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P.E. Cloutier Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains manuscript and printed material among which includes correspondence, legal documents, surveys and newspaper clippings. The items are arranged chronologically. Much of the material concerns the Buard and Cloutier families of Natchitoches Parish. Interest centers on land, slaves, cotton, and family members. The earliest document, dated May 1, 1725, shows the origin of the Buard family in the Swiss village of Pampigny, north of Lake Geneva. A short 1864 diary written by Fulbert Cloutier can also be found in the microfilm collection. Several other rolls of microfilm exist that are not presently processed.
Also included are copies of land plats for Natchitoches and its environs including the Campti and Cane River areas. Most are signed by Pierre Joseph Maës, and are dated 1793-1801. These were obtained from the Register of the State Land Office in 1963. After being accessioned, these plats were moved to the general map collection. However, a listing of the plats can be found in the Cloutier collection.
NOTE: This finding aid of the P.E.Cloutier Collection was adapted from a calendar originally published in 1966 by Katherine Bridges. At the time, Bridges was Louisiana Librarian in the Louisiana Room, Russell Library at Northwestern State College of Louisiana. Copies of the original calendar are still available for viewing in the Cammi G. Henry Research Center.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Please use microfilm in place of original materials when possible.Series 1. Unbound Manuscripts
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1 Honorable discharge of Jean Denis Buas [Buard] and Gabriel Buas [Buard], his son, soldiers in the French-Swiss Company of His Most Christian Majesty, the King of France and Navarre, in Louisiana. Signed by Francois Louis De Merveilleux, Captain of the Company. May 1, 1725 [In French]
2 Confirmation made of Juan Bautista Buard [Jean Baptist Buard] by Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, Governor [etc.] of the Province of Louisiana and West Florida, of land, in possession of which Don Carlos Trudeau, Royal Land Surveyor, had placed Buard. New Orleans, May 20, 1794. [In Spanish]
2 Confirmation made to Guillaume Lestage by Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de Carondelet, Governor General [etc.] of the Province of Louisiana and West Florida, of land, in possession of which Don Carlos Trudeau, Royal Land Surveyor, had placed Lestage. New Orleans, March 26, 1795. [In Spanish]
6 Letter to William W.L. Sherman, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, from his brother, Thomas Sherman. Greenhill, Botetourt County, Virginia. July 8, 1831. [In English]
9 Bill of sale of a Negro slave, Saturday, a blacksmith, by Richard Fordham
of Charleston, South Carolina, to Lewis A. Buard [sic], represented by his
agent Ambrose [sic] Lecomte. Charleston, South Carolina, May 13, 1833
[In English]
9 Bill of sale of "a Negro fellow named Ned," by William Seabrook to Ambroise Lecomte, agent of Louis A. Buard. Charleston, South Carolina, May 23, 1833. [In English]
9 Bill of sale of five Negro slaves by Lewis A. Collier of Richmond, Virginia, to Louis A. Buard, represented by his agent, Ambroise Lecomte. Richmond, Virginia, June 20, 1833. [In English]
9 Bill of sale of a Negro slave, Edmond, by Robert Lumpkin of Richmond, Virginia, to Lewis A. Buard [sic], represented by his agent, Ambroise Lecomte. Richmond, Virginia, June 20, 1833. [In English]
10 Bill of sale of Negro woman slave, Laura, by Mlle. Marie Thereze Eucharis Labrouche of New Orleans to Louis Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, May 12, 1835. [In French]
10 Bill of sale of Negro slave, Scotland Billy, by Thomas Boudar, of New Orleans, to Louis Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, May 13, 1835. [In French]
11 Certificate of appointment of L. A. Buard as aide-de-camp of the Brigadier of the 5th Brigade. March 11, 1836. [In English]
12 Letter to Madame Alexandre Buard, Natchitoches, from her husband, L. A. Buard. New Orleans, March 6, 1837. [In French]
12 Bill of sale of a Negro woman slave, Maria, by John Hagan of Charleston, South Carolina, to Louis Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, March 13, 1837. [In English]
12 Bill of sale of two Negro slaves by Lewis Neville Shelton, of Charleston, South Carolina, to Louis Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, March 14, 1837 [In English]
12 Bill of sale of two Negro women slaves by Benjamin Davis of Petersburg, Virginia, to Jean Baptist Cloutier. New Orleans, March 22, 1837. [In English]
12 Bill of sale of a Negro slave, William Garrison, by Shadrack F. Slatter, of Clinton, Georgia, to Jean Baptist Cloutier. March 22, 1837. [In English]
13 Financial report by Richard Hertzog to the Directors (D. Bossier, A. L. Buard, B. St. Amans, Et. Ganglier, Amb. Lecomte) of 'Moulin a Scie," a sawmill company. July 17, 1838. [In French]
13 Letter to Alexandre Buard concerning a gun which has been made for him and has been sent for delivery to A. Rivarde of New Orleans. Nantes, September 10, 1838. [In French]
14 Bill of sale of two Negro women slaves, Priscilla and Sarah, by Mark Davis, of New Orleans, to Jean Baptist Cloutier. New Orleans, February 28, 1840 [In English]
14 Bill of sale of a Negro slave, Pompey, by John Hagan, New Orleans, February 28, 1840. [In English]
15 Receipt for a tract of land purchased by Louis Alexandre Buard and Solon Bartlett for $150.00. Natchitoches, May 14, 1840. [In English]
15 Duplicate receipt of above.
15 Receipt for a tract of land purchased by Louis Alexandre Buard. Natchitoches, May 14, 1840. [In English]
15 Duplicate receipt of above.
16 Power of attorney given to Jean Baptiste Cloutier by Athanas Hebert, Jr. Cote Joyeuse, January 6, 1841. [In French]
17 Letter to Madame Alexandre Buard [Suzette] from L. A. Buard. New Orleans, December 15, 1843. [In French]
17 Letter to Madame L. A. Buard [Suzette] from her brother, [Henry Hertzog]. New Orleans, December 20, 1843. [In French]
18 Letter to L. A. Buard from his wife, Susette [sic] Buard. Postscript addressed to Henry [Hertzog]. Natchitoches, January 5, 1844. [In French]
18 Letter to L. Alexandre Buard, in Havana, Cuba, from his wife, Susette Buard. Cote Joyeuse, January 13, 1844. [In French]
18 Letter to L. A. Buard, "Care of Stephen Fuquet Havanna Ile of Cuba," from his wife, Susette Buard. Postscript addressed to her brother. Ile Brevelle, January 22, 1844. [In French]
18 Public instrument of protest, made by Frederick Williams, a Notary Public, for A. Lemee', cashier of the Union Bank of Louisiana at Natchitoches, concerning the non-payment of a note for $250 given by Richard W. Hertzog to J.B. Cloutier. Natchitoches, April 1, 1844 [In French and English]
19 Letter to Madame Alexandre Buard, Natchitoches, La., from her brother, Henry Hertzog. Havana, Cuba, January 28, 1844. [In French]
19 Letter to Mme. A, Buard, Natchitoches, La., from her husband, L. A. Buard. Havana, Cuba. January 30, 1844. [In French]
19 Letter to Alexandre Buard from his uncle, P. E. Bossier. Washington City, D.C. February 5, 1844. [In French]
19 Letter to Emile Hertzog, Cote Joyeuse, from L. A. Buard. New Orleans, May 12, 1844. [In French]
20 Letter to Henry Hertzog, Natchitoches, La., from his sister, Susette Buard. Louisville, June 3, 1844. [In French]
20 Letter to Emile Hertzog, Natchitoches, La., from [L. A. Buard]. Red Sulphur Springs, July 18, 1844. [In French]
20 Letter to L. A. Buard, Baltimore, Maryland, from Henry Hertzog. Postscript to his sister, Suzette Buard. Natchitoches, May 28, 1844. [In French]
21 List of slaves. November 25, 1844. [In French]
21 Letter to [L. A. Buard] from his wife, Susette Buard. Natchitoches, December 27, 1844. [In French]
22 Letter to Alexandre Buard from Emile Hertzog. Burita, July 3, 1846. [In French]
22 List of Negro children with dates of births. (1833-1847). [In French]
22 Alexandre Buard's agreement with Joseph Soldini in the matter of terms of sale of a house and lot. Mach 26, 1847. [In English]
22 Letter to L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, La., from Father E. D'Hauw. New Orleans, March 9, 1849. [In French]
23 Ten page 19th century document describing division of property, including slaves, among families such as Prudhomme, Lecompte, Buard.
