Life and Times of Jean Laffite (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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The Laffite Study Group
No full textThe Laffite Study Group was formed during the latter part of 1975 to encourage and assist research concerning Jean Laffite's role in American history, folklore, and literature
How Many Ships Did Laffite Capture?
No full textIn the Laffite Journal Collection located at the Sam Houston Research Center and Library, Liberty, Texas, there are other books, bibles, and journals that have not been published. In a journal nearly the same size as the Journal that was translated and published in 1958, is a list of ships captures, listed by name and nationality, the 73 ships captured by corsairs owned by Jean Laffite, 24 by Captain Dominique You and 13 ships captured by Captain Renato Beluche
Notes, Documents and Correspondence
No full textLaffite's Fort (Grande Terre)Laffite MSS in the Historic New Orleans CollectionThe Nicolls Expedition to Barataria, 1814
The Short Life of Dominique You: New Orleans' Most Popular Man
No full textAccording to Jean Laffite's memoirs, his oldest brother, Alexandre Frederic, was born in 1772 in Port-au-Prince, San Domingue (now Haiti). His parents were Marcus Laffite and Maria Zore Nadrimal, both of French birth
The Laffite Study Group
No full textThe Laffite Study Group was established in 1975 to encourage and assist research concerning Jean Laffite's role in American history, folklore, and literature. Members and associates receive the Life and Times of Jean Laffite, the LSG newsletter published twice annually
Filibusters on the Lower Trinity, 1816-1820
No full textAfter Hidalgo opened the revolutionary times in Mexico, great numbers of adventurers from the United States, Europe and South America began to gather in Louisiana and Mississippi. From these territories, safe within the boundaries of the United States, they were able to organize filibustering expeditions into Texas and Mexico
Dominique Youx And La Superbe
No full textAmong the documents relating to French maritime history preserved in the Archives Nationales in Paris is a series (FF3, "Jugement de prises") dedicated to privateering, including official minutes of proceedings and reports of the prize courts in Guadeloupe and other West Indian ports. The name of Dominique Youx appears as a French corsair in late 1805 and 1806
Three Trees Site On Galveston Island Focus Of Preservation Fight
No full textDr. Margaret Henson, vice president of the Houston-based Tejano Association for Historical Preservation, reports that a federal court decision is expected later this spring in the case of Fritiofson, et al, vs. Alexander, et al., regarding the proposed Pirate's Cove marina on western Galveston Island
Laffite And Tourism: A Sampler
No full textFrom materials picked up at information kiosks during a recent trip through Texas and Louisiana-