Abner Lawson Duncan (died 1823) was a prominent

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attorney, businessman, politician and '' aide-de-camp'' to General

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during the

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.The Saunders Family History Duncan was a member of the "New Orleans Association" which included attorneys

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and John R. Grymes, merchant John K. West, smuggler Pierre Laffite, and pirate

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.Head, p. 135, The author identifies Abner L. Duncan, John R. Grymes and Edward Livingston as members of the New Orleans Association. Duncan ran for governor as a

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during the Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1820, losing to

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References

* Davis, William C. (2006). ''The pirates Laffite: the treacherous world of the corsairs of the Gulf''. New York: Harcourt Publishing Co., First Harvest edition, 706 pages. *Head, David (2015). ''Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic''. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 224 pages. *The Saunders Family History; Chapter 11, The Chinn Family, pp. 61, 69–74. Internet link: http://www.saundersfamilyhistory.com/pages/chapter11.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Abner Lawson 18th-century births 1823 deaths Year of birth missing United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Politicians from New Orleans Lawyers from New Orleans Louisiana Democratic-Republicans United States Army officers 19th-century American lawyers