23 Sale of land from Benjamin Metoyer to Joseph Irwin. November 23, 1826.
Series 1. Unbound Manuscripts continued
24 Receipt for $30, part payment for a flat boat made out to B. Metoyer. Natchitoches, June 23, 1856. [In English]
24 Newspaper clipping, "Democratic nominations. For President: James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. For Vice-President: J. C. Brechinridge, of Kentucky." Lists names of Democratic Central Committee of Natchitoches, and gives account of meeting to arrange a reception for the Hon. J. P. Benjamin and B. S. Tappan. Natchitoches, October 11, 1856. [In English]
24 Receipt for $35 part payment for a flat boat made out to B. Metoyer by H. E. Hawthorn. Ile Brevelle, November 15, 1856. [In English]
25 Newspaper clipping, "Christmas," 1857. [In English]
25 Part of a notebook in which a student has written summaries of events in English history. Each summary is dated the day the student made it. December 11, 1856--February 9, 1857. [In English]
25 Receipt for payment by B. Metoyer for subscription to the National Intelligencer. Natchitoches, March 20, 1857. [In English]
25 Receipt for the Picayune, March 26, 1856--March 26, 1857, made out to Benji. Metoyer, Natchitoches. New Orleans, March 20, 1857. [In English]
25 Receipt for payment by O. Metoyer for subscription to De Bow's Review. March 20, 1857. [In English]
25 Receipt for payment by Octave Metoyer for subscription to the National Intelligencer. Natchitoches, March 20, 1857. [In English]
25 Bill made out to Monsieur J. Lestage by O. Lecerf. Cote Joyeuse, March 24, 1857. [In French]
25 Receipt for $98 given to B. Metoyer by H. E. Hawthorn, "for a flat-boat I built for him." Natchitoches, March 27, 1857. [In English]
25 Receipt from Theophile Prudhomme and Henriette Cloutier for $774 63/100, the full share of their inheritance from the estate of Marie Suzette Lambre. Natchitoches, April 6, 1857. [In English]
Series 1. Unbound Manuscripts continued
26 Receipt given B. Metoyer for medical services by L. Fleming. April 8, 1857. [In French]
26 Receipt for payment by B. Metoyer for goods bought from J. P. Sarrazin, Steam Tobacco Manufactory. April 27, 1857. [In French]
26 Itemized bill of B. Toledano & Taylor sent to B. Metoyer. April 1857. [In English]
26 Receipt for $150 made out to Benji. Metoyer by H. E. Hawthorn for repairs to his gin house. Natchitoches, May 14, 1857. [In English]
26 Newspaper clipping announcing the final performance of Les Artistes Francais in Theatre de la Nouvelle Orleans, September 26, 1857. [In French]
26 Newspaper clipping, "The Autumnal Season." November 13, 1857. [In English]
26 Financial statement of wages paid and due to D. Frame, overseer, made by B. Metoyer, December 1, 1857. [In English]
27 Note from David Frame authorizing Ben Metoyer to pay to Harrisson & Cockerhorn, or bearer, $55. January 22, 1858. [In English]
27 Financial statement of money owed by D. Frame to B. Metoyer. March 1, 1858. [In English]
27 Copy of document recording the sale on August 6, 1857, of three town lots and improvements in Cloutierville by Samuel O. Scruggs to Pierre Rene' Cloutier. Natchitoches, June 21, 1858. [In English]
28 Statement by John Petty. Account of Mrs. Ben Metoyer with Metoyer Bros. from March 4, 1859 to April 24, 1860. (Various items listed: clothing, household supplies, farm supplies, doctor's bills paid, etc.). April 24, 1860. [In English]
28 Inventory of B. Metoyer, 1860. (Slaves, mules, horses, cattle, cotton, corn, etc.) Single sheet. [In English]
28 List of slaves, with names and ages of each, of Mrs. L. A. Buard. 1860. [In French and English]
28 Speech delivered by Emile Cloutier at St. Joseph's College. Bardstown, Kentucky, February 22, 1860. [In English]
28 Receipt for land warrant for 120 acres. Bought from Judson & Co., New Orleans by Messrs. Toledano & Taylor. New Orleans, March 2, 1860. [In English]
28 Order to pay at sight $248.52 to John B. Cloutier and charge to the account of T. L. Hunt. Natchitoches, March 8, 1860. [In English]
28 Small notebook without cover, 1860. (Lists of supplies ordered and paid for, cotton made by slaves, etc.) [In French and English]
29 Itemized bill from Georgetown College to Mrs. A. Buard for her sons, Louis A. Buard and J. Evariste Buard. Georgetown, D. C., April 2 -- July 6, 1860. [In English]
29 Promissory note to Fulbert Cloutier, signed by J. B. Cloutier, Natchitoches, July 28, 1860. [In English]
29 Letter to Louis [Buard?] from Father John Early, S. J., Georgetown College. Georgetown, D. C., August 30, 1860. [In English]
29 Receipted bill, addressed to Mr. Matthew Hertzog, Guardian, for payment for tuition, etc., for Miss Julie Buard at the Nazareth Literary and Benevolent Institution. July 27--September 3, 1860. [In English]
29 Letter to Hon. John M. Landrum, House of Reps., from Jos. [?] Wilson, Commissioner, General Land Office, concerning the salary due J. B. Cloutier for services rendered in locating military bounty lands from October 1, 1858 to February 1, 1860. January 11, 1861. [In English]
29 Receipted bill, addressed to Mr. Matthew Hertzog, Guardian, for payment for tuition, etc., for Miss Julie Buard at the Nazareth Literary & Benevolent Institution. February 1, 1861. [In English]
29 Itemized bill for board, tuition, etc., for Miss Julie Buard at the Nazareth Literary and Benevolent Institution. February 1, 1861. [In English]
30 Itemized bill from B. Toledano & Taylor, made out to Mme. Ve L. A. Buard. New Orleans, April 3, 1861. [In French]
30 Double sheet of a scrapbook with three handwritten invitations and three newspaper clippings pasted on. The earliest, an invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Ambrose Sompayrac, Nov. 3, 1857. A map of Africa drawn on the inner sheet. A colored picture on the back. September 12, 1861. [In French and English]
30 Newspaper clipping describing the deleterious effects on children of naked arms and necks. Note in ink: Union, 18th April 1861. [In English]
30 Newspaper clipping. On one side various advertisements, including one for F. E. Cloutier, "Chirurgien-Dentiste." On the other, a portion of the comic "le Dictionnaire des Natchitoches," and a notice of the burial on May 18, 1861, of Jean Baptiste Cloutier, who was born October 17, 1804. June 20, 1861. [In French]
30 Bill of lading for goods shipped by Ben Toledano, New Orleans, to Widow Ben Metoyer, Ile Brevelle, on the steamboat Mittie Stevens April 6, 1861. [In English]
30 Newspaper clipping. On one side, advertisement, inserted by E. F. Fitzgerald, Principal and Proprietor, of a boarding school; and a notice concerning the succession of Hardy Bryan, Sr. On the other, a notice of a meeting of the ladies of the parish "in aid of the military wants of country," and a notice of the Annual Meeting of the Company of Firemen. December 1861. [In English]
31 Newspaper clipping, giving a suggested form to use in claiming for cotton destroyed to prevent it's falling into the hands of the enemy. 1862. [In English]
31 Letter to Coralie, Mme. E. Cloutier, from S. B. written on the back of a printed form: "The United States (For 8th Reg't V. V. … I certify that the above account is correct… Received, … 1862, of Fred E. Smith, Qr. M., 8th Vt. Reg." 1862. [In French]
