Another copy of the first tract in the volume. This copy has Jefferson’s heading at the top of the title-page (partly cut into) for this and the next two following tracts:
N
o. 3.
Derbigny’s Opinion on the case for
[the rest cut away]
Thierry’s Examination of the Claim of the US.
Pieces Probantes
.
Jefferson has also written the name of the author on the same page.
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Thierry’s Examination of the Claim of the US.
vi. [THIERRY,
Jean Baptiste Simon.]
Examination of the Claim of the United States, and of the pretentions of Edward Livingston, Esq. to the Batture in front of
the Suburb St. Mary.
New-Orleans: Printed by
Thierry & Co.,
1808.
Another copy of the
English version of Thierry’s Examination (no. 3478 above); the margins cut down.
by Thiery written by Jefferson on the title-page.
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Pieces Probantes.
vii. GRAVIER,
Jean.
Pieces Probantes a l’Appui des droits des habitans de la Cité d’Orléans et de ses Faubourgs, sur la Batture en face du Faubourg
Sainte-Marie, contestés par Mr. Jean Gravier.
A la
Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez
Jean Renard,
1807.
4to. 20 leaves, the last a blank.
English and
French text in parallel columns.
On the title-page is written (not by Jefferson), in English and French (the latter cut into at the foremargin):
To serve as a Document annexed to M
r. Thierry’s Memoir on the Batture.
Pour servir de sup[
plement]
au Memoire de M. Th[
ierry]
sur la dite Batture.
Jean Gravier claimed by inheritance certain alluvial lands in New Orleans, and in 1803 fenced a portion which had been used by the people
for the anchorage of their ships. He brought suit against the city to confirm his title, and engaged Edward Livingston as
his lawyer. Livingston won the suit in 1807, and received half the property as his fee. Livingston’s improvements to his property
were declared a nuisance, and an appeal was made to Governor Claiborne, who referred the matter to Jefferson. The Attorney
General ruled against Livingston on the ground that the land belonged to the United States, and the dispossession was carried
out in contravention of an injunction of the territorial court, the whole proceedings resulting in Livingston’s suit against
Jefferson with which these documents are concerned. In 1813 the property was restored to Livingston, when the United States
Court of the Orleans District declared Jefferson’s interference to be illegal. See no. 3501.
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viii. GRAVIER,
Jean.
Pieces Probantes a l’appui des droits des habitans de la Cité d’Orléans et de ses Faubourgs, sur la Batture en face du Faubourg
Sainte-Marie, contestés par Mr. Jean Gravier.
A la
Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez
Jean Renard,
1807.
Another copy of the preceding entry.
On the title-page of this copy Jefferson has indexed the documents, 30 lines, cut into at the foot.
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ix. [MOREAU
de LISLET, Louis Casimir Elisabeth.]
Examen de la sentence rendue dans la cause entre Jean Gravier et la Ville de la Nouvelle-Orléans. A la
Nouvelle-Orléans: Chez
Jean Renard,
1807.
