer asserts that she is glad that 'Aunt' Henriette is better after having been to the thermal baths, and, in sending best wishes, she mentions her 'Aunt Allard.'

title: Amélie Duplantier to Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1839 Nov. 15
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France, Tourists, France
Date created ms: 1839-11-15
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Paris, expresses fears to her cousin, Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, over not having heard from her mother in a month and a half. She reports that she and her accompanying aunt were sick with colds as well. She asks for seeds, nuts, and almonds to send to her Avart grandmother in Louisiana and gives her Parisian address as 10 Rue d’Alger. The addresser refers to herself as both the addressee's cousin and niece, and she sends her regards to her cousins Henriette, Amélie, and Séraphin. She adds that her Aunt Avart sends her best to the writer's Aunt Allard.

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Guy Allard Duplantier, 1804 July 04
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, Duplantier, Fergus, 1783-1844, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Boys, Education, France, France, History, Revolution, 1789-1799
Date created ms: 1804-07-04
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier writes his brother, Guy Allard Duplantier at Le Plantier, Voiron, France. He states that his son Fergus must have already reached the recipient and expresses his hopes that Dupuy will be able to take on the young man. The writer states that Gourrier [Gournier? Gourvier? ] requests information on how his family fared the French Revolution. On the back appears, 'Forwarded by Otard of Bordeaux September 24, 1804.'

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Guy Allard Duplantier, Undated
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, Piracy, Algeria, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Boys, Education, France, Haiti, History, Revolution, 1791-1804, Refugees
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier writes his brother, Guy Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France. [Pencilled in above the beginning of the letter appears 'La Nouvelle Orléans.'] The addresser says he has written care of Mr. Cavignon and has received correspondence from Poignand [Poignaud?]. He comments that a result of the war has been increased activity by corsairs. Duplantier mentions transactions involving Bird Savage in London, Mérieult, Messrs. 'Gommes' [Gomez?] de la Torre, Porteau, and Mr. Lefebvre. He states that his wife and children are with him in New Orleans. In sending his regards to his three sons in France, he indicates that his newest child is a boy. In the postscript, Duplantier mentions a young man from Voiron, France, who fled from St. Domingue and whom the writer has helped establish in Louisiana. The addresser also gives updates on Hippolyte Tivollier and Perrin.

title: Amélie Duplantier to Euphrosine Tivollier Allard Duplantier, 1841 Sept. 25
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France, Insects, Collection and preservation, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1841-09-25
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Paris, tells her aunt Euphrosine Tivollier Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, that she will be leaving from Le Havre between October 5 and 10 aboard the Lafayette. In the postscript, she asserts that she will not forget the mounting pins of her 'Uncle Antoine' and that she will do her best to procure insects for him.

title: Amélie Duplantier to Madame Antoine Allard Duplantier, 1840 Feb. 17
Subject: French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana, Extended families, France, Tourists, France, Balls (Parties), France, Paris
Date created ms: 1840-02-17
Abstract: Amélie Duplantier, Paris, sends a letter to the wife of her cousin Antoine Allard Duplantier, Voiron, France, care of Mr. Allegret. She says that she has received news of her 'Uncle Antoine' through Mr. Albin, and she expresses her wish that her male cousin would come to Paris for treatment. In describing a ball that she attended, the writer states that even though it was supposed to be one of the most beautiful in Paris, 'I found nothing extraordinary; as far as I'm concerned, ours are better; the room is larger and more beautiful.' She mentions correspondence involving Augustine Favrot's step-sister; the writer's cousin Antoine; Mr. Dubayle; a 'curious man' whose name Duplantier cannot make out; and Allegret. The addresser sends her regards to Isabelle [Euphrosine Cécile Marie Isabelle Allard Duplantier, the addressee's daughter] and to her aunt and cousins, including the little female Tivolliers. The addresser refers to the addressee as her cousin in opening and as her aunt in closing. Written in blank space appears 'Mr. Laughunier.'

title: Armand Allard Duplantier to Guy Allard Duplantier, 1807 August 02
Subject: Duplantier, Armand, 1753-1827, Family, Suburbs, Louisiana, New Orleans, French Americans, Family relationships, Louisiana
Date created ms: 1807-08-02
Abstract: Armand Allard Duplantier, New Orleans, informs his brother, Guy Allard Duplantier, at Le Plantier, Voiron, France, that he has bought a plantation forming part of a New Orleans faubourg and is dividing it. He says that he wants to hear from Dupuy about little Guy, whom he also calls 'little Guillaume.' The writer also requests seeds and discusses vegetable gardening. On the back appears an inscription and stamp indicating that the letter was forwarded by A. M. Labouchere and Trotreau in Nantes, France.

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