31 Newspaper clipping with a notice on one side about the availability of two new musical compositions, "Marche Triomphale d'Oak Hill," by Coralie Buard and "Gloire et Douleur," words by Ernest Le Gendre and music by J. Nores. On the other side, a notice about the succession of the widow of Dominique Metoyer, free woman of color. January 23, 1862. [In French and English]
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31 Letter possibly to Coralie Buard, of two sheets signed A. M. [Ev?]. Reference is made to a scandal of Saturday. February 1, 1862. [In English]
31 Newspaper clipping with letter to Gen. A. S. Johnson concerning the battles at Fort Donelson. Camp near Murfreesboro, February 27, 1862. [In English]
31 Newspaper clipping. On one side an advertisement concerning a silver watch which one of the Negro's of Pavy Blanchard found; one concerning the services of Mme. Gouzy, a midwife "De la Faculte' de Me'decine de Paris," the succession of Lille Grilliette; the succession of Paul Rabalais. On the other side, an open letter explaining the reason for the return home of the Prudhomme Guards. Natchitoches, March 18, 1862. [In French and English]
31 Newspaper clipping with "Gen Beauregard's Address to the Army His Telegraphic Report of the Battle of Shiloh." Corinth, April 17, 1862. [In English]
31 Newspaper clipping. On one side, articles noting that the ramshackle jail does not keep prisoners secure; that a company of guerillas has been organized in the parish with W. O. Breazeale as captain; that a young priest has been publicly insulted and the good name of the sexagenarian bishop has had a slur cast on it. On the other side, notice of the successions of Edward Roper, of Theodore Clement Rachal, of Emile M. Tauzin, and of Perciny W. Radescich. [In French and English]
31 Newspaper clipping from the Natchitoches Union. Article on one side concerning the defense of Red River. Article on the other side concerning the fortification of Vicksburg and reproaching the men of Natchitoches who are avoiding military duty and the people of Natchitoches in general who have been niggardly in financial support. Natchitoches, December 11, 1862. [In French and English]
32 Receipt for $800 overseer's wages paid to C. H. Russell by the Widow Ben Metoyer. Natchitoches, March 31, 1863. [In English]
32 List of slave children on the plantation of Mrs. L. A. Buard. Name of child, mother, and date of child's birth is given. January 1846--April 20, 1863. [In French]
32 Receipt signed by Bisholp Auguste Marie Martin for $1000 received from Mme. Vve Alexandre Buard. Natchitoches, May 12, 1863. [In French]
32 Note, headed "Jas. E. Prothro." Includes names and figures: "Boy Charles $2200.00," etc. May 19, June 3, June 1, 1863. [In English]
32 Letter, addressed to "my dear John," from his brother, Emile, describing Confederate success new Thibodeaux. Bivouac near Thibodeaux, July 3, 1863. [In English] (includes typed copy)
32 Newspaper clipping, listing casualties in the Confederate Guards Response Battalion in the affair at Mrs. Sterling's plantation in the Parish of Point Coupee'. September 29, 1863. [In English]
32 Legal instrument recording the sale by Theodore Schuman of a town lot on Jefferson Street in Natchitoches to Mrs. Suzette Hertzog, widow of Alexandre Buard. Natchitoches, October 30, 1863. [In English]
32 Newspaper clipping, "Gen. Polignac's address To His Brigade at Mansfield." This item was printed on wallpaper. April 12, 1864. [In English]
32 Newspaper clipping. On one side, a poem, "for the Natchitoches Times," by W. H. Tunnard, Alexandria, "Break This Gently to My Sister." On the other, a letter commenting on the victory of Gen. Gano and the Indian Confederates over the 6th Kansas regiment. Natchitoches, July 12, 1864. [In English]
33 Newspaper clipping, from the Natchitoches Times. Letter to the editor from Vortex of Shreveport. This was printed on wallpaper. Natchitoches, June 2, 1864. [In English]
33 Newspaper clipping. Letter from Governor Henry W. Allen to Louis Dupleix, editor of the Natchitoches Times. Allen congratulates Dupleix on the change of the title of his newspaper from the Union to the Times, and comments on the vandalism of Union troops in Campti and Alexandria. Another article, "Yankee Barbary" is in the same vein. On the other side, portion of the minutes of the Police Jury of Natchitoches Parish; succession of Florentini Castra and Antonio Cruze; General Orders No. 25 issued by Gen. E. Kirby Smith; a notice by Louis Duplex concerning the breaking in of his office by the Yankees. Natchitoches, June 4, 1864. [In English]
33 Newspaper clipping from The Louisiana Democrat. On one side a description of the sacking of Alexandria by Union naval forces. On the other side, "Confiscation Notice," a notice to debtors to enemy aliens. Alexandria, June 22, 1864. [In English]
33 Newspaper clipping. On one side, "Reflections on Our Condition and Prospects As a Nation." On the other, succession sale of Florentini Castra and Antonio Cruze; notice to Confederate taxpayers to render full returns on their taxable property, including salaries and incomes, to the District Collector; General Orders No. 25 issues by Col. E. G. Randolph. July 13, 1864. [In English]
33 Letter from O. V. Metoyer to his brother, Ben. Camp near Alexandria, September 7, 1864. [In English]
34 Bill to Mrs. Metoyer for $462.15 for board and tuition of Miss Lisa Metoyer at the "Seminary of the Sacred Heart" from November 12, 1861, to January 12, 1865. Paid by provisions. (This is a printed form filled in and signed by L. T. Du Breuil.) February 11, 1865. [In English]
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34 Letter to Ben Metoyer, from Placide [?] Clouet of St. Martinville. (Description of the hardships suffered in the year following the Battle of Mansfield.) April 23, 1865 [In French]
34 Letter to Benjamin Metoyer, Cane Rive, from D. H. [David Hardy], requesting gift of corn for the "support of my helpless family until I can make something." Montgomery, La., May 24, 1865. [In English]
34 Parole of Emile Cloutier, Captain, 18th Louisiana Regiment, C. S. A. Natchitoches, June 6, 1865. [In English]
34 Statement of sale of 13 bales of cotton, belonging to Ben Metoyer, by Ben Toledano, August 8, 1865. [In English]
35 Bill and receipt for $1000 for wages due C. H. Russell for overseeing the Widow Benj. Metoyer's plantation from January 1863 to April 1864. August 25, 1865. [In English]
35 Bill for $10.25 due from Ben Metoyer to Ben Toledano for 3 bags of salt. August 26, 1865. [In English]
35 Bill for $86.79 for dress material due from B. Metoyer to B. Toledano. September 1, 1865. [In English]
35 Receipt for payment of a promissory note for $480 by B. Metoyer made out to Dr. G. Lahaye for his professional services on Metoyer's plantation. September 18, 1865. [In English]
35 Statement of money due Metoyer Brothers by Mrs. B. Metoyer, March 16, 1861--December 5, 1861. (Items supplied are various pieces of household and plantation equipment, medicine, clothing materials, etc. Cash was supplied for such items as pew rent; town and Confederate taxes; money for Breazeale Battalion. "Work of hands on fortifications" is noted, and also "Disc. on currency from May 1863 to May 1865 in present currency." Payment was made "by Dfts on Ben Tolendano." October 15, 1865. [In English]
