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Faubourg Tremé

The Deed Before the Eulogy: Henriette Delille, the Free Woman of Color Who Bought Her Institution

June 3, 2026 by The Kinstructure Company

A second page of the 1850 handwritten notarial act of sale in French, brown ink on aged cream paper, showing the purchase price and terms.

In 1850 Henriette Delille, a free woman of color in New Orleans, signed a notarized act of sale and bought the land for the institution she founded. This is her documented record, anchored to the deed.

Filed Under: Genealogy, Louisiana Heritage, Women's History Wednesday Tagged With: Faubourg Tremé, free women of color, Henriette Delille, Louisiana Creole history, Marie Josephe Diaz, New Orleans, notarial archives, plaçage, Sisters of the Holy Family, Venerable Henriette Delille

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