Scope and Contents Mainly papers dealing with land owned by A.D. Boudreaux and his father, Oliver, in Opelousas District and Lafayette Parish. Includes the following: deeds, sale documents, surveys, plats, other miscellaneous legal documents (sale of enslaved person), military service records including commission by Louisiana Governor in 1861 and amnesty oath, 1865, muster roll for Company K, 1st Regiment of Reserve Corps, Louisiana, July, 1864 – January, 1865, and newspaper article by Mario Mamalakis (1980)...

Scope and Contents This ledger contains accounts for Bellevue Plantation, c. 1860 – 1895. The plantation was located in the Youngsville area of Lafayette Parish. Martha Morse Cade was the widow of Robert Cade. There is also a contract between Mrs. Cade and freedmen (1870); a 1930 land sale by William Cade, and a scan of a photo of Bellevue Plantation. This material was donated by Alan and Brenda Broussard. Originally photocopies of the ledger and some accompanying documents were donated by Mr....

Scope and Contents This collection consists of miscellaneous family papers mostly dealing with land owned by members of the Darby family. There are also some records relating to purchases of enslaved people and 20th century tax receipts. Other records include receipts from the Iberia Sugar Cooperative, miscellaneous receipts, and a letter regarding a claim on a portion of the estate of the Very Rev. Giovanni Gradenigo, Bishop of Venice, possibly a scam.The collection was donated by Nelwyn Hebert,...

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Purchase of slave Lucy. Photocopy. No donor card.

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The Louisiana Colonial Records contains materials regarding mostly 18th-19th century events occurring in colonial Louisiana, especially governing processes and the Cabildo. The collection contains photocopies of correspondence, legal papers, and land and sales of enslaved people.