36 Bill to Mr. B. Metoyer for $118.75 for board and tuition of Miss Lisa Metoyer at the "Seminary of the Sacred Heart" for January 12--August 17, 1865. This is a printed form filled in and signed by M. J. Miller. October 21, 1865. [In English]
36 Receipt for $126 paid by Mrs. Benj. Metoyer to C. T. Patin [?]. October 21, 1865. [In English]
36 Letter from M. J. Miller, Supres; acknowledging receipt of 35 bushels of corn. Dated "Convent S. Heart, October 24/65." [In English]
36 Receipt for $250 paid by Mrs. Aurore Metoyer to C. A. Cloutier for work done by his hands on her plantation. November 5, 1865. [In English]
36 Receipt for $446 paid by Benj. Metoyer to Hiriam Fletcher for overseer wages, November 1, 1864--November 22, 1865. November 22, 1865. [In English]
36 Receipt for bill for dress material sold B. Metoyer by J. A. Ducournau, July 16, 1861--May 26, 1862. Natchitoches, November 24, 1865. [In French]
37 Letter to F. Cloutier, Natchitoches from his brother, Edouard, describing the condition of Confederate exiles. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1866. [In English]
38 Receipt to Mrs. Ben Metoyer for $102.97 for parish taxes for the year 1864. Signed W. I Robbins, P. T. C. February 26 1877 [In English]
38 Letter to Mdme Vve L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, from I. McD. Taylor, in which he advises her how to handle her financial affairs on the plantation. New Orleans, February 27, 1866. [In English]
38 Letter to Suzette from Hide Siegne, S. J. [?]. New York, March 9, 1866. [In English]
38 Page from plantation account book, showing entries from March 5, 1866 to March 10, 1866. [In English]
38 Promissory note for $1,500 made to Louis Alexander Buard by S. Buard. Natchitoches, March 19, 1866. [In English]
38 Letter to Mdme Vve L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, from I. McD Taylor in which he write "exchange is going down, Gold is going down, and Every one is scared," and he advised her to be very cautious in money matters. New Orleans, March 21, 1866. [In English]
39 Letter to Ben Metoyer, Isle Brevelle, from Ben Toledano. New Orleans, April 28, 1866. [In French]
39 Letter to Benji. Metoyer, Isle Brevelle, from the Assistant Assessor's Office, U. S. Internal Revenue, 9 Division, 2d District, La., concerning an error in Mrs. Benji. Metoyer's income tax return. Signed C. J. Hawkins [?], Clerk. May
31, 1866. [In English]
39 Letter to Mdme L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, from I. McD. Taylor, in which he advises her concerning her financial difficulties in "the present commercial crisis." New Orleans, June 6, 1866. [In English]
39 Letter to Mrs. L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, from I. McD. Taylor, in which he writes, "I wish I could make you folks in the Country fully comprehend that you are Speculating, Speculating Speculating on me and on Cotton by going or rather trying to make new debts to pay off old ones." New Orleans, June 15, 1866 [In English]
39 Bill to Mr. Metoyer for $250 for board and tuition, October 1, 1865 to Vacation, 1866, of Miss Lisa Metoyer at the "Academy of the Sacred Heart." August 15, 1866 [In English]
39 Promissory note made to John B. Cloutier for $309.57 by H. Parsley. Natchitoches, October 19, 1866. [In English]
40 Inventory of plantation tools, animals, and land belonging to B. Metoyer. November 16, 1866. [In English]
40 Bill of lading for 6 bales of cotton, shipped by Ben Metoyer on the steamboat Mittie Stephens, and consigned to Ben Toledano, New Orleans. Pipes Landing, December 12, 1866. [In English]
40 Letter to B. Metoyer, Pipes Ldg., River Bondieu, from Toledano. New Orleans, February 6, 1867. [In French]
40 Bill of lading for shipment, on the Saint Nicholas, of goods consigned to the Widow Metoyer & son, Ile Brevelle. March 16, 1867. [In English]
40 Bill of lading for a shipment on the Saint Nicholas, of goods consigned to Ben Metoyer, Pipes Landing, March 16, 1867. [In English]
40 Newspaper clipping with a notice of a performance by Les Artistes Francais at the Theatre de la Nouvelle Orleans. September 12, 1867. [In French]
41 Receipt for $147.88, sum due Lewis Butterfield for his share of the Widow Benjamin Metoyer's crop of 1868. [In English]
41 Note written by Aurore Metoyer authorizing the charging of $4 worth of merchandize to her account by the freedman, Lewis Butterfield. November 14, 1868. [In English]
41 Statement of sale of 25 bales of cotton belonging to the Widow Ben Metoyer by B. Toledano & Thornhill. December 18, 1868. (Received by steamboat Glide.) [In English]
41 Statement of sale of 25 bales of cotton belonging to the Widow Ben Metoyer by Toledano & Thornhill. (Received per steamboat Frolic.) December 29, 1868. [In English]
41 Account of sales of one bale of cotton belonging to the Widow Ben Metoyer by B. Toledano & Thornhill. (Received on steamboat Glide.) January 5, 1869. [In English]
41 Receipt made out to Emile Cloutier by Wm. D. Harkins, Builder and Undertaker, Corner Front & Cypress Street, for building brick tomb, coffin, etc. for burial of P. Evariste Buard. Natchitoches, February 23, 1870. [In English]
41 Account of sale of 30 bales of cotton belonging to the Widow Aurore Metoyer by B. Toledano & Thornhill. (Received on steamboat Kate Kinney.) April 4, 1870. [In English]
42 Receipt made out to Emile Cloutier by S. Buard for $600.00, balance of usufruct due from Buard plantation. Natchitoches, January 12, 1871. [In English]
42 Petition of Mary Matilda Flower, widow of William Henry Rice, in the law suit of Mary Matilda Flower vs. Benjamin Metoyer. The suit concerned property Mrs. Rice had inherited from Joseph Irvin. Natchitoches, May 31, 1871. [In English]
42 Letter of H. Safford to B. Metoyer requesting him to act as witness to the marriage contract of Alexis Cloutier. June 22, 1871. [In English]
42 Judgment in case of Matilda Flower, widow of William Henry Rice, vs. Benjamin Metoyer. June 24, 1871. [In English]
42 Receipt given to Capt. Emile Cloutier for state and parish taxes on the estate of L. A. Buard, valued at $16,680.00. [In English]
43 Receipt given to Emile Cloutier by Jno. A. Barlow for $4.00 for recording "act subrogation Steward Hyde & Co. & C. L. Walmsley & Co. to Jos. L. Estorage." February 8, 1872. [In English]
43 Receipt signed by R. C. Simmons and approved by C. Chaplin for costs in District Court suit of Aurore Metoyer vs. Clara Prudhomme in 1871. April 29, 1872. [In English]
43 Contract between Emile and Fulbert Cloutier and six freedmen in which the freedmen agree to work on the plantation. January 10, 1873. [In English]
43 Letter from A. I. Curry, Durand's landing, to B. Metoyer, concerning property boundaries. March 3, 1873. [In English]
44 Segment of a small notebook with entries listing household goods; births of Cloutier children from 1861 to 1874; marriage from 1836 to 1868; deaths from 1849-1861. Latest entry, February 4, 1874. [In French and English]
44 List of "cotton made on B. Metoyer's plantation." Includes names of laborers. 1876. [In English]
44 Tax return of Emile Cloutier. April 17, 1876. [In English]
44 Receipts for various household supplies (pork, soap, molasses, etc.) from J. W. Burbridge & Co. on board steamboat, "Bart Able," for B. Metoyer. March 3, 1877. [In English]
44 Receipt of various supplies (oats, corn, etc.) from J. W. Burbridge & Co. on board steamboat "Bart Able" for B. Metoyer. April 28, 1877. [In English]
