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John McDonogh papers. Folders 1-21, 1813-1860.
title
John McDonogh papers. Folders 1-21, 1813-1860.
Subject
Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. McDonogh, John, 1779-1850, Plantations, Louisiana, Management, Slave trade, Louisiana, Slave records, Louisiana, Benefit auctions, Louisiana, Leases, Louisiana, Slaves, Emancipation, Louisiana, African Americans, Education, Louisiana, African Americans, Colonization, Liberia
Date created ms
1813, 1860
Abstract
Chiefly contains letters written by John McDonogh to business associates regarding the acquisition and management of property. A few documents concern the purchase, education, emancipation, and repatriation of enslaved persons to Liberia. Also present is an auction catalog describing the Louisiana land tracts that the McDonogh Estate sold to benefit education.
Salvador Panias proceeding, 1812 February 27.
title
Salvador Panias proceeding, 1812 February 27.
Subject
Pointe Coupée Parish (La.), History, 19th century, Free African Americans, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Slaves, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, African American slaveholders, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Land titles, Registration and transfer, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Slave trade, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Auctions, Louisiana, Pointe Coupée Parish, Legal documents
Date created ms
1812-02-27
Abstract
Procès-verbal (proceeding) of a public auction of properties belonging to Salvador Panias of Pointe Coupée Parish. Daniel, an enslaved man, fourteen years old, was sold to a free mulatto [name not given] for 570 piastres. A residential property was sold to the widow Découx for 8,000 piastres. Judge John Henry Ludeling conducted the sale. In French.
Letter, ca 1812
title
Letter, ca 1812
Subject
Letters, Soldiers, Louisiana, Governors, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, United States, History, War of 1812, New Orleans (La.), History, 19th century
Date created ms
1812
Abstract
General James Wilkinson fought in the Revolutionary and Indian Wars, was a merchant, adventurer and politician. In 1803 he was appointed Commissioner of the United States in New Orleans, and later served as governor of the Louisiana Territory. In this fragment of a signed letter, James Wilkinson vows vengeance on a personal enemy, predicts war and the occupation of New Orleans.
Letter, 1812 Feb. 25
title
Letter, 1812 Feb. 25
Subject
Legislators, Georgia, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, Sugar trade, Louisiana, Sugar growing, Louisiana, Bibb, William Wyatt, 1781-1820, Teche, Bayou (La.), Opelousas (La.), History, 19th century, Attakapas District (La.), History, United States. General Land Office, Officials and employees
Date created ms
1812-10-25
Abstract
Levin Wailes, Register of the Land Office of the United States, Territory of Orleans, 1810-1822. Letter to U. S. Representative William W. Bibb, Georgia, written from Opelousas, Louisiana, discusses an inexpensive method of raising and processing sugar then being employed in the Bayou Teche-Attakapas region of Louisiana.
Criminal case file no. 233, State of Louisiana v. Lindor, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 233, State of Louisiana v. Lindor, 1812
Subject
Bienvenu, A, Lindor, Trials, litigation, etc, Hanging, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave insurrections, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Sedition), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-10-31
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, for the indictment of Lindor, a slave of A. Bienvenu, for insurrection on Oct. 18, 1812. Signed by Attorney General A.L. Duncan. Arraigned Oct. 31, 1812 and plead not guilty. Found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Bill lists the names of several slaves who allegedly participated in the insurrection, along with those of their masters.
Criminal case file no. 232, State of Louisiana v. Charles, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 232, State of Louisiana v. Charles, 1812
Subject
Bienvenu, A, Charles, Trials, litigation, etc, Hanging, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave insurrections, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Sedition), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-10-30
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, for the indictment of Charles, a slave of A. Bienvenu, for insurrection on Oct. 18, 1812. Arraigned Oct. 30, 1812 and plead not guilty. Found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Additional document by Judge Louis Moreau Lislet, with jury members' signatures, allowing him to be buried because of his brother-in-law's "good conduct." Bill lists the names of several slaves who allegedly participated in the insurrection, as well as the names of their masters.
