MORGAN, General David B. Morgan (ca 1772-1848). Autograph letter signed ("David B. Morgan"), regarding a survey of Mississippi's Egypt Plantation. August 1829.

[With:] Affadavit regarding a civil dispute sworn before Lucius Duncan 7 Janaury 1829 in the chancery court Eastern District of Mississippi in the "matter of Egypt Plantation."

[Also with:] CDV portrait on cardstock mount, possibly from a dageurretype, identified on verso as Jean Ursin de la Villebeuvre, Battle of New Orleans veteran. New Orleans: W.W. Washburn, n.d. -- CDV of a gentleman, with unknown identfication on verso. New Orleans: A. Constant, n.d.

David Banister Morgan (1773-1848) served in the Louisiana territorial legislature, was a member of the Constitutional convention, and after the admission of Louisiana to the Union, was in the state legislature. He was surveyor-general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and a commander of troops on the west bank of the Mississippi River under Andrew Jackson between 1814 and 1815 during the Battle of New Orleans.