44 Receipt given by S. Nelken to B. Metoyer for money received for the account of Hunt Parker. June 13, 1877. [In English]
44 Appraisal of land in dispute between B. Metoyer and W. A. Curry by A. Favron and G. W. Scott. August 15, 1877. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Received on steamboat Alexandria.) January 14, 1878. [In English]
45 Fragment of note for $42.75. Signed B. Metoyer and Alain L. Metoyer. February 25, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Received on steamboat Bart Able,) March 8, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 2 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Received on steamboat Bart Able.) April 5, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Received on steamboat Bart Able.) April 6, 1878 [In English]
45 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Received on steamboat Bart Able.) April 6, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 2 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. April 10, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale of 2 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. April 12, 1878. [In English]
45 Account of sale for 2 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. April 13, 1878. [In English]
46 Receipt for $100 given by Lambre & Prudhomme to Ben Metoyer. February 15, 1879. [In English]
46 List of cotton made, corn, lands in cultivation, livestock, etc. March 1879. [In English]
46 Invoice for 10 sacks of seed corn shipped to B. Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. (Shipped by the steamboat "Bart Able.") March 8, 1879. [In English]
46 Receipt signed by P. S. Prudhomme for $50 paid by Ben Metoyer. 1879
46 List of land and livestock belonging to Ben Metoyer. 1880. [In English]
46 Notes from Frank Metoyer to his father. 1880. [In English]
47 Letter from Frank Metoyer to his father. February 3, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 2 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to L. T. Turner. February 9, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to L. T. Turner. February 9, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to Christ & Co. February 9, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to Christ & Co. February 9, 1880.
47 Account of sale of 12 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to L. T. Turner. February 9, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 12 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to Christ & Co. February 9, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to A. B. Gerum. February 14, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 3 bales of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to A. B. Gerum. February 14, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to A. B. Gerum. February 21, 1880. [In English]
47 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by J. W. Burbridge & Co. Sold to A. B. Gerum. February 21, 1880. [In English]
48 List of land and livestock belonging to B. Metoyer. 1881. [In English]
48 Single sheet, the cover of a book, A Treatise on the Horse and His Disease. Enosburgh Falls, Vt.: Dr. B. J. Kendale Company, 1881. [In English]
48 Legal notice to Fulbert Cloutier, tutor, of the seizure and sale of a plantation, the property of Marie Therese Castille, widow of Pierre Labyche; Pierre Labyche, Administrator, et als. February 1, 1881. [In English]
48 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. Sold to William Miller. May 1881. [In English]
48 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. Sold to DeBuys Labouisse. June 16, 1881. [In English]
48 Letter from Frank Metoyer to his father. July 27, 1881. [In English]
48 Receipt given by M. W. Prince for $22.50 for repairs to Ben Metoyer's gin stand. November 19, 1881. [In English]
48 Process verbal of a sheriff's sale of a tract of land in Natchitoches Parish to effect a partition between the co-proprietors, Mary Matilda Flower, widow of William Henry Rice, and Benjamin Metoyer. December 29, 1881. [In English]
49 List of land and livestock belonging to Ben Metoyer. [In English]
49 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to Ben Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. sold to DeBuys Labouisse. January 21, 1882. [In English]
49 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to B. Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. Sold to J. Seuzeneau. January 24, 1882. [In English]
49 Account of sale for 1 bale of cotton belonging to B. Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. Sold to Jouest Co. February 7, 1882. [In English]
49 List of amounts collected by Ben Metoyer. April 19, 1882. [In English]
49 Scrap of newspaper with poem by Richard Henry Stoddard, "The Old Homestead." May 1, 1882. [In English]
49 Letter of B. Metoyer to Messrs. Miller, Lyon & Co. November 2, 1882. [In English]
50 Note of the account of Mariah Hilene with Alain L. Metoyer. 1883. [In English]
50 Easter card inscribed "To Adeline from cousin Loutie Chaplin, May 1885." [In English]
50 Letter from "Office of I. L. Lyons & Co. Wholesale Druggists, Importers and Manufacturing Chemist," to A. L. Metoyer, Bermuda. July 15, 1889. [In English]
50 Oath of office for C. Edgar Cloutier as Constable of the 9th ward in Natchitoches Parish. Natchitoches, August 22, 1890. [In English] (in art drawer 10)
50 Letter to Miss Addie Prudhomme, Bermuda, Louisiana, from Lal, St. Vincent's Academy, Shreveport, Louisiana. March 31, 1882. [In English]
50 Oath of office for C. E. Cloutier as Constable for the 9th ward in Natchitoches Parish. Natchitoches, June 20, 1892. [In English] (in art drawer 10)
50 Petition of the heirs of Louis Alexander Buard, entitled "Mrs. Albert T. Voiers et als vs. H. E. Estorge, Tutor et al. Natchitoches, October 18, 1892. [In English]
51 Letter to C. Emile Cloutier, Bermuda, La., from Percy & DeVargas concerning a land claim. Natchitoches, March 7, 1895. [In English]
51 Extracts from the Mortuary Records of St. Francis' Church, Natchitoches, Louisiana, made by Father A. Andries. These extracts show the death records for Marie Eulalie Buard Cloutier, Evariste Buard, and Coralie Buard Cloutier. Natchitoches, February 24, 1896. [In English]
51 Program of "Bermuda Minstrel Co." June 19, 1896. [In English]
51 Letter to Miss Adeline Prudhomme, in Natchitoches, from Ed. Bermuda, July 28, 1896. [In English]
51 Program of "Minstrels, Bermuda, La." December 2, 1899. [In English]
52 Printed "Tableau of Distribution Amongst the Heirs of Remy Lambre, who Died Leaving Nine Children." October 15, 1902. [In English] (in art drawer 10)
52 Receipt for $7.00 made out to Mrs. E. E. Cloutier, Natchitoches, Louisiana, RFD #1, from the National Cloak and Suit Co. December 6, 1904. [In English]
52 Report card of V. Cloutier for May & June, 1917, at St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana. [In English]
52 Letter to C. V. Cloutier, Natchitoches, from"Toby" [on envelope the return address is F. R. Prudhomme, Camp Mills, L. I.] March 19, 1919. [In English]
52 Dance programme. 1919
52 Dance programme for V. Cloutier. [In English]
52 Texas and Pacific Railway Company bill of lading for 4 crates of batteries, shipped by C. V. Cloutier, Natchitoches, La., to Chain Battery Co., Alexandria, La. [In English]