Criminal case file no. 231, State of Louisiana v. Joseph, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 231, State of Louisiana v. Joseph, 1812
Subject
Bellechasse, Joseph Deville de Goutin, 1761-ca. 1840, Joseph, Trials, litigation, etc, Hanging, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave insurrections, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Sedition), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-10-30
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, for the indictment of Joseph, a slave of Colonel Bellechasse for insurrection on Oct. 18, 1812. Signed by Attorney General A.L. Duncan. Arraigned Oct. 30, 1812 and plead not guilty. Found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Bill lists the names of several slaves who allegedly participated in the insurrection, as well as the names of their masters.
Criminal case file no. 229, State of Louisiana v. Honroe, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 229, State of Louisiana v. Honroe, 1812
Subject
Honore, Trials, litigation, etc, Lemege, Mr, Hanging, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave insurrections, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Sedition), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-10-30
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, for the indictment of Honore, a slave of Mr. Lemege, for insurrection on Oct. 18, 1812. Signed by Attorney General A.L. Duncan. Arraigned and plead not guilty on Oct. 30, 1812. Found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Bill lists the names of several slaves who allegedly participated in the insurrection, as well as the names of their masters.
Criminal case file no. 228, State of Louisiana v. Isaac or Jacques, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 228, State of Louisiana v. Isaac or Jacques, 1812
Subject
Fletas, Domingue, Isaac, Trials, litigation, etc, Hanging, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Slave insurrections, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Sedition), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-10-30
Abstract
Bill of information, set forth in the New Orleans City Court, for the indictment of Isaac or Jacques, a slave of Domingue Fletas, for inciting several slaves in an insurrection against their masters on Oct. 18, 1812. Signed for Attorney General A.L. Duncan. Arraigned Oct. 30, 1812 and plead not guilty. Found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on Oct. 31, 1812. Bill lists the names of several slaves who allegedly participated in the insurrection, as well as the names of their masters.
Criminal case file no. 219, Territory of Orleans v. Lalande Ferrier and Claude Coulon, 1812
title
Criminal case file no. 219, Territory of Orleans v. Lalande Ferrier and Claude Coulon, 1812
Subject
Hulet, John, Slaves, Louisiana, History, 19th century, Trials (Assault and battery), Louisiana, Trials (Resisting an officer), Louisiana
Date created ms
1812-03-17
Abstract
Indictment in the New Orleans City Court of Lalander Therrier and Claude Coulon for assault and battery and resisting an officer. Affidavits (in French) of Coulon, Ferrier and Bertrand Laborde, taken by Justice of the Peace Francois Bailey. Arraigned March 21, 1812 and plead not guilty. Found guilty of the first charge on April 3, 1812 and not guilty of the second on May 13, 1812. Also includes capias and arrest warrant issued by Judge Louis Moreau Lislet, search warrant issued by Bailey, and the defendants' bond papers.
Statement, 1812
title
Statement, 1812
Subject
West Feliciana Parish (La.), History, Medical fees, Louisiana, Bradford, Benjamin, Physicians, Louisiana, Medical care, Cost of, Slaves, Medical care, Louisiana
Date created ms
1812
Abstract
Bill for medical services from Daniel Cato to Benjamin Bradford of West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Indenture of Louis Lefevre with Jean Giguel sponsored by Marie Duc, Volume 1, Number 43, 1812 November 28
title
Indenture of Louis Lefevre with Jean Giguel sponsored by Marie Duc, Volume 1, Number 43, 1812 November 28
Subject
Free blacks, Cuba, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-11-28
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Lefevre (described as a free quadroon of eight years of age born in Cuba) is sponsored by his aunt, Marie Noel Duc (described as a free girl of color), as an apprentice to Jean Giguel to learn to be a goldsmith. In French.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Etienne Gillard with Etienne Bertel sponsored by Julienne Daromand, Volume 1, Number 42, 1812 October 22
title
Indenture of Etienne Gillard with Etienne Bertel sponsored by Julienne Daromand, Volume 1, Number 42, 1812 October 22
Subject
Free blacks, Haiti, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-10-22
Abstract
In this indenture, Etienne Gillard (described as a free quadroon of 16 years of age from Saint Domingue) is sponsored by his mother, Julienne Daromand (described as a free girl of color), as an apprentice to Etienne Bertel to learn to be a carpenter. In French.
