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The Saga of Melita and the Patterson-Ross Raid at Barataria

Dec 15, 2014

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A series of unfortunate events plagued Joseph Martinot, supercargo of the Carthagenian merchant schooner Melita. First, he had been stymied in his attempt to enter the Mississippi and arrive at New Orleans by the presence of the British blockade near the Balize; then, off the coast of Louisiana to the westward of the Balize, he…

Laffite Talk at Battle of New Orleans Historical Symposium Jan. 10, 2015

Oct 5, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, History, Louisiana History, Native American History, Nautical History

Get your travel plans ready now for the Third Annual Battle of New Orleans Historical Symposium slated Jan. 9 and 10, 2015, at Nunez Community College Auditorium at Chalmette, La., near the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park. Among featured speakers will be William C. Davis, who will deliver the keynote address about “The Pirates Laffite”…

Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent — Satirical Editorial of 1814

Sep 18, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Nautical History

A rare 1828 book about Jean Laffite While angling in the old newspaper archives, the following wonderfully satirical editiorial about Jean Laffite and the War of 1812 Treaty of Ghent negotiations was discovered in the Nov. 11, 1814, issue of the Daily National Intelligencer of Washington, D.C. It was reprinted from the Weekly Aurora newspaper…

The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later

Aug 25, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Nautical History

When Commander Nicholas Lockyer sailed in HMS Sophie from Pensacola towards Jean Laffite’s Grande Terre encampment on Sept. 1, 1814, he already knew that the Baratarian privateer base might soon be blown to bits, and that the Sophie would not be the instrument of that destruction, despite his written orders to that effect from his…

Yellow Fever: Napoleon’s Most Formidable Opponent

Jul 8, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, Caribbean History, general history, Louisiana History, Nautical History

By Pam Keyes In mid-1802, French general Victor-Emmanuel LeClerc took up his pen to write back to his superior and sighed in the dripping, humid heat of Port-au-Prince. His brother-in-law, Napoleon, thought it would be an easy mission to quash the latest slave uprising on the island of Haiti and French-controlled colony St. Domingue. After…

Category: Nautical History

The Saga of Melita and the Patterson-Ross Raid at Barataria

Laffite Talk at Battle of New Orleans Historical Symposium Jan. 10, 2015

Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent — Satirical Editorial of 1814

The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later

Yellow Fever: Napoleon’s Most Formidable Opponent