Person:Bernard de Marigny (1)

When he reached his majority in 1806, he began subdividing the plantation (just east of the Vieux Carre) which he had inherited from his father in 1800, selling it off to raise money. The land was sold and developed into the 1820s and became Faubourg Marigny. He was notorious for his dislike of the American settlers who began moving in after the Louisiana Purchase (whom he despised as parvenus) and refused for a number of years to sell them lots in the development, restricting sales only to creoles. His gambling debts eventually forced him to change his mind, however.

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   "Bernard de Marigny ".

   He represented the 5th Ward on the New Orleans City Council, 1811-18. In Jan 1815, his plantation house on Victory Street served as Gen. Jackson's headquarters during the Battle of New Orleans. President of the Louisiana State Senate, 1822-23; since there was no Lt. Gov., he was next in line of succession to Gov. Thomas Robertson. Ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Louisiana in 1828 and again in 1830.

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   "Mandeville, Louisiana".

   He developed what had been agricultural land across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans and laid out the town of Mandeville (taken from one of his French family titles), which became a very popular summer get-away for well-to-do New Orleans residents.