[WAR OF 1812]. MORGAN, General David B. Morgan (ca 1772-1848). Autograph letter signed. August 1829.

MORGAN, General David B. Morgan (ca 1772-1848). Autograph letter signed ("David B. Morgan"), regarding a survey of Mississippi's Egypt Plantation. August 1829.

[With:] Affadavit regarding a civil dispute sworn before Lucius Duncan 7 Janaury 1829 in the chancery court Eastern District of Mississippi in the "matter of Egypt Plantation."

[Also with:] CDV portrait on cardstock mount, possibly from a dageurretype, identified on verso as Jean Ursin de la Villebeuvre, Battle of New Orleans veteran. New Orleans: W.W. Washburn, n.d. -- CDV of a gentleman, with unknown identfication on verso. New Orleans: A. Constant, n.d.

David Banister Morgan (1773-1848) served in the Louisiana territorial legislature, was a member of the Constitutional convention, and after the admission of Louisiana to the Union, was in the state legislature. He was surveyor-general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and 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.

Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”

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[WAR OF 1812]. MORGAN, General David B. Morgan (ca 1772-1848). Autograph letter signed. August 1829.

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