New Orleans Incorporated: 200 Years of the City Charter
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Abdil Daily Crossman (1803-1859) was Mayor of New Orleans when the Charter of 1852 took effect. He had been elected for the first time in 1846 and served through the first part of the year 1854. He is memorialized by Crossman Street in the Vieux Carre and also by A. D. Crossman Elementary School on South Carrollton Avenue.
          [Cohen’s New Orleans Directory … for 1853 (New Orleans, 1852)]


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