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Pam Keyes commented on the post, The Aurora Editor Snipes at Britain, Post War of 1812 11 years, 8 months ago

I believe Jackson was one of the avid readers of the Weekly Aurora, and there certainly had to have been some sort of connection to editor Duane, considering when Jackson became president, he named Duane’s son, […]

Aya Katz commented on the post, The Aurora Editor Snipes at Britain, Post War of 1812 11 years, 8 months ago

This is quite interesting. The phrasing “the savage, who had never known the restraints of civilized life. and the pirate, who had broken the bonds of society, were alike the subjects of British conciliation” […]

Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 8 months ago

With one of those quill pens he so often had wielded to acidulously attack targets in his Weekly Aurora newspaper at Philadelphia, Editor William Duane reflected at length in March 1815 about the Causes and […]

Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent — Satirical Editorial of 1814 11 years, 8 months ago

Thanks for the delightful perspective that certainly shows there wasn’t just one perspective.

Pam Keyes commented on the post, Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent — Satirical Editorial of 1814 11 years, 8 months ago

I just checked out articles in the Aurora for the weeks previous to the satire article re the Ghent business, and editor Duane discussed at length some of the preposterous demands of Great Britain in the September […]

Aya Katz commented on the post, Jean Laffite and the Treaty of Ghent — Satirical Editorial of 1814 11 years, 8 months ago

This is very interesting, indeed! Does this mean that the general terms of the Treaty of Ghent were already known to the editors of the Aurora in November 1814, when it was only just signed December 24, 1814? In […]

Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 8 months ago

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 […]

Aya Katz commented on the post, The First Battle of New Orleans Poem 11 years, 8 months ago

It is a grand poem, but no mention of the Baratarians and Laffite?

Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 8 months ago

The following is believed to be the first poem written about the Battle of New Orleans, published in the New Orleans Gazette in either late February or early March 1815, and reprinted widely in newspapers […]

Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Was Your Ancestor A United States Sea Fencible? 11 years, 8 months ago

Yes. I would start with the wonderful Maryland Historical Society library in Baltimore and then move to the National Archives in DC.

Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago

Young British Capt. William H. Percy found himself in dire straits on the afternoon of Sept. 15, 1814. His ship, the sixth rate class HMS Hermes, was mired for the second time that day on a sand bar in […]

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 […]

Jerilee Wei commented on the post, The British Visit to Laffite: A Study of Events 200 Years Later 11 years, 9 months ago

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 […]

Pam Keyes wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago

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 […]

Pam Keyes replied 8 years, 5 months ago

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.
Pam Keyes replied 8 years, 5 months ago

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.

Jerilee Wei wrote a new post 11 years, 10 months ago

Napoléon 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 […]

Jerilee Wei commented on the post, Huron or Wyandot Mythology and Cosmogonic Myths 11 years, 10 months ago

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 […]

Jerilee Wei wrote a new post 11 years, 10 months ago

Previously 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 […]

Jerilee Wei commented on the post, The Red Stick Creeks and the Great Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 11 years, 10 months ago

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.

Jerilee Wei wrote a new post 11 years, 10 months ago

Without 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 […]

Aya Katz wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago

Joseph Alston was born in 1779 to a wealthy family in South Carolina. He attended the College of New Jersey, which was later renamed Princeton, but he never graduated. He studied law and was admitted to […]