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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…
Capt. Percy’s Folly at Fort Bowyer

Sep 14, 2014

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Pam Keyes

in American History, general history, History, Louisiana History, Native American History

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 shoal water within 150 yards of Fort Bowyer near Mobile Bay, and the Americans…