Ernest Sabourin papers, 1813-1887.

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Ernest Sabourin papers, 1813-1887.

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This collection consists of personal papers of Ernest Sabourin of New Orleans, La. Included are handwritten correspondence, depositions concerning smuggled goods, and photographs. Correspondents include G. T. Beauregard, Myra Clark Gaines, and Charles Gayarré. Some letters are accompanied by later transcriptions. Photographs are portraits of Judge Edward Douglass White, Jr., and of Charles Gayarré.

1.5 linear feet (1 box)

eng,

fre,

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8146362

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

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...

Sabourin, Ernest.

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An envelope in the collection is addressed: E. Sabourin, Esq., Exchange Alley, City. His papers include seven depositions by victims of pirates Jean and Pierre Lafitte and their associates. From the description of Ernest Sabourin papers, 1813-1887. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 759116741 ...

Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885

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Born in New Orleans June 1805, Myra Clark was a litigant in a series of law suits and countersuits that spanned nearly sixty years and have been the subject of much study. A case in which confirmation of her claim as the only legitimate child of Daniel Clark and Zulime Carriere would have made her heir to a vast fortune in money and real estate in New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley. From the description of Myra Clark Gaines letter, 1862 Feb. 13. (Louisiana State University). Worl...

White, Edward-Douglass, 1845-1921

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Edward Douglass White, politician and jurist, served as U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1891-1894), as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1894-1910) and as Chief Justice (1910-1921.) From the description of Letters, 1892, 1920. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235181289 A native of Thibodeauxville, La., and the son of former Louisiana governor Edward Douglass White, Sr., White served as a Louisiana state senator and a U.S. senator until President G...

Lafitte, Jean-Jacques

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