Autographs of State of Louisiana
Officials
While
most of the autographs is Belle's book are of family and friends,
fourteen of them are by State of Louisiana officials in Baton Rouge,
many complete with the official State Seal.
Belle would have visited the Louisiana State Capitol building to get these autographs. The Louisiana State Constitution of 1845 required that the state capital be moved from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Built in 1847, the Old State Capitol was a Gothic Revival building designed by James H. Dakin. When Baton Rouge and New Orleans were occupied during the Civil War the building was used by the Union Army first as a prison and later as a garrison for colored troops. In December 1862 it was gutted by fire. After the war the state government returned to New Orleans until the old building was restored. On May 8, 1882 the State Legislature returned to Baton Rouge and the Old Capitol Building, where it met until 1932 when the new Capitol was built. It is now operated as a Museum and is a National Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| Autograph of Oscar Arroyo, Louisiana Secretary of State |
[Seal
of the State of Louisiana]
Oscar
Arroyo
Secretary
of State
March
23 1888
[Oscar
Arroyo, 1824-1901]
L. F. Mason
Secty of State
[1892]
[Seal of the State of Louisiana]
James L. Lobdell
Register of Land Office of Louisiana
March 29th 1888
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| Autograph of Joseph S. Lanier? |
Jos.
S. L_____ [Lanier?]
Register
State Land Office
April
26” 1892
[Seal
of the State of Louisiana]
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| Autograph of William Henry Pipes |
With best wishes
Yrs
truly
W.
H. Pipes Treas.
State
of Louisiana
Baton
Rouge La.
May
3rd 1892
[William
Henry Pipes]
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| Autograph of Governor Samuel D. McEnery |
Very
Truly Yrs -
S.
D. M'Enery
[Flower
cut out glued on page]
[Samuel
D. McEnery, 1833-1891, 30th Governor of Louisiana]
Read
more about McEnery at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_D._McEnery
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| Autograph of O. B. Steele |
[Seal
of the State of Louisiana]
Yours
Very Respectfully
O.
B. Steele
Auditor
of Public Accts.
Baton
Rouge La
Apr
12 1888
N. S.
Dougherty
Sec.
Bureau of Agriculture
Baton
Rouge La
26
April 1892
“To
thine own self be true
and
it follows as the night the day;
Thou
canst not then be false to any man!
T.
S. Adams
Cons.
Agnt
Baton
Rouge La.
30
Apr 1892
Kind
regards & best wishes of a Friend
who
was the friend of your farther (sic) & mother
Grand
Farther (sic) & Grand mother & Brothers & Sisters -
Yours
truly
T.
M.? Bird
Com”
State Bureau of
Agriculture
Baton
Rouge
March
23rd 1888
Respectfully
Yours
E.
A. Burke
Treas
State La.
May
22/1888
[Edward
A. Burke]
Yours
Truly
Warren
Easton
State
Supt Pub Ed.
May
2, 1888
- J. CunninghamAtty. Genl of La.Baton Rouge _ May 17/88[Milton J. Cunningham]
W.
H. Frick?
State
Superintendent Public Education.
To be Continued
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