“
thought it worth reading, I would certainly have sent you one. at present I believe there is not a copy to be had but at New
York, if there; unless perhaps from some member of Congress who having read it may have no further use for it . . .
”
The Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress contain the original letter from Governor Claiborne to Jefferson dated from
New Orleans, August 14, 1813, informing him that “
in the suit brought by Edward Livingston Against Le Breton D’Orgenoy, late Maarhal
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sic
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Ed.
]
of the District of Orleans, the Honorable Marshall, Judge of the District of Louisiana, has decided the dispossessing of M
r. Livingston of the Batture, by order of the late President to be illegal, & he directs the Plaintiff to be reinstated in
his possession . . .
”
In the Jefferson papers in the New-York Historical Society is a manuscript memorandum, written on 19 numbered pages, dated 1810, headed:
Memorandum respecting the suit instituted by E. Livingston against Tho. Jefferson late President of the United States, for damages &c &c in the Batture case.
Under III heads as follows:
I. The law authorised the President to remove E. Livingston.
II. The decree of the territorial Court in favor of Livingston did not preclude the President from the right of exercising the general powers invested in him.
III. E. Livington has no claim for damages because he has no title.
On another page is written:
Memorandum respecting the suit started by E. Livingson against Th: Jefferson late President. Letters to & from mr Jefferson, 1810.
The letters from Jefferson include three to Albert Gallatin, dated respectively May 30, August 16, and September 27, 1810.
In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress is an attack on Edward Livingston, 3 columns of newsprint, signed Thierry, without date, but probably printed in 1806. The headline is cut away except for the last two words, the Courier.
There is another copy of the Proceedings in the Library of the U. S. State Department.
(p. 407): Littleton Waller Tazewell, 1774-1860, son of Henry Tazewell, was born in Williamsburg and educated at the College of William and Mary, where he was a pupil of George Wythe. He was a lawyer, a Senator, and Governor of Virginia. In politics he was an Anti-Federalist, and opposed many of the policies of Jefferson, including the Embargo.
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ii.
Report. John Gravier vs. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants of the City of New-Orleans.
Another copy of no. 3493, uncut.
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iii. POYDRAS,
Julien de Lalande.
Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq . . . Wednesday, March 14, 1810.
Another copy of no. 3489, above.
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iv. POYDRAS,
Julien de Lalande.
Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq . . . Friday, February 2, 1810.
Another copy of no. 3488 above.
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v. [POYDRAS,
Julien de Lalande.]
Speech. [
New-Orleans:]
Roche Brothers, n.d.
8vo. 6 leaves, signed at the end Julien Poydras; caption title, no title-page.
Not in Sabin.
Not in Tinker.
This speech is not directly concerned with the case of the Batture; it is a plea for the establishment of a chamber of commerce
at New-Orleans, which is compared with Alexandria on the river Nile.
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vi.
Du PONCEAU, Peter Stephen.
A Review of the cause of the New Orleans Batture and of the discussions that have taken place respecting it; containing answers
to the late publications of Messrs. Thierry & Derbigny on that subject. By Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Counsellor at law, Of Counsel with Edward Livingston Esq . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
Jane Aitken,
1809.
8vo. 28 leaves. The Preface signed
The Author, and dated Philadelphia, 27th February, 1809.
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vii. LIVINGSTON,
Edward.
An Answer to Mr. Jefferson’s justification of his conduct in the case of the New Orleans Batture. By Edward Livingston . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
William Fry,
1813.
99 leaves, 2 folded plans.
Sabin 41610.
Johnston, page 38.
This Answer was followed by the reinstatement of Livingston in his possession. See no. 3501.
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6. JEFFERSON,
Thomas.
The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the public right to the beach of the Missisipi, adjacent
to New-Orleans, against the