52 Empty envelope addressed to Mr. C. E. Cloutier, Natchitoches, Louisiana, with return address of J. Scarlata & Co., 616 W. Elm Street, Chicago, Ill. [In English]
52 Letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cloutier, R. F. D., Natchitoches, Louisiana, from the very Rev. Peter M. H. Wynhoven, Director of Hope Haven Mechanical and Agricultural School for Dependent Boys, Marrero, Louisiana. September 21, 1932. [In English]
52 Letter addressed to Mrs. C. Edgar Cloutier, Natchitoches, Louisiana, from Marcelline, Lucie and Stella Estorge. New Iberia, April 20, 1933. [In English]
52 Child's essay, written in pencil, on "The Eskimos." Signed Carolyn Cloutier, February 6, 1939. [In English]
52 Small religious calendar for 1941. [In English]
52 Clippings of Margret Cloutier. 1964-1965
53 Letter to Vernon and Emmanuel Cloutier at St. Charles College, from their father, C. E. Cloutier. February 6, 1917. [In English]
53 Printed program and honor roll, St. Charles College. Grand Coteau, La., March 7, 1917. [In English]
53 Letter to Vernon and Emmanuel Cloutier, St. Charles College, from their father, C. E. Cloutier, April 17, 1917. [In English]
53 Letter to Vernon and Emmanuel Cloutier from their mother, April 20, 1917. [In English]
53 Printed program and honor roll, St. Charles College. Grand Coteau, La., April 30, 1917. [In English]
53 Letter to Vernon Cloutier, St. Charles College, from his father, C. E. Cloutier. December 13, 1917. [In English]
53 Letter to Vernon and Emmanuel Cloutier from their mother. April 23, 1918. [In English]
53 Letter to C. Vernon Cloutier from his mother. April 27, 1918. [In English]
54 An empty yellow envelope, addressed to Madame Alexandre Buard, Natchitoches [sic] La., and postmarked Bardstown, KY. [In English]
54 Newspaper clipping, "Southern Independence." [In English]
54 Letter to Emile Cloutier from Amere veuve Hertzog. [In French]
54 Letter to Emile from Emile St. Anne [?] urging him to write to Chaffe & Co. relating to his deceased brother's claim. [In English]
54 Letter from Jas. E. Slaughter, "On Grand River," addressed to Capt. Emile Cloutier. The letter is in an envelope addressed to "C. Edgar Cloutier Esq c/o Hon A. E. Somparac Willow P. O. Natchitoches Parish La." [In English]
54 Unfinished and unsigned penciled draft of a letter to Dr. T. Harrison. (Reference made to burning of cotton.) [In English]
54 Letter addressed to B. Metoyer from Hunt Parker authorizing Metoyer to give balance due to S. Nelken. [In English]
54 Letter from Alain [Metoyer] to his father concerning money due Zeline Williams, the cook. [In English]
55 A fragment of a legal instrument in which the heirs of the late Louis Alexander Buard cancel and annul a certain act of compromise and sale with mortgage of March 19, 1866. [In English]
55 Penciled note giving boundaries of the Buard claim. [In English]
55 An incomplete description of a piece of property sold by Onezime Rachal to Joseph Lestage. [In English]
55 "Estate of B. Metoyer. Lands in the Parish of Natchitoches." [In English]
56 List of names of workers showing "amount of cotton made…" [In English]
56 Lists of names with sums of money. [In French and English]
56 Lists of "Lands Belonging to the Estate of B M Situated in the Parish of Natchitoches." [In English]
56 Sheet with account of Robery Jessy with B. Metoyer. [In English]
56 Scrap of paper with penciled note: "Missing acct sales." [In English]
56 Note of amount of money sent B. Metoyer for cotton. [In English]
56 List of foodstuffs (mostly flour and pork) and prices. [In French]
56 List of "Proceeds of 15 B/C remitted to Ben Metoyer." [In English]
56 List of property of the Widow B. Metoyer (slaves; livestock; land; cotton; corn.) [In English]
56 Account of sale of 1 bale of cotton belonging to B. Metoyer by Burbridge, Miller & Co. [In English]
56 Account of sale of 3 bales of cotton belonging to C. E. Cloutier by Strauss & Co. [In English]
56 List of pounds of cotton and prices. At top of sheet: "Cotton picked by Hired Hands. For John Mosby squad." [In English]
56 Scratch sheets of figures
56 List (spirit of nitre, turpentine, balsam copayva.) [In English]
56 List of names with items purchased. [In English]
56 Scrap with names Mariah Helene and Heloise on it.
56 Slip with "Mariah Helene--Mdse due when cooking---" on it. [In English]
56 List of names. At top: "Cotton shipped by B. Metoyer." [In English]
57 Newspaper with various farming hints; "home-spun Dress for Mrs. Garfield." [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping, "A Thrilling Incident of the War" (concerns the siege of Charleston); reference to resolutions adopted by Senate thanking Gen. Kirby Smith, officers and men. [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping, "Influence des femmes;" "Secesh Crinoline of Clarksville." [In French and English]
57 Newspaper clipping with account of Gen. Butler's Order no. 28 with discussion of the mistreatment of Mrs. Philips; "The Impeding Capture of Richmond and Final Rout of the Rebels." [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping with account of the deathbed wedding of Lieut. de Rochelle and Anna, daughter of ex-Governor Pickens of [South Carolina/]; a partial account of the "the burning of our town" by the Yankees; "Things About Home." [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping, printed on wallpaper, with an article, "To Our Readers," describing the Yankee occupation of Natchitoches and the publication of "four numbers of an indecent, lying, pitiful pigmy sheet," using the press and types of the write, who announces he is resuming publication of his paper after a suspension of over two months. [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping, from The Shreveport Times, with pictures of "Scenes in and near Natchitoches," and a portion of an article by R. L. Ropp, "Trails Cross Natchitoches," [In English]
57 Newspaper clipping in which the death of A. J. Butler, "brother to the Beast," is reported. [In English]
58 Prescriptions of Dr. Janin for the treatment of "colerine," "colera morbus," and "colera morbus algide." Three pages on a folder sheet. [In French]
58 Remedy of Monsieur Chouvenise [?] for dysentery. [In French]
58 Leaflet, T. E. Schumpert Memorial Sanitariam School of Nursing, Shreveport, Louisiana. [Printed later than 1907.] [In English]
58 Lookout Mountain No. Two Songster. Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Chattanooga Medicine Co. [In English]
59 Letter to Madame J. L. Buard from her son, L. A. Buard. New Orleans. [In French]
59 J. B. Cloutier's list for Negroes shoes with their numbers' [In English]
59 Empty yellow envelope, postmarked Bardstown, Kentucky, Jan. 17, addressed to Mr. L. A. Buard, Natchitoches, La. Figures in pencil on back. [In English]
59 Two copies of the printed program of the "Bermuda Minstrel Company." [In English]
59 Dance program of Comus Club, Natchitoches, La. Lea Sompayrac's name in pencil. [In English]
59 Postcard with photograph of "St. Mary Academy, Natchitoches, La." in color. Addressed to Master Vernon Cloutier, St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, La. From Sister Mary Lucia. [In English]
59 Postcard with photograph of "Episcopal Church and Rectory, Natchitoches, La." Addressed to Masters V. & E. Cloutier, St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, La. [In English]
