Rare Jacques Tanesse Manuscript Map of New Orleans, 1817, hand-colored manuscript map, a key on the left detailing the position of various places, incl. Custom House, Steam-Engine, Fort St. Charles, Spot formerly occupied by Fort St. John lately demolished, and others; an area noted as "portion of the Commons of the City consisting of low sand under Water during a part of the year"; verso with signed manuscript certifications and paper seals from Tanesse, Augustin Macarty (mayor of New Orleans, 1815-1820), and Michel de Armas (Notary Public, 1809-1822), 9 1/4 in. x 16 1/2 in.; TOGETHER WITH a partially printed document signed by James Villere (Governor of Louisiana, 1816-1820), certifying the positions of Macarty and Armas, 9 1/2 in. x 7 3/4 in., both matted and conserved in a custom clamshell box. Note: Armas notes that the manuscript map offered here is an exact copy of the original deposited in the "office of the clerk of the city council of New Orleans." Tannesse's famous engraved map of 1817 was based on his original survey done 1815. Ref. Lemmon, Alfred, John Magill and Jason Wiese. Charting Louisiana, New Orleans,HNOC, 2003, pg. 320

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