The Laffite Study Group Newsletter (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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The Laffite Network
No full textResearch and publications are an integral part of the Laffite Study Group's mission. Members of the LSG receive the quarterly Newsletter, which is oriented toward general interest
Reviews
No full textGreat Forgers and Famous Fakes by Charles Hamilton.Charles Hamilton writes exceedingly well about subjects in which he is an expert, such as Abraham Lincoln forgeries, but he falls short when it comes to evaluating the Laffite-Lafflin controversy
Chalmette Discovery Shows Earlier Survey In Error
No full textWhile checking out a spot planned for a visitor's center at Chalmette National Battlefield, Dr. Teje Birkedal, a National Park Service archaeologist, made an astonishing find - remains of a house which shouldn't have been at that location
Club Info
No full textThe Laffite Study Group is a non-profit educational organization which aims to promote research in, and the dissemination of knowledge concerning Jean Laffite's role in American history, literature, and folklore
The Laffite Network
No full textThe Louisiana State Archives has moved into the new facility at 3851 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge. The new archives building was dedicated on 24 August 1987. The library and research room is now open
Reviews
No full text"After the Fact - The Art of Historical Detection," by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle.Nautical Antiques Featured In CatalogA fascinating array of nautical antiques is offered in a catalog published by John F. Rinaldi
The Laffite Network
No full textoai:tdl:article/483Professor Tom Watson of McNeese State University recently came across a juicy bit of Laffite treasure lore in the pages of the old New Orleans Daily Picayune of 20 December 1844. The gist of the story is that Jean Laffite supposedly buried a ton of gold somewhere in the neighborhood of the Arkansas Post in 1814 to keep it out of the hands of the British invaders
Jean Laffite And The Press
No full textIt is a fact that Jean Laffite was interested in newspapers, and evidence of this can be seen in the following, a letter to the Louisiana Gazette which he signed "Napoleon, Jr." Vincent Nolte, an arch-enemy of Laffite's, noted in his autobiography that Jean had a habit of writing letters to the paper under the aforementioned name
Club Info: LSG Memberships
No full textLike to read about mysteries, buried treasure and intrigue? Persons interested in the above and/or Jean Laffite and his environs are invited to join the Laffite Study Group