Online Finding Aids
Louisiana Papers, 1779-1937
Contents List
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Louis-Placide Canonge (1822-1893)
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his manuscript, Gaston De St. Elme, a drama in
four
acts, 1844, in French |
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2 |
his manuscript, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, a
drama in
five acts, 1849, in French |
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Armantine Mercier ( -1856) |
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[sister of Dr. Charles Alfred
Mercier
and wife of Pierre Soulé]
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two notebooks of poetry (copied from French and
English
authors), illustrations from periodicals,
newspaper clippings,
etc. Also, photograph of a young woman |
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Dr. Charles Alfred Mercier
(1816-1894)
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two copies of his story Emile des
Ormiers, 1891,
in French (cut from periodicals?) |
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3 |
notes on Dante's The Divine Comedy, 1884,
in
French |
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4 |
records of "Ligue Blanche de la Paroisse St.
Martin,"
with notes on the "Reunion du Comité Central,"
1874; |
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notes on Louisiana published in "Le Carillon de
la Nelle.
Orléans" |
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Spanish petition, [1817?] |
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Juan Gayarre |
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[son of Estevan Gayarre]
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record of his service to the Spanish crown in
the colonies,
7 September 1782, Mexico, in Spanish |
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[photostats of paper in Proceedings to Force
Almonaster
to Rebuild the St. Louis Cathedral?], 1779,
1789 |
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Ridgley Ceylon Powers (1836-1912)
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letter from Powers to his mother, 26 July 1864,
describing
the attack on Atlanta by the Union forces |
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J. J. Thomas
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9 |
The Theory and Practice of Creole Gramar,
published
in Port-of-Spain, 1869 (this typewritten copy made
for
Tinker in 1934) |
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Alexander de Clouet
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diary, 3 April 1862 . December 1864 |
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--written while de Clouet was a Confederate
soldier
in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, in English
and
French |
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2 |
ledger: cash accounts and expenses of trips
abroad and
to Cuba, 1856-1861, 176 pp., many blank |
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3 |
notes made at Louisiana College?, c. 1855-c.
1859 |
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--miscellaneous notes including literary
excerpts, copies
of poems, and drawings |
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Alexander de Clouet |
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loose items, 1861-1886 (and some undated),
removed from
the folio volume labeled "Scrapbook of Alex. de
Clouet" |
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2 |
plantation journal, Parish of St. Martin,
Louisiana |
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--daily entries from 1 January to 26 October
1866, in
English |
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David Banister Morgan
(1773-1848) |
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3 |
papers, 1804-1835 (31 items) |
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Daniel Clark (1766-1813) |
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letters to Clark, 1813-1815 (8 letters.2 copies
of one
letter) |
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5 |
six letters (and photostats of letters), most
written
by J. W. Fairfax, concerning the founding of The
City
Item Cooperative Printing Company, 1880-1881 [Gift
of
Henry Michel to Tinker, 1925] |
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Thad St. Martin (1886- ) |
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St. Martin's typescript of his book, Madame
Toussaint's
Wedding Day; also three letters from St. Martin to
Tinker,
1936-1937 |
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Edward Larocque Tinker
(1881-1968) |
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notes and lists for his bibliography of French
newspapers
and periodicals |
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8 |
notes on small slips of paper for his
bibliography of
French newspapers |
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John Purcell |
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[gauger and customs house
official in
New Orlean] |
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diary, 1863 |
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--on 7 May 1863 he was appointed U.S. Assistant
Assessor
of Internal Revenue |
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Francois Dominique Rouquette
(1810-1890) |
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2 |
manuscript copies of his poems and a few copies
clipped
from newspapers |
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Francois Dominique Rouquette
(1810-1890) |
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three poems |
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historical notes, mostly on Rome and Europe,
especially
France, unidentified writer, 1862 |
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Jean Sylvain Gentil
(1829-1911) |
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"Chants de Douleur," St. James, La., 1853-1854,
44 p.;
also, mathematical notes, 34 p. |
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4 |
material removed to the Henri Rémy, Papers,
1837-1840;
1861 |
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Heloise Hulse Cruzat |
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manuscript essay, "General [George Victor]
Collot's
Arrest," 1796 episode written by Cruzat in
1900 |
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Pierre Soulé (1801-1870) |
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6 |
account of his trip on the Mississippi and Ohio
rivers
to Cincinnati, Ohio |
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miscellaneous manuscripts, including: |
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photostat records of births and deaths; |
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letter from Henry Vignaud (1830-1922),
1887; |
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Tinker's biographical sketch of William Beer
(1849-1927); |
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documents signed by Bernard Marigny; |
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legal papers |
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photostats, including: |
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Judge Huet Darlon's memoir on Louisiana, in
French; |
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materials relating to Citizen Laussat, Colonial
Prefect
of Louisiana |
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miscellaneous letters in Spanish, c. 1790-c.
1829 |
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--includes eight letters from Francisco Luis
Hector
Carondelet (1748-1807), with translations in
French or
English, 1794-1797 |
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Louis-Placide Canonge |
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Blanche et Renee, opera in two acts, with music
by Eugène
Prosper Prévost (1809-1872), 1871 |
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Le Lepreux, lyric opera, with music by G. Curti,
1845 |
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Jean Baptiste Dumez |
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[soldier in Napolean's army who
settled
in Louisiana] |
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autobiography, with information on Napoleonic
Wars,
in French, photostat |
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Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarré
(1805-1895) |
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his manuscript, "General Andrew Jackson," 29 pp.
(incomplet),
in English; also, miscellaneous correspondence,
including
two letters from Grace Elizabeth King (1852-1932)
and
six letters from Gayarré [Gift of Grace E. King to
Tinker,
1923?] |
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Francois Charles Deléry
(1815-1880) |
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scrapbook with poems by Deléry and others . some
in
manuscript but many clipped from newspapers, in
French
and English [Purchased by Tinker from James
Magi] |
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Alexander de Clouet |
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scrapbook with newspaper clippings, literary
excerpts,
obituaries, etc., in French and English |
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scrapbook of New Orleans poetry, 1880-1881 |
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--newspaper clippings of poems (French and
English)
pasted over what appears to be an account book,
1860s-1870s |
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miscellaneous manuscripts, including: |
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J[ean] Gentil, editor, "Abonnements et
Echanges," 1870-1878 |
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--subscription lists for his newspaper Le
Louisianais
(Paroisse St. Jacques); |
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plan of a house for Sr. Gomes, 1805; |
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two state documents |
Edward Larocque Tinker (1881-1968) was an author and book collector whose
primary interest was Louisiana history. He wrote novels and biographies,
many of which had Louisiana settings or focused on people important in
19th century Louisiana. He also published scholarly articles and two
important bibliographies: Les Écrits de langue Francaise en Louisiane au
XIXe Siècle and Bibliography of the French Newspapers and Periodicals of
Louisiana.
The disparate items in this collection were given to the Society by
Tinker
over a period of years. The collection is valuable for its representation
of 19th century Louisiana culture, especially poetry, drama, and opera,
for Tinker collected papers of many of the most important Creole and
French refugee intellectuals. There are two interesting diaries from the
Civil War period, one of which describes the city of New Orleans during
its occupation by the Union army. There are also some items from the
period of Spanish dominance.
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