Louisiana Surveys collection 1782-1803 Louisiana Surveys collection

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Louisiana Surveys collection 1782-1803 Louisiana Surveys collection

This collection contains around 100 land surveys pertaining to property along the southern Mississippi River in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

101 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 6392664

William L. Clements Library

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Dunbar, William, 1749-1810

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William Dunbar was a planter at Baton Rouge and Natchez and a friend of Alexander Ross, Scottish merchant and planter on the southwestern frontier during the American Revolution. From the description of William Dunbar account book, 1776-1793; 1845-1847 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23153421 Scientist and planter. From the description of William Dunbar letterbook extracts and a list of manuscripts, 1775-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009610 Wi...

Layssard, Valentine.

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Trudeau, Charles Laveau, approximately 1750-1816

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Appointed surveyor general of Spanish Louisiana in early 1780's, he served in that capacity until his resignation in 1805. From the description of Carlos Trudeau papers, 1800, 1804. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 259718135 Born in New Orleans, Charles Laveau Trudeau (aka Carlos Trudeau) was chosen to be surveyor general of Spanish Louisiana in the early 1780s and served in that capacity to 1805. After the Louisiana Purchase, he elected to remain in Louisia...

Anonymous

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The author of this volume informed his correspondents about the trade of pepper and rum in New York between November and December 1801. He also did business in Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore. From the guide to the New York Mercantile letter book, 1801, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) This volume contains copied passages from several sources, including the works of John Locke, histories of England and Europe, and treatises on religion. F...