60 Scratch sheet with words in pencil.
60 Calling card of Mrs. P. E. Laurans. [In English]
60 Blank sheet with letterhead of Foster, Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors, Natchitoches: Glassell Co., In.; "J. L. Bryan, Prest., C. E. Cloutier, Vice-Prest.; J. L. Baker, Manager; W. E. Brock, Secty. & Treas." [In English]
60 Fragment of a school exercise book in which is copied an English translation of Xenophan, Book VIII,Chapter 1, etc., with penciled corrections. [In English]
60 Fragment of a school exercise in which are copies of passages from Moliere's L'Avare, Acte III, Scene Premiere. [In French]
60 Empty envelop with penciled note: "Tomb Stones for Papa & Mother…" [In English]
60 Empty envelop. In pencil, "Old letters and envelopes." [In English]
60 Scrap of paper with printed word, "Treasurer." [In English]
60 Scrap of paper with "D. J. Elder, Chief of Labor. Shreveport," Geo Chamberlain care of Maj. A. N. Mason C. S. Gen Taylor's Headquarts." [In English]
60 Undated scrap of paper with "Geo. C. Chamberlain Care of Maj. A. H. Mason, 6 Inf. [?] C. S. Gen. Taylor's Head Qr." [In English]
60 List (Marcelite; Aleck; Joshua.) [In English]
60 Syllabus for Philosophy course--P. C. Cloutier's name in pencil at top. [In English]
60 Scrap with address of "Miss Lallah Prudhomme, St. Vincents Academy Shreveport" on it. [In English]
60 Scrap of paper with "Brigadier Genrl Harry Hayes" written on it. [In English]
60 Note beginning "Opinion should guide in public affairs--not feeling." [In English]
60 Scrap of paper with "Scherck, Berkson & Bros" written on it. [In English]
60 1 empty envelop, addressed to Mrs. E. Cloutley. On the reverse: "How your Pattern Was Made." [In English]
60 1 small sheet (page 4), describing the "Family Sewing Machine." [In English]
60 1 small folder advertising Lowney's Tid-Bit Chocolate (circa-1905.) [In English]
60 1 small card advertising Hoyt's 10¢ Cologne. [In English]
60 1 Printed card with a verse about Alphonso Le Grande on one side and a cartoon "Smoked a Common Tobacco" on the other. [In English]
60 List of names & amounts owed.
60 Card with O. W. (bill) Ellzey Jr. & address on it, undated.
61 Buard Cloutier Family Tree compiled by Mrs. J. A. Prudhomme
Map 1187 Land plat of Township 8, Range 6 West, showing land of Florentin Conan. [In English]
Map 1187 Land plat, Township 8NR6 North Western District, La. Endorsed on back, B. Metoyer. [In English]
Map 1187 "Connected Map of the Land of Benjamin Metoyer on Little River." [In English]
Map 1187 Rough draft in pencil and crayon of land near Natchez, Louisiana. (Probably recent.) [In English]
Map 1187 Land plat of Township 8 Range 6 West, showing land of Pierre Toussaint Metoyer; Florentine Conan; Nicholas a free Negro. [In English]
Map 1931 Deep of land in post of Natchitoches from John Sibley to John Baptiste
Jacques Paillette and William Murray. March 6, 1810. [In English]
Map 1931 Map of survey of claim confirmed to Remy Lambre. February 20, 1818. [In English]
Map 1931 Plat of land claimed by Benjamin Metoyer. [Diagram, accompanied by seven lines of text. Signed by George S. Walmsley, Dept. Surveyor] November 26, 1840. [In English]
(OS Box 1) Certificate of the election of Emile Cloutier as Junior Second Lieutenant of the Natchitoches Rebels, signed by Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Baton Rouge, September 18, 1861. [In English]
Folder
7 (OS Box 1) Bill of sale of two Negro women slaves, Hannah and Matilda, by Silburn
Wright of Kentucky, to Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, June 4, 1831.
[In French]
7 (OS Box 1) Bill of sale of a Negro slave, Anthony, by John Lewis, of Tennessee, to Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, June 4, 1831. [In French]
7 (OS Box 1) Bill of sale of a Negro woman slave, Sorra, by John Hunley, agent of Thomas Roberts, to Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, June 4, 1831. [In French]
7 (OS Box 1) Bill of sale of a Negro slave, Richmond, by William Oldham of Kentucky, to Alexandre Buard. New Orleans, June 4, 1831. [In French]
Folder
8(OS Box 1) Bill of sale of six Negro slaves by John Woolfolk of Augusta, Georgia, to Alexandre Buard, represented by his agent, Amroise Lecomte. New Orleans, November 21, 1831. [In English]
8(OS Box 1) Bill of sale of three Negro slaves by John Woolfolk of Augusta, Georga, to Louis Alexandre Buard, represented by his agent, Ambroise Lecomte. New Orleans, November 21, 1831. [In English]
(OS Box 3) Abstracts of Starlight Plantation - The land that forms the larger part of the J. J. Pallette property that was first surveyed in 1745.
Series 2. Bound Manuscripts
(OS Box 2) 1 bound plantation book. Accounts and expense of Mrs. Ben Metoyer (Aurore) [French and English]
(OS Box 2) 1 bound volume. Scrapbook, mostly small colored pictures. Miss Julia E. Prudhomme. January. 1888, 9 years old [English]
(OS Box 3) 1 bound plantation book with label on back, "B. Metoyer, 1877-1878-1879-1880-1881." [English]
(OS Box 3) 1 small notebook with name on the fly-leaf, "Emile Cloutier, 1883." Accounts, 1885-1893. [English]
(OS Box 3) 1 ledger, 1895-1898. Accounts and expense of B. Metoyer. [of C. E. Cloutier?] [English]
(OS Box 3) 1 bound volume. A scrapbook of verses clipped from newspapers. [English]
(OS Box 3) Small notebook- Benjamin Metoyer-Division of Cotton Among Tenants
(OS Box 4) 1 bound volume--diary (brief entries); accounts. October, 1839-1857. [French and English
(OS Box 4) 1 bound plantation book, entitled "Day Book, Estate-B. Metoyer, Dber the 25th 1843." Accounts and experience of Ben Metoyer. Dec. 26, 1843--Sept. 1, 1855. [French and English]
(OS Box 4) 1 bound plantation book of accounts and expenses of B. Metoyer for 1846-1854, with a few entries as late as 1865. [French and English]
(OS Box 4) 1 small bound volume. Accounts of B. Metoyer, February 5, 1852--February 1, 1858. [English]
Series 2. Bound Manuscripts continued
(OS Box 4) 1 notebook containing "Diverse Pieces written by Emile Cloutier while at Bellewood School, Many, Louisiana." (Some in 1854 and 1859 may have written at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky. Emile was about 15 at the time of writing one composition in French.) [French and English]
(OS Box 4) 1 small leather-bound book. Apparently as account of sales of slaves to various individuals, 1863. Penciled accounts of Emile Cloutier with various persons, 1888. [English]
(OS Box 4) 1 bound plantation book of accounts and expense of the Widow B. Metoyer and later of her estate. [English]
(OS Box 4) 1 bound plantation book with label on back, "Blotter No.14, From January 1868 to 1869." (Early pages apparently cut out. The Ledger begins with a document, dated 1869, which is a model, or blank form, for a contract for the cultivation of a certain portion of B. Metoyer's plantation.) Accounts and expense of B. Metoyer, 1874-1876. [English]
(Microfilm) Diary of Fulbert Cloutier, 1864-See microfilm
Series 3 Newspapers and Publications
Natchitoches Newspapers and Magazines
(OS Box 2) Old Cathedral Calendar, Natchitoches, Louisiana, Vol. I ( January 19, 1941).
