Historia Obscura | Jerilee Wei | Activity https://historiaobscura.com/members/jerilee-wei/activity/ Activity feed for Jerilee Wei. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:46:55 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 a7aae94664028527eb47134eeb459598 Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent -- Satirical Editorial of 1814 http://www.historiaobscura.com/jean-laffite-and-the-treaty-of-ghent_a-satirical-editorial-of-1814/#comment-3659 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:04:04 +0000 Thanks for the delightful perspective that certainly shows there wasn’t just one perspective.

]]> b8607a1ee09c78135ef7201222c471e6 Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Was Your Ancestor A United States Sea Fencible? http://www.historiaobscura.com/was-your-ancestor-a-united-states-sea-fencible/#comment-3597 Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:47:49 +0000 Yes. I would start with the wonderful Maryland Historical Society library in Baltimore and then move to the National Archives in DC.

]]> 0c307f50330945cbc57b2367d958a4cf Jerilee Wei commented on the post, The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later http://www.historiaobscura.com/the-british-visit-to-laffite-a-study-of-events-200-years-later/#comment-3540 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:17:07 +0000 Great article! I am also fascinated with Benjamin Latrobe who is said to have masterminded the waterworks of New Orleans in the early years. I’ve always wondered if he and Barthlemy Lafron interconnected in […]

]]> d78a8b2e204eee35c87adb5aa8453374 Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/napoleons-son-napoleon-francois-joseph-charles-bonaparte/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:30:26 +0000 ThumbnailNapoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte – Great Expectations
With the birth of most children, there are all kinds of exciting possibilities and great expectations of what kind of person this new life will grow […]

]]> 0e49565edf4e37e2a54e3494e0947f86 Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Huron or Wyandot Mythology and Cosmogonic Myths http://www.historiaobscura.com/huron-or-wyandot-mythology-and-cosmogonic-myths/#comment-3324 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:45:59 +0000 Thanks Robyn! Between her husbands there were a lot of children and their offspring for generations. Many Cajun/Acadian families can trace their family histories back to her. On my great-grandmother Robichaux’s […]

]]> eed42df388379c3505fe505decb1eaec Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/huron-or-wyandot-mythology-and-cosmogonic-myths/ Sun, 27 Jul 2014 19:09:30 +0000 ThumbnailPreviously having written of the New Madrid earthquake of 1811, Tecumseh, and the Native American prophecies, it comes to mind that many people are not aware of the multitude of native peoples oral history when it […]

]]> 2927c34765b8f48d56dec21b78012035 Jerilee Wei commented on the post, The Red Stick Creeks and the Great Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 http://www.historiaobscura.com/the-red-stick-creeks-and-the-great-earthquakes-of-1811-and-1812/#comment-3207 Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:54:31 +0000 Thanks Pam! That’s fascinating. I’ve always found Tecumseh a fascinating historical figure. If the many quotes attributed to him I’d bet Rebecca Galloway had a wonderful student and was a good teacher.

]]> edfb1f3eb03c9de1e5349c5f076ebb86 Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/the-red-stick-creeks-and-the-great-earthquakes-of-1811-and-1812/ Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:52:10 +0000 ThumbnailWithout exception every historical event has a backstory and several other backstories within it.  That’s certainly true with many of the Native American stories that often fail to get told from their […]

]]> 7d6b7e3a5fac694efad84482b2c7094d Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Impressment of American Seamen http://www.historiaobscura.com/impressment-of-american-seamen/#comment-3171 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 01:00:36 +0000 The entire War of 1812 is very much erased from the American textbooks as merely a chapter in our history to be glossed over especially at the hands of our school systems. Perhaps it is a way of hoping the world […]

]]> 50dfe1730e351c341fa6999e8904ec73 Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Yellow Fever: Napoleon's Most Formidable Opponent http://www.historiaobscura.com/yellow-fever-napoleons-most-formidable-opponent/#comment-3170 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:53:28 +0000 Timely article, since yellow fever is still a serious health threat in many parts of the world, especially South America and in Africa! It reminded me of a once well-known old time cartoon figure, who was […]

]]> efb93c0b27c07a552a32c807cdd5dcf0 Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/malaria-in-colonial-america/ Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:20:25 +0000 Thumbnail

Despite modern advances in medicine, there is a plague (one of many) that still haunts mankind around the globe and that is malaria.  Malaria is a parasite spread by the female mosquito that affects your blood […]

]]> 79412255c251f23ff1357112534eeb80 Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/u-s-s-wasp-war-of-1812-and-the-h-m-s-reindeer/ Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:34:55 +0000 Thumbnail

It’s important for those interested in the U.S.S. Wasp and its battles, to understand that when it comes to the naming of ships, the U.S.S. Wasp was not first ship to carry that name.  In fact, it was actually […]

]]> 0745013ccd82c4d15eebb3893b00a9a2 Jerilee Wei wrote a new post http://www.historiaobscura.com/impressment-of-american-seamen/ Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:01:44 +0000 Thumbnail
Most lovers of naval history will already know that the British were famous or rather infamous, for the impressment of British seamen during the late eighteenth century well into the early nineteenth century.  […]

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