Correspondence

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence and military orders of David Banister Morgan (1773-1848), as well as financial and slave records. Morgan was 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.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials that were formerly in a scrapbook kept by the wife of General Frederick Nash Ogden. Items include letters, telegrams, clippings, poems, and genealogical material. There are clippings relating to the death of General Robert E. Lee, General Nash running for Governor of Louisiana, and a battle 1874 September 14. There are also papers of C.L. Jackson, a possible relation about his conduct in the Civil War at the Battle of Dranesville, Virginia, 1861 December...

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The collection consists of commissions, appointments, letters, and an order relating to the military career of Louis Charles de Blanc St. Denis, an officer in the Louisiana Militia who served as commandant of both the Natchitoches and Attakapas (St. Martinsville) posts. There are documents signed by Charles III and Charles IV of Spain as well as other signed by Baron de Carondelet, governor of Louisiana (1791-1797).

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The collection is made up of letters, reports, a permit, general orders, morning reports, a newsclipping, lists, and a microfilm and film reel relating to the War of 1812.