(OS Box 2) Parish Action Magazine, September 1946 and February 1947.
(OS Box 2) The Quarterly Review. Vol. I, no. 1 (November, 1937 and Vol. I, no. 2 (February, 1938) [Published by St. Mary's Academy, Natchitoches]
New Orleans Newspapers and Magazines
(OS Box 2) Catholic Action of the South. Vol. 16, no. 51 (November 25, 1948).
(OS Box 2) The Daily Picayune, September 15, 1897 (pages 9 and 10 only).
(OS Box 2) Illustrated Sunday Magazine: A Weekly Pictorial and Literary Publication for All the Family. January 19, 1908.
(OS Box 2) Louisiana Conservation Review, IV, no. 2 (April 1934).
Series 3 Newspapers and Publications continued
(OS Box 2) The Semi-Weekly Times-Democrat, December 4, 1881.
(OS Box 2) The Times-Democrat, July 25, 1896.
(OS Box 2) The Times-Picayune, January 15, 1938 (pages 5-8 only).
(OS Box 2) Vindicator and News, February 2, 1877.
Out-of-State Newspapers
(OS Box 1) Atlanta, Georgia Newspapers
The Sunny South, March 13, 1901; March 16, 1901; March 23, 1901.
(OS Box 1) Louisville, Kentucky Newspapers
The People's Pictorial Edition of the Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865. (People's series, issued weekly). Vol. I, no. 1, March 15, 1897.
(OS Box 2) Dallas, Texas Newspapers
Farm and Ranch, May 11, 1901; May 18, 1901; June 29, 1901.
(OS Box 5) New York Newspapers
Le Courrier Des Etats-Unis, September 24, 1836--February 26, 1842. [Has missing issues]
(OS Box 1) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 15, 1887--April 5, 1890.
(OS Box 1) Harper's Weekly, March 5, 1864--October 15, 1864.
(OS Box 2) The National Police Gazette: The Leading Illustrated Sporting Journal in America, August 4, 1894.
(OS Box 5) Scientific American, January 1, 1870--December 24, 1870.
(OS Box 3) St. Charles College catalog for 1917-1918. Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
(OS Box 3) Louisiana Knights of Columbus in action ready for membership drive, 1919. Baton Rouge: Ramires-Jones Printing Company--2 copies.
(OS Box 3) T. E. Schumpert Memorial Sanitarium. School of Nursing. Student handbook. Shreveport, Louisiana. n.d.
(OS Box 3) Roma [A booklet with 30 folding pictures.]
Map Plat Descriptions
120 Lands of Marie Therese, free Negress, about 11 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches Also shows land of Nicholas, free negro, 1794
121 Lands of Pierre Chelettre, about 10 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
122 Lands of the Widow Triche and her son, Gilbert Clauseau, about 18 miles up river from the church in Natchitoches, 1796
123 Lands of Ailhaud Ste Anne, about 15 miles down river from the church In Natchitoches, 1794
124 Lands of Pierre Metoyer, about 10 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
125 Lands of Louis Verchaire, about 17 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
126 Lands of Pierre Metoyer, about 11 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
127 Lands of Guillauine Soderlin, about 20 arpents to the west from the church in Natchitoches It shows Savou Jacquot [today’s Bayou JacoJ Lac a la Terre Noire [today’s Sibley Lake], road to Adayes, 1798
128 Land of Louis Clauseau in the Campti River district about 18 miles up river from the church in Natchitoches, on the left bank of the “Rivie're de Camte” Land of Francois Grap [sic] shown adjoining, 1796
129 Land of Dorothee, free “metive’ [half—breed], on “Rivie're Aux Cannes [Cane River] seventy [soixante dix] miles down river from the church in Natchitoches [Can 70 miles be right?], 1796
130 Lands of Soulange Bossie, in the Isle Brevel district, 26 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1799
131 Land of Mann Gnillet, about 2 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches It is in the district of “la Petite Rivie're a Bourguignon”, 1794
132 Land of Jacques Levasseur in the Rivie're ~ Bourguignon” district, about 7 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
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133 Lands of Pierre J Maes himself, about 10 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches. The lands of the Widow Dartigaux are shown adjoining his, 1794
134 Land of Miguel Hernandes, about 17 miles down the river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
135 Land of J Bte Buard, about 5 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1793
136 Land of Joseph Lattier about 9 miles down the river from the church in Natchitoches, 1796
137 Lands of Mrs. J Bte Dartigaux about 22 miles down the river from the church in Natchitoches, 1793
138 Lands of Pierre Chelettre about 10 miles down the river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
139 Lands of Louis Rachal about 5 miles down the river from the church in Natchitoches, 1796
140 Lands of Pierre Joseph Maes on the banks of the bayou which runs through the Prairie de Naoqoque or Kancoque, about 15 leagues [equals 37 1/2 miles?] from the church of the post near the road to the Rapides [Shows road to the Rapides], 1801
141 Lands of François Leconte about 8 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794 (first copy)
142 Lands of François Leconte about 8 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794 (second copy)
143 Lands of Francois Bossie about 5 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, [1793 or 1794]
144 Lands of Louis Tomassino about 15 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1801
145 Lands of Dominique Metoyer, free mulatto, in the Isle Brevel District, about 26 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1799
146 Lands of Guillaume Lestage about 8 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
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147 Lands of Francois Toutin, about 5 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1796
148 Lands of the Widow Dartigaux about 10 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
149 Lands of Augustin Fredieu, about 22 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1799
150 Lands of Francois Monginot, about 2 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
151 Lands of Pierre Derbanne, senior, about 5 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1795
152 Lands of Francois Rouquier about 5 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1795
153 Lands of Louis Buard about 8 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
154 Lands of Philippe Frederic, Jr about 10 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches, 1794
155 Lands of Dominique Metoyer, Soulange Bossier and Augustin Fredieux in the Isle Brevel district about 26 miles down river from the church in Natchitoches Signed by Carlos Trudeau, 1799
156 Land of Joseph Connand located on “Rivera de Nachitoches” [sic], bounded by land of Francois le Conte and Barnabe Chelettre, unsigned, 1794
