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Plan of the riverfront of the Faubourg Ste. Marie by Mansuy-Pellitier, 1807. This plan rather dramatically illustrates the extent of the batture, the land that the river deposited in front of the levee. The plan includes a note asserting that the batture was to be used for the public benefit of the city of New Orleans, a claim that was disputed by Edward Livingston in a series of court cases running from 1806 well into the 1820s.      [Louisiana Map Collection, MaM 807/4; MS42]