Territoire d'Orleans, Comte d'Orleans : quartier, de la concession [a Lancelot Pearson, par] A. Trouhard, commissionne par Barthelemy Lafon, 1807.

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Territoire d'Orleans, Comte d'Orleans : quartier, de la concession [a Lancelot Pearson, par] A. Trouhard, commissionne par Barthelemy Lafon, 1807.

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Hand painted, manuscript copy of original map and deed of land grant (1807) to Lancelot Pearson, attested to in a note by Barthelemy Lafon, Deputy Surveyor. Hand-written note signed by Lafon on 18 Feb. 1818, shows transfer of property to Nicolus Reggio, such transfer recorded in Register H. Book 8 and signed by H.B. Cenas, Register.

1 ms. map : linen and paper, hand col. ; 25 x 21cm. on sheet 36 x 47 cm.

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Trouard, A.

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Lafon, Barthélémy, 1769-1820

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Barthélémy Lafon was a Deputy Surveyor appointed by Isaac Briggs, Esq. Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent was sent by Governor Bernardo de Galvez to settle Islenos (immigrants to Louisiana from the Canary Islands) at Galveztown, which was located at the junction of the Amite River and Bayou Manchac. It was destroyed by floods in the early 1800s. The present day community of Galvez, La., is located just west of the original Galveztown. From the description of Bar...