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Manuscript Collections Landry, Severin
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Landry, Severin. Family Papers, 1838-1887 (bulk 1843-1882). 148 items, 2 vols. Location: U:199, G:15. Sugar planter of Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Collection includes personal and family correspondence, business and financial records, plantation regulations, and a daybook (1846-1849) and journal (1846-1865) kept by Dufossard Landry recording sales of plantation produce. Chiefly in French. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm: University Publications of America Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations Series I, Part 1, Reel 8. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 210.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1838
Manuscript Collections Louisiana
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Louisiana military payroll, 1767 December 11. 1 item. Location: Misc.:L, vault:1. Payroll sheet for a French colonial regiment garrisoned in New Orleans, giving names of officers and amounts due soldiers in settlement of their pay for the year 1759. Certified by Governor Louis Kerlerec and others in 1767. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1191.
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Manuscript Collections
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1767
Manuscript Collections Girard, Jeanne F.
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Girard, Jeanne F. Letters, 1893-1899. 3 items. Location: Misc.:G. Proprietor of the Hotel La Sarge in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory. Transcriptions and translations of two letters of Jeanne F. Girard to her brother, Albin Regnier; and a letter of Joe A. Regnier, son of Albin Reginier, written from Dallas, Texas, to his sister Anne. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 968.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1893
Manuscript Collections Filhiol, Juan
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Filhiol, Juan. Papers, 1794-1881. 18 items on 1 microfilm reel. Location: A:31, Mss.Mf:F. Commandant at Fort Miro, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, during the period of Spanish governance. Collection contains transcriptions of letters (1794, 1796) from Baron de Carondelet and Marquis de Maison Rouge concerning land claims in Ouachita Parish. Other documents deal with immigrants to Louisiana and a transfer of property in 1836. French transcriptions and English translations, written by G. Filhiol, date from 1842. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2438.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1794
Manuscript Collections Girard, M. D.
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Girard, M. D. Account books, 1847-1874. 2 vols. Location: G:8. French teacher in New Orleans. Journal recording pupils and income received for her lessons; record book including lectures contributed by members of her salon in 1865, and questions and answers asked at seances which she conducted. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 502.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1847
Manuscript Collections Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890
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Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890. Letters, [1868], 1872, 1885, undated 5 items, 1 printed item. Location: Misc. English antiquary, archeologist, and writer. Letters reply to requests for antiquarian and heraldic information, and discuss the publication and distribution of his book Collectanea Anqua. In English with some French translations. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1350.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1868
Manuscript Collections Godet, Desire
Description
Godet, Desire. Papers, 1826-1881. 66 items. Location: U:133. French-speaking cotton planter of Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Papers include letters to his parents, brother, and sister in Rouen, France. There are also bills, statements, and receipts from Opelousas merchants and statements of account with A. A. Mouton, Planters' and Merchants Agency. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 159.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1826
Manuscript Collections Girault, Auguste, ca. 1790-. Papers
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Girault, Auguste, ca. 1790-. Papers, 1808-1845. 12 items. Location: Misc., OS:G. Music professor in New Orleans. Girault (earlier known as Giraud) was a native of Nantes, France. Papers include passports, a discharge from military service, and correspondence, among it a letter from Dulisse Alleye recalling two years spent in prison with Girault. In French, one item in Spanish. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1145.
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Manuscript Collections
Year
1808
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