Life and Times of Jean Laffite (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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No full textThe Laffite Study Group Constitution And By-LawsAvailable Publication Of The Laffite Study GroupSuggestions To Contributor
The Laffite Study Group
No full textThe Laffite Study Group was formed in 1975 for the purpose of uniting individuals who share an interest in Jean Laffite's role in American history, folklore and literature. Members pay annual dues and receive The Life and Times of Jean Laffite, a collection of occasional papers, and the LSG Newsletter, published quarterly
Southern Barataria in the Era of Jean Laffite
No full textAccurate knowledge on the people and landscape of southern Barataria has been lacking or obfusgated during much of the region's history. Misconceptions on the area's geography were evident in all available colonial French and Spanish cartographic representations and it was not until Lafon's 1806 "Carte Generale du Territoire d'Orleans...," that a map approximated its correct outlines
Excerpt From An 1816 Review of Latour's Historical Memoir Of The War In West Florida And Louisiana
No full textEarly in 1816, the Philadelphia publisher John Conrad & Company published A. Lacarriere Latour's Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15--with an Atlas, was translated from the French by H.P.Nugent
The Laffite Study Group, 1975 - 1980
No full textThe idea of a Laffite Study Group evolved out of the voluminous and oftentimes eclectic correspondence between Jane Lucan DeGrummond, John L. Howells, Sue Thompson and Robert C. Vogel during the early 1970's
News and Notes
No full textWill you help us with an end-of-the-year gift? As 1989 draws to a close, the LSG is once again asking its friends for held. This year, we have expanded the new LTJL from four to eight pages and have also worked to increase our outreach activities so that others can become better acquainted with Jean Laffite's role in history, folklore, and literature
Book Review: Laffite the Pirate
No full textAt the risk of sounding prejudiced we consider Lyle Saxon's Laffite the Pirate to be the best book yet written about Louisiana's celebrated privateer. This is not to say that is is the last work on the subject of Laffite's biography; Lyle, were he alive, would be the first to admit that Laffite the Pirate is not a definitive history of Jean Laffite's life
Contemporary Descriptions of Jean Laffite
No full textEsau Glasscock diary: 1809William C.C Claiborne proclamation: 1813An officer of U.S. Brig Enterprise: 1839William D.C. Hall: 185