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  • Duplantier, Armand Family Letters, 1777-1859. 95 items. Location: D:62. Armand Duplantier was a planter and owner of Magnolia Mound Plantation, La. Duplantier Family Letters contain items from four generations of the Duplantier family, including Armand Duplantier, his uncle Claude Trénonay, Armand’s son Armand Allard Duplantier, and granddaughter Amélie Augustine Duplantier Peniston. The letters relate to Louisiana under the French, Spanish, and Americans and the economic, political, and social conditions attendant on transitioning among the three powers; commerce with France; the succession of Trénonay; attitudes about the French Revolution; slavery and plantation matters; family news such as illness, births, deaths, and the education of Duplantier’s children; and travels in France by Amélie Duplantier. Mss. 5060.
  • Dupuy, Dugregiy. Family papers, 1852-1910. 64 items. Location: Misc. The Dupuy family were planters in Iberville Parish, La. The papers include eleven letters from Nicholas J. Hoey of New Orleans to Dugregiy Dupuy in Iberville Parish, four other business letters received by Dugregiy Dupuy, a petition against Joseph D. Dupuy for payment of $1,440 borrowed against his plantation and slaves, a program for the sale of Live Oak Point Plantation and 261 slaves, state and parish tax receipts for Prosper O. Dupuy, and a handful of other records concerning other Dupuy family members. Mss. 3816.
  • Duran de la Moitre document, 1764. 1 item. Location: Misc.:D. Sale (in French) of property of Duran de la Moitre to Mr. Demain, New Orleans, La. Mss. 102.
  • Durasoe, M., Jr. Letter, 1818 March 9. 1 letter. Location: MISC:D. Letter from M. Durasoe, Jr. to John R. Salisbury, judge of St. Helena Parish. Writing from New Orleans, Durasoe acknowledges receiving a list of mortgages passed in St. Helena Parish over the last year. Address leaf designates Salisbury as being in Montpelier, Louisiana at the time. Mss. 5350.
  • Eager, William Blake. Papers, 1848-1863-1865, 1874-1900. 21 items. Location: B:64. Surgeon in the 162nd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Letters concern service in military hospitals in Carrollton (now part of New Orleans) and Franklin, Louisiana; the siege of Port Hudson; and the Red River campaign. Other materials deal with Eager's medical education and a European tour in 1877. Mss. 2826.
  • Eastman, Edward. Letters, 1846. 5 items. Location: Misc. Printer and an officer in the Nashville Blues, 1st Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers. Letters by Eastman to his family in New Hampshire including one from Nashville, Tennessee, two from New Orleans, and one from Mexico. There is also a letter from his former landlady, telling of his death. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1363.
  • Eden, George. Letter, 1847 Dec. 24. 1 item. Location: Misc.:E. Letter comments on cottonseed, cotton cultivation in India, and the cotton markets of New Orleans, La., and Liverpool, England. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3864.
  • Eder, Joseph and Rosina. Letter, 1854. 1 item. Location: Misc.:E. Account of the journey of Joseph and Rosina Eder from Teisendorf, Germany, to Nacogdoches, Texas, by way of Bremen, Germany, and New Orleans. In German. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 469.
  • Edgar Montegut letter, 1844 May 25. 1 item. Misc.:M. 1361. Mayor of New Orleans. Letter from A. Bollermann, consulate of the Grand Duchy of Cesse, to Montegut requesting information concerning Maria Conrad Schneider, the succession of Jacob Freitag, and ordering death certificates for John Ost and Conrad Schmidt. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1361
  • Edwards, Clara LaFargue. Family scrapbook, 1849-1851. 1 vol. Location: 5:52. Resident of Marksville, Louisiana. Volume of miscellaneous newspaper clippings from the Opelousas Gazette, the St. Landry Whig, the New Orleans Daily Delta, and the Louisville Journal. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2959.
  • Edwards, Marianne. Letters, 1855-1866 (bulk 1855-1863). 72 items. Location: U:239. Marianne Edwards, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, was the wife of Guy M. Edwards, a Massachusetts sea captain. She took voyages from Boston to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Letters concern voyages to New Orleans, France, and Spain, among others. Letters (1862-1863) about a voyage along the lower Mississippi River, describe conditions during the Union occupation of New Orleans and the Battle of Port Hudson. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1850.
  • Egan, J. S. Family Papers, 1850-1893. 28 items. Location: UU:118; OS:E. Resident of New Orleans. Papers contain Civil War letters from Virginia and Port Hudson, Louisiana, commenting on the people of New Orleans immediately prior to the surrender of the city and Union Sympathizers during the Union occupation. Included are antebellum letters telling of social conditions in San Francisco, California, following the Gold Rush; medical practice in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; and travel in Europe. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1467.
  • Egana, Juan Y. de. Papers, 1851-1857. 11 items. Location: MISC:E. Broker. Bond and receipts for payment of principal and interest on stock notes and shares in the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana, New Orleans, issued to Juan Y. de Egana. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 69.
  • Ellis, E. John, Thomas C. W. and family. Papers, 1829-1936 (bulk 1870-1920). 9.3 linear ft., 72 volumes, 30 microfilm reels. Location: G:5; MSS.MF:E; OS:E; U:52-65. Sons of Ezekiel Parke Ellis, a judge and state legislator from Amite, Louisiana. E. John and Thomas C. W. Ellis were practicing attorneys who were active in Louisiana politics. Both men served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and business papers of three generations of the Ellis family. Civil War correspondence includes letters by E. John Ellis from prison camp at Johnson's Island, Ohio. Politics occupies a large place in the correspondence and speeches of 1856-1861 and in the correspondence of the Reconstruction period. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reels 21-22. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 136.
  • Ellis, Hazel. Family Papers, 1848-1938 (bulk 1903-1911). 5,451 items, 15 vols. Location: U:67-90, G:1. Hazel and Nellie Ellis were members of the Caswell Prewitt Ellis family of Montgomery, Alabama, and New Orleans. Personal papers of the Ellis family include financial records, legal documents, photographs, and correspondence. Most correspondence relates to family matters, health, and social events including Hazel's trip abroad in 1902. Much of the correspondence dated 1905 pertains to social events related to Hazel as Queen of Mardi Gras. Other letters are those of suitors written to Hazel and Nellie. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 467.
  • Ellis, J. M. Letter, 1847. 1 item. Location: Misc. New Orleans merchant. Letter by J. M. Ellis to his sister, Mrs. Samuel T. Tisdale of New York City, telling of a visit at the home of Samuel Judd on Long Island, New York, and that his financial situation in New Orleans did not warrant cultivating society people. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1363.
  • Escoffier, Fran?ois. Document, 1840. 1 item. Location: Misc. Free man of color. Petition of Fran?ois Escoffier to the president and members of the council of the second municipality of New Orleans for the remission of a fine imposed upon him for selling liquor to a slave. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 137.
  • Esquire, Aleise. Tax receipt, 1843. 1 item. Location: Misc. Owner of a New Orleans coffee house. Parish tax receipt of Aleise Esquire. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1919.
  • Eversol, Samuel. Letter, 1833 June 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter mentions outbreak of Asiatic cholera in New Orleans and along the Mississippi River. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2873.
  • F. Ganahl & Co. Letter, 1836 Mar. 12. 1 letter. Location: Misc. F. Ganahl & Co. of New Orleans, La., writes Abraham Bell & Co. of New York, N.Y., regarding the cotton trade in the city. The letter is written on a weekly summary of New Orleans commercial statistics. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 4039.
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