Papers, 1823-1839.

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Papers, 1823-1839.

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The papers include 40 items of correspondence between Amelia Keating's sister-in-law, Hélène Prudence Ferdinande Bauduy, and her fiancé and cousin, Alexandre Aristide Bretton de Chapelles, prior to their marriage in Cuba in 1823. She was a daughter of Peter and Juliette Bauduy. There are also some letters between the prospective husband and mother-in-law (in French). The letters discuss the father's opposition to the marriage, the couple's strong feeling for each other, family news, and the slaves' work. The second part of the papers is a journal, in English) kept by Eulalia Keating during an 1838-1839 trip to Cuba to attend her daughter, Amelia Keating Bauduy, during the birth of her first child. She describes the voyage to Havana and her stay at the Eden Park plantation. Mrs. Keating offers a good account of life in Cuba, the religious and social customs of the people, the conditions of the slaves, and descriptions of the country.

41 items.

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Bauduy, Peter, 1816-1856.

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Keating, Eulalia Margaret, 1801-1873.

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Bauduy family.

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The Bauduy family was associated with the du Pont family beginning with Peter Bauduy (1769?-1833), a French refugee from Santo Domingo who was a partner of E.I du Pont. Bauduy's son Ferdinand married du Pont's daughter Victorine. Peter Bauduy, his wife Thèrése Jeanne Julienne ("Juliette") des Chapelles Bauduy, and their family had moved to Cuba by the 1820s. Eulalia Keating (1801-1873) of Wilmington and Philadelphia was the daughter of John Keating and Eulalia Bretton ...

Bretton des Chapelles, Hélene, 1806-1881.

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Bretton des Chapelles, Aristide, 1799-1850.

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Bauduy, Juliette Bretton des Chapelles, 1773-1837.

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Bauduy, Amelia Keating, 1820-1886.

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