found: Message of the mayor of the city of New Orleans to the hon. presidents and members of the boards of aldermen and assistant aldermen, 1852:p. 17 (A.D. Crossman, Mayor)
found: OCLC, May 25, 2011(hdgs.: Crossman, A. D.; Crossman, Abdiel Daily; usage: A. D. Crossman)
found: Dictionary of Louisiana biography, 1988(Crossman, Abial Daily. Politician, mayor of New Orleans; b. Greene, Me., Nov. 3, 1803 ; arrived in New Orleans 1829; entered politics 1839, became successively alderman, state representative, mayor; elected mayor April 1846, re-elected to three two-year terms; left office in 1854; d. New Orleans, June 13, 1859)
found: The Daily Picayune, June 14, 1859:p. 2 ("Death of Hon. A. D. Crossman": Abdiel Daily Crossman, b. 1803)
found: Kendall, J. S. History of New Orleans, 1922:p. 161 (Abdiel Daily Crossman, b. 1804)
found: New Orleans architecture, 1971- :vol. 3, The cemeteries, p. 40 (monument in Greenwood Cemetery to Abial Daily Crossman (1803-1859), mayor of New Orleans 1846-1854; photo of monument shows the name spelled that way)
found: Meyer, R. Names over New Orleans public schools, 1975:p. 51-52 (Abial Daily Crossman; given name also spelled Abiel; extract from school board minutes of May 1907 states that a school was to be named in honor of Abial Daily Crossman, mayor of New Orleans 1846-1854)
found: New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division WWW site, May 25, 2011:online version of a WPA publication "Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans" (Abdil Daily Crossman, 1803-1859, 12th mayor of New Orleans, serving 3 consecutive terms, 1846-1854)
found: Email from Irene Wainwright, New Orleans Public Library archivist, May 9, 2011(Everything in the City Archives refers to him as "Mayor A. D. Crossman"; in his will and succession (Orleans Parish, Second District Court #15660) he signs himself "A. D. Crossman"; there are a number of documents within the succession that refer to him as "Abiel Daily Crossman"; in the succession "A. D." is used much more than "Abiel," but the "Abiel" spelling is consistent where the name is spelled out; one other spelling in the succession--"Abial"--but other than that, it's always "A. D." or "Abiel.")
