Edwards family scrapbook, 1849-1851.

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Edwards family scrapbook, 1849-1851.

Volume of newspaper clippings from the Opelousas Gazette, the St. Landry Whig, the New Orleans Daily Delta, and the Louisville Journal includes local poems, plays, and tall tales; coverage of singer Jenny Lind's visit in New Orleans; the history of sugar cane in Louisiana; secession and the closing of the Mississippi River; statistics from an undated Louisiana census; a description of the execution of General Narciso López in Cuba; references to Lorenzo Dow; discussion of philosophical topics, morals, and manners; recipes; and home remedies.

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Dow, Lorenzo, 1777-1834

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Methodist missionary and writer; landowner. From the description of Lorenzo Dow papers, 1815-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166428817 Lorenzo Dow (October 16, 1777-February 2, 1834) was a popular, eccentric American itinerant preacher and an important figure in the Second Great Awakening. He was appointed a Methodist circuit preacher in New York in 1798, but after a missionary trip to Ireland he was never connected officially with the ministry of the Methodist Church, ...

López, Narciso 1797-1851

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Cuban patriot. From the description of Letter of Narciso López, 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014964 ...

Lind, Jenny

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Swedish singer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Oak Lea, Wimbledon Park, S.W., to Arthur Sullivan, 1883 Feb. 11, and 9 incompletely dated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125245 Swedish soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Mannheim Dec. 7 1846, to an unidentified recipient, 1846 Dec. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270667419 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London Apr. 27 1874, t...

Edwards, Clara Lafargue.

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Clara Lafargue Edwards was a resident of Marksville, La. From the description of Edwards family scrapbook, 1849-1851. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 152605846 ...