Cuvillier family papers, 1810-1877.

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Cuvillier family papers, 1810-1877.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745914313

This collection consists of professional and military certificates of the Cuvillier family of New Orleans, La. On many of these documents, the family name was alternately spelled: Cuvellier. One of the certificates in the collection is for Charles Harrod. Included are documents issued and signed by several governors and secretaries of state, including William Charles Cole Claiborne, Charles Gayarré, and George F. Shepley.

3 linear feet (1 oversized folder)

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Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8119594

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895

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Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Confederate sympathizer and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, Gayarré is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana and his exposé of US Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy. Born on his grandfather's plantation just outside the city limits of New Orleans (now Aud...

Claiborne, William C. C. (William Charles Cole), 1775-1817.

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William C. C. Claiborne practiced law in Tennessee and became judge of the Superior Court of Tennessee in 1796. He became governor of the Territory of Mississippi in 1801 and was appointed to receive Louisiana from France in 1803. He served as governor of the Territory of Orleans, 1803-1812, and as governor of the State of Louisiana, 1812-1816. From the description of William C.C. Claiborne letter book, 1804-1811 (bulk 1804-1805). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86142655 Gove...

Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

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Lawyer, of Bangor and Portland, Me.; U.S. district attorney for Maine; judge Maine 1st Circuit Court; served as Military Governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. From the description of Papers, 1862-1864. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978835 Lawyer, U.S. district attorney, state legislator, and judge, of Portland, Me.; commissioned as colonel in 12th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry during Civil War; made military commander of New Orleans, La...

Cuvillier family.

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Joseph Cuvillier was Notary Public of the City of New Orleans, and Parish of Orleans. Charles Cuvillier was Lieutenant Colonel of the Louisiana State Militia. From the description of Cuvillier family papers, 1810-1877. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 745914313 ...