[NEW ORLEANS, (BATTLE OF LIBERTY PLACE) SOCIAL/FAMILY HISTORY/LEGAL PROFESSION) An interesting Archive comprising material associated withthe Meunier, Correjolles and Perry Families of New Orleans. The archive contains seven ledger books (legal profession, and Guibets's Battery Benevolent Association/Louisiana Field Artillery), four newspapers (Merchantile Advertiser, 04-21-1829: Courrier de la Louisiane, 05-22-1830: L'Abeille, 06-08-1830: Le Propagateur Catholique, 03-06-1852), together with sundry papers, pamphlets and ephemera. The bulk of the material relates to Jules Meunier (1854-1914. The Perry and Correjolles portions pertain to real estate and property tax matters, the latter in first, third and sixth districts of the city. The Perry, Meunier and Correjolles families were linked by marriage. The archive contains a carte d'visite by Daillet, 31 and 33 Frenchman St., of Jules Meunier and Octave Correjolles who bear a remarkable similarity to one another. Of the ledgers, three apparentlyare records of notarial acts passed between 1847 and 1906. One ledger is inscribed "Jules F Meunier, Notary Public, No. 44 Exchange Alley, New Orelans, Louisiana". Another ledger contains entries 1847 to 1906 and has a gap between 1862 and 1865 which presumably indicates an absence from the city during the War. Yet another ledger is an index of the changes to street names in 1852 and 1894. The two remaining ledger books pertain to the BATTLE OF LIBERTY PLACE and to the Louisiana Field Artillery, Battery in particular "C" of which Jules Meunier, Jr. was a member and who participated in the Battle of Liberty Place. And, Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association of which Jules Meunier, Jr. was a founder member. Allied to these two ledger books are two manuscripts, one illuminated, pertaining to the deaths of Jerome Meunier and Jules Francoise Meunier. The latter at his deathwas the President of Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association. The ephemera includes a United Confederate Veterans pamphlet, General JohnB. Gordan, commanding, Atlanta, June 6, 1889-recording the proceedings An autograph document signed by S. and W. Grunewald, being a guarantee for a piano purchased on May 11, 1885: Commencement Programe Tulane Law School, 1905 (Roger Meunier member of Graduating Class): Anumber of notarial, School graduation and first communion certificates Various municipal tax receipts c. 1840's and 50's: A Krewe of Proteus(Fifth Presentation) invitation dated March 9, 1886: A WWI Bulletin ofthe 3rd Division in France: A pamphlet entitled "Ordinances Governing Street Traffic, City of New Orleans, 1918 and various items of the miscellaneous family correspondence various dates to the 1940's. Note:The Meunier Family association to the City of New Orleans have their origins with Etienne Meunier (1796-1867) who fled the revolution in Haiti (Saint-Domingue). He was the son of Francois and Marie (Lesforie of Cap Francais and the family were prominent Creoles. Etienne foughtwith Plauche's Orleans Volunteers at the Battle of New Orleans. He wasmarried in 1820 to Rosalie Adine Deruze' (1804-1872) whose own family had fled the slave uprising in Haiti, first to Jamaica where her parents operated a mercantile business and subsequently to New Orleans Both Etienne and Rosalie Meunier had their portraits painted by Adolph Rinck in 1841. They resided at 827 Ursuline Street. Jerome Meunier (see notarial ledger with Civil war gap) was the elder son of Etienne and Rosalie. He was born in 1825. According to his obituary hewas an esteemed member of the New Orleans Bar. He was educated in France (College Libre, de Juilly, south-east of Paris). In the Civil War he fought with the Orleans Guards and was at the retreat at Jackson when the unit was disbanded. He was discharged for "poor physical condition". He was later at Mobile (1862-1865). (The present archive contains a letter dated 2, May 1864 at Mobile addressed mon cher Julo). Jerome died in 1909 (see resolution certificate in this archive issued by Guibet's Benevolent Society). Jules Francois Meunier(1854-1914) was educated at Jesuite College and practised law with hisfather where he oversaw the Notarial activities of the firm which was located initially at 137 Carondelet Street (later at Exchange Alley- see larger of the notarial ledgers). He was active in 6th ward politics but apparently never accepted office. J.F. Meunier was a participant in the Battle of Liberty Place on September 14th, 1874 he was a private in Company 'C', Louisiana Field Artillary which was commanded by Captain John Glynn, Jr. "Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association" was formed from the remnants of Company 'C' to perpetuatethe events of September 14, 1874 in honor of Lieutenant E. Achille Guibet. The Association was organized in 1881 (see certifcate of membership to J.F. Meunier in this archive). Jules Francois Meunier was the President of the Association at his death in 1914 (See illuminated resolution certificate in this archive). His son was in the possession of "Battery C's" Guidon carried by the Company into battle during "The Battle of Liberty Place". E1000/1500 Note: For an overview of the "Battle of Liberty Place" please see S.L. Landry's book of the same name published by Pelican Publishing Co., New Orleans.