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Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
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Pam Keyes commented on the post, The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later 11 years, 9 months ago
Benjamin Latrobe, Barthelmy Lafon and Arsene Latour were all connected re architecture and the Laffites, and perhaps also with the Masons. I would go more into the answer to your question but currently I am […]
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Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
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Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
By Pam KeyesIn 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 […]
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Pam Keyes commented on the post, An Interview with Pam Keyes about Jean Laffite 12 years, 2 months ago
What plantation is it, I might know more about it. Laffite had connections with Destrehan plantation and Magnolia Grove, in addition to some in the Donaldsonville area and on the German Coast above New Orleans.
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Pam Keyes wrote a new post 12 years, 3 months ago
Almost 200 years ago, privateer-smuggler Jean Laffite became a hero because he did something most people wouldn’t have done: in the face of extreme adversity, he had helped save New Orleans for the Americans, even […]-
I have invested too much time on this discussion today, considering I am working on a lengthy new article about the Philadelphia connection to early New Orleans. Everyone is entitled to their own viewpoint about what did or did not happen at the Battle of New Orleans, and it is true there are quite a bit of variances between historians. It would be nice if Jackson’s daybook were able to be referenced for the absolute facts on the American side, but it apparently has been lost to history for quite some time.
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Thank you, Gordon, for the news of the newly published translation of the Garrigoux book, I shall have to get a copy, as I am not proficient enough in French to read the original edition.
I should be getting your translation of Garrigoux’ bio of Latour by Friday, and will immediately begin reading it. Most likely, I will post a book review here on Historia Obscura within a couple of weeks.