David B. Morgan papers, 1804-1844.

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David B. Morgan papers, 1804-1844.

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Letters, legal documents, and a plat comprise this collection. Letters relate to military orders given by Morgan as commander of the Louisiana militia at the Battle of New Orleans, concerning two mulattoes held at camp (1815), a note due to Citizens' Bank of New Orleans (1844), and Morgan's opposition to William S. Hamilton's candidacy for governor of Louisiana (Nov. 24,1830) [photocopy]. Documents used to secure the loan accompany the letter to Citizens' Bank (1832-1843). The plat, drawn by Morgan for Samuel Loyd, shows the boundaries of a tract of land located in the vicinity of Caston Bayou and Lake Pontchartrain, La.

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Louisiana. Militia

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Hamilton, William S. (William Southerland), b. 1789.

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Loyd, Samuel.

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Morgan, David Banister, 1773-1848

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David Banister Morgan (1773-1848) served in the Louisiana territorial legislature, was a member of the Constitutional convention, and after the admission of Louisiana to the Union, was in the state legislature. He was surveyor-general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and a commander of troops on the west bank of the Mississippi River under Andrew Jackson between 1814 and 1815 during the Battle of New Orleans. He later owned land in St. Tammany Parish. David Morgan died July 15, 1848 in Covington, L...