Charles E.A. Gayarré selected papers, 1883-1940.

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Charles E.A. Gayarré selected papers, 1883-1940.

Manuscripts, printed pamphlet, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the story of the Famous Lafittes consisting of three lectures by Charles Gayarré, one manuscript probably by Grace King, two newspaper stories by W.M. Darling and William D. Hays, Jr., and a publication of the Louisiana State Museum.

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Gayarré, Charles, 1805-1895

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Charles-Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana. A Confederate sympathizer and a writer of plays, essays, and novels, Gayarré is chiefly remembered for his histories of Louisiana and his exposé of US Army general James Wilkinson as a Spanish spy. Born on his grandfather's plantation just outside the city limits of New Orleans (now Aud...

Hays, William L. (William Lee), 1926-1995

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Laffite, Pierre, -1826?

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King, Grace Elizabeth, 1852-1932

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Grace King was the third child and eldest daughter of William Woodson King, a prosperous New Orleans attorney, and Sarah Ann Miller King. Impoverished by the Civil War, Grace King lived in New Orleans for the remainder of her life with her mother, brother, and two unmarried sisters, although she was able to travel in the United States and Europe and cultivated relationships with notables in the worlds of writing and publishing. Her own novels and short stories examined French Louisiana and Creol...

Laffite, Jean

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Darling, W. M.

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Louisiana State Museum

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