Indenture of Charles with John Sharp sponsored by Charlotte Harang, Volume 1, Number 51, 1812 June 18
title
Indenture of Charles with John Sharp sponsored by Charlotte Harang, Volume 1, Number 51, 1812 June 18
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-06-18
Abstract
In this indenture, Charles (described as a free negro of 14 years) is sponsored by his mother, Charlotte Harang, as an apprentice to John Sharp to learn to be a tailor.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Alexis with Peter Burton sponsored by Louise Lavergne, Volume 1, Number 43, 1812 December 1
title
Indenture of Alexis with Peter Burton sponsored by Louise Lavergne, Volume 1, Number 43, 1812 December 1
Subject
Free blacks, Haiti, Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-12-01
Abstract
In this indenture, Alexis (described as a free boy of color aged 18 years of age from Saint Domingue) is sponsored by his mother, Louise Lavergne (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to Peter Burton to learn to be a shipwright and caulker.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Peter Badie with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Piquery, Volume 1, Number 66, 1812 March 20
title
Indenture of Peter Badie with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Piquery, Volume 1, Number 66, 1812 March 20
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-03-20
Abstract
In this indenture, Peter Badie (described as a quadroon of 17 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Adelaide Piquery (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to William Brand to learn to be a bricklayer and plasterer.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Ursin Petit with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Dupart, Volume 1, Number 44, 1812 November 16.
title
Indenture of Ursin Petit with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Dupart, Volume 1, Number 44, 1812 November 16.
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-11-16
Abstract
In this indenture, Ursin Petit (described as a free person of color of 13 years of age) is sponsored by his mother, Adelaide Dupart (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to William Brand to learn to be a tailor.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Indenture of Louis Brunel with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Brunel, Volume 1, Number 65, 1812 April 7
title
Indenture of Louis Brunel with William Brand sponsored by Adelaide Brunel, Volume 1, Number 65, 1812 April 7
Subject
Free African Americans, Louisiana, New Orleans. Indentured servants, Louisiana, New Orleans, Apprentices, Louisiana, New Orleans, Legal documents, Deeds
Date created ms
1812-04-07
Abstract
In this indenture, Louis Brunel (described as a free negro boy of 14 years) is sponsored by his sister, Adelaide Brunel (described as a free woman of color), as an apprentice to William Brand to learn to be a bricklayer and plasterer.

Indentures in which at least one party was a free person of color were selected from among all of the indentures available. This identification was made either by the designation of an individual as a free person of color in the record or when a phenotypical description like "quadroon," "mulatto," or "Negro" was given and there was no information to indicate the person was enslaved.
Subscription Statement from David M. Keehan for the Natchez Gazette to the Estate of Captain Robert Semple, 1812-1815
title
Subscription Statement from David M. Keehan for the Natchez Gazette to the Estate of Captain Robert Semple, 1812-1815
Subject
Financial statements, Louisiana, Saint Francisville, Invoices, Louisiana, Saint Francisville, Promissory notes, Louisiana, Saint Francisville
Date created ms
1812, 1815
Name
Keehan, David M.
Letter, 1812 Feb. 14
title
Letter, 1812 Feb. 14
Subject
Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825, Claude, Dennis, Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, Indians of North America, Wars, 1812-1815, Letters, Politicians, United States, Governors, Louisiana, Louisiana, History, 1803-1865, New Orleans (La.), History, 19th century
Date created ms
1812-02-14
Abstract
General James Wilkinson fought in the Revolutionary and Indian Wars, was a merchant, adventurer and politician. In 1803 he was appointed Commissioner of the United States in New Orleans, and later served as governor of the Louisiana Territory. Letter from John Moncure Daniel, Washington City, to Dr. Dennis Claude, Annapolis, Maryland, mentions Claude's testimony on behalf of Daniel's innocence to charges against him and refers to Wilkinson's [i. e. James Wilkinson] continued difficulties despite his having been acquitted by a court martial.

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