[NEW ORLEANS, SOCIAL/FAMILY HISTORY (BATTLE OF LIBERTY PLACE/CHESS/LEGAL PROFESSION)] An interesting Family Archive comprising material associated with the Meunier, Correjolles and Perry Families of New Orleans. The archive contains seven ledger books (legal profession, chess and Guibets's Battery Benevolent Association/Louisiana Field Artillery), four newspapers (Mercantile 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 cart d'visite by Daillet, 31 and 33 Frenchman St., of JulesMeunier and Octave Correjolles who bear a remarkable similarity to oneanother. Of the ledgers, three apparently records of notarial acts passed between 1847-1906. One ledger is inscribed "Jules F Meunier, Notary Public, No. 44 Exchange Alley, New Orleans, Louisiana". Anotherledger contains entries 1847-1 and has a gap between 1862-1865 which presumably indicates an absence from the city during the War. Yet another ledger is an index of the changes to street names (1852 & 1894. Perhaps the most interesting of the ledger books is the "Chess Note Book of Jerome Meunier (1825-1909) which records some 39 games played up to 09-22-1861 including a game with Paul Morphy on 05-07-1860 ( Morphy won in 27 moves). Also included are 3 problem games devised by Meunier and published in the Sunday Delta in 1859. The two remaining ledger books pertain to the Louisiana Field Artillery, Battery "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 founding member. Allied to these twoledger books are two manuscripts, one illuminated and pertaining to the deaths of Jerome Meunier and Jules Francoise Meunier. The latter at his death was the President of Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association. The ephemera includes a United Confederate Veterans pamphlet, General John B. 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: Comencement Programe, Tulane Law School, 1905 (Roger Meunier member ofGraduating Class): A number 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 of the 3rd Division in France: A Copy of Spratling's @Picturesque New Orleans, Ten Drawings of the French Quarter@: 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. E2000/3000 Note: The Meunier Family association to the City of New Orleans originator with Ettienne 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. Ettienne fought with 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 Ettienne and Rosalie Meunier had their portraits painted by Adolph Rinck in 1841. They resided at 827 Ursuline Street. Jerome Meunier (see chess book and small notarial ledger with Civil War gap) was the elder son of Ettienne and Rosalie, born in 1825. According to his obituary he was an esteemed member of the New Orleans Bar. He was educated in France (College Libre, de Juilly), south-east of Paris. Inthe Civil War he fought with the Orleans Guards and was at the retreatat Jackson when the unit was disbanded and was discharged for "poor physical condition". He was later at Mobile (1862-1865) Booth lists a J. Meunier at Mobile in 1863 who was a prisoner paroled at war's end (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 andpracticed law with his father where he oversaw the notarial activitiesof 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 Artillerywhich was commanded by Captain John Glynn, Jr. "Guibet's Battery Benevolent Association" was formed from the remnants of Company 'C' toperpetuate the events of September 14, 1874 in honor of Lieutenant E. Achille Guibet. The Association was organized in 1881 (see torn certificate 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 sonwas in the possession of "Battery C's" Guidon carried by the Company into battle during "The Battle of Liberty Place".