Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1972 Letters, Petitions, and Decrees of the Cabildo of New Orleans, 1800-1803: Edited and Translated. (Volumes I and II). Ronald Rafael Morazan Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Morazan, Ronald Rafael, "Letters, Petitions, and Decrees of the Cabildo of New Orleans, 1800-1803: Edited and Translated. (Volumes I and II)." (1972). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 2300. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/2300 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 A Xerox Education Company 73-2973 MORAZAN, Ronald Rafael, 19^3- LETTERS, PETITIONS, AND DECREES OP THE CABUDO OP NEW ORLEANS, 1800-1803: EDITED AND TRANSLATED. (VOLUMES I AND II). The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ph.D., 1972 History, modern ! University Microfilms, A XEROX Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 0 1972 / RONALD RAFAEL MOKAZAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. LETTERS, PETITIONS, AND DECREES OF THE CABILDO OF NEW ORLEANS, 1800-1803: EDITED AND TRANSLATED VOLUME I A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of History by Ronald Rafael Morazan B.A., Louisiana State University, 1967 M.A., Louisiana State University, 1969 August, 1972 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer wishes to express his sincere gratitude to Professor Jane L. De Gruiranond for directing this disserta­ tion and for the many hours she set aside to accommodate his time schedule. Also, he wishes to give his thanks to Doctor John P. Moore, Doctor John L. Loos, Doctor Edwin A. Davis, and Doctor Roland E. Chardon for their advice and for serving as members of his examining committee. For the inestimable aid in securing and microfilming the documents, he wishes to thank Mr. A. Otis Hebert, Jr., Director of the State Archives and Records Commission, and Mr. Colin Hamer of the New Orleans Public Library. Also, he is indebted to Mr. Wallace J. Fremin, Jr. and Mr. Charles L. Hebert, Jr. of the American Bank and Trust Company for their making it possible for him to use their facilities, and to Mrs. Aline R. Morris of the Louisiana State Museum Library at New Orleans for making the material of the Museum easily available to him. Finally, and most important^5. all, he wishes to ex­ press his greatest gratitude to his wife, Nancy, for not only having typed this dissertation and having made con­ structive suggestions along the way, but mainly for the sacrifices she has made during these last years in making his studies possible. For this unselfish act, he shall be eternally grateful. ' ii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I, ii ABSTRACT I, xvii INTRODUCTION . I, xix DOCUMENTS TOPICALLY ARRANGED AMUSEMENT (dance halls, theatre, etc.) 338 - A letter from the Attorney General to the Cabildo requesting the reduction of public dance halls, and the prohibition of gambling I, 39 3 41 - A petition from the lesees of the theatre and dance hall, objecting to the Cabildo forcing them to close premises.. I, 60 367 - A petition by free blacks to resume the dances I, 204 3 80-A-A letter from Attorney General Don Pablo Lanusse urging the Cabildo to ask the governor to prohibit the dances for blacks II, 36 385 - A letter from Governor Manuel de Salcedo to the Cabildo regarding a certain peti­ tion made by the Attorney General on the subject of the dance hall for blacks.... II, 67 415 - A petition from Don Francisco Larosa, lesee of the public dance halls for white people, requesting the governor to prohibit other people from holding dances in other places, except the public dance hall II, 182 APPOINTMENT TO OR RESIGNATION FROM OFFICE 340 - A letter from Juan Manuel de Salcedo in­ forming the Cabildo of his appointment as Civil and Military Governor I, 57 345 - The resignation of Baltasar Dusseau as syndic for the district of Cafias Quemadas I, 86 iii 3 46 - The resignation of Don Carlos Antonio Sandre as public crier of New Orleans... I, 90 372 - A letter from the Marquis de Casa-Calvo, informing the representative of the Cabildo of the manner in which the Ca- bildo should receive the new Governor of Louisiana II, 8 378 - A letter from Don Juan Ventura Morales informing the Cabildo of having taken charge of the Intendancy of Louisiana in the absence of Intendant Ramo'n de Lopez y Angulo II, 31 393 - A letter from Attorney Jose Martinez de la Pedrera to the Annual Commissioners of the Cabildo, thanking them and the Cabildo for his appointment as legal advisor (asesor) to the Cabildo II, 85 399 - A letter from Don Luis Carlos de Jaen informing the Cabildo that he had a spe­ cial commission from the King to conduct the residencia of Don Esteban Mird" II, 113 406 - A letter from Don Juan de Castanedo, councilman and city treasurer (mayordomo de propios), protesting his removal from office by Dr. Luis Carlos de Jaen who conducted the residencia of Governor Mird II, 145 AUCTION 354 - A record of the public auction of a con­ tract for the cleani-ng of the city streets I, 131 355 - A record of a public auction of a con­ tract for an additional wagon for the cleaning of the city streets I, 137 BISHOP OF LOUISIANA 349 - A letter form the Bishop of Louisiana indicating to the Cabildo the hours he had arranged for the religious services of Holy Week and other celebrations I, 103 375 - A letter from Governor Nicolas Maria Vidal, communicating to the Cabildo a letter sent him by the Bishop of iv Louisiana and West Florida, regarding a dispute between the Church and the Cabildo over the ownership of the piece of land which was used as a cemetery.... II, 19 379 - A letter from Governor Manuel de Salcedo communicating to the Cabildo a letter sent to him by the Bishop of Louisiana, regarding the necessity of securing the vital accountrements for the celebration of Mass in the Chapel of the Royal Jail. II, 33 3 87 --A letter from the Bishop of Louisiana informing the Cabildo that the King had appointed him Archbishop of Guatemala and that he was leaving the province.... II, 70 CHURCH CEREMONIES 405 - See Residencia of Don Esteban Miro II, 131 FAVORS PETITIONED OF THE CABILDO 335 - A petition from Francisco Fernandez, a locksmith, to the Cabildo I, 8 3 51 - A petition from Don Francisco Ortiz, Second Corporal of Night Watchmen (sere- nos), requesting a raise in salary I, 113 353 - A petition from Don Juan Bautista Car- raby, manufacturer of hair powder, re­ questing exemption from certain taxation I, 128 373 - A petition from Urbano Gaignie request­ ing the Cabildo to give him permission to build a sawmill II, 12 427 - A petition from Regidor Don Pedro de la Roche, requesting that the Cabildo order the secretary to give him certified copies of the records of his tenure as regidor and alcalde mayor provincial....II, 222 FIRE DEPARTMENT 412 - A petition from Jorge Estilet, master saddle maker, requesting the Cabildo to order payment for three hundred leather buckets he made for extinguishing fires in the city II, 170 v GALLOWS 3 83 - A letter from Governor Don Manuel de Salcedo to the Cabildo enclosing copies of official documents exchanged between the Government and the Intendancy, ex­ plaining the reason that the Intendancy refused to pay for certain executions..