Life and Times of Jean Laffite (Texas Digital Library - TDL E-Journals)
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The Journals of Jean Laffite
No full textThe original manuscript memoir and family papers of Jean Laffite are preserved in the private collection of William D. Simpson, of Houston, Texas. Mr. Simpson, proprietor of the William Simpson Galleries, Inc., acquired the Laffite Papers from descendent John A. Laffite in 1969
Laffite Study Group Member Purchases Galveston Site Of Maison Rouge
No full textR. Dale and wife Diane Olson recently purchased the property located at 1417 Water (Avenue A) on Galveston Island, the site marked by the State of Texas as the location of Laffite's Maison Rouge
An Eyewitness Account Of Privateers In Action Off Nautla, Mexico, In 1814
No full text(The following excerpt from the Memoir of Ellis P. Bean was originally published by Henderson Yoakum in his History of Texas (1856). vol. I. pp. 447-448.
Renato Beluche (1780 - 1860)
No full textRenato Beluche, born in New Orleans on December 15, 1780, was the fourth child born to the merchant Rene Beluche of Tours, France, and Rosa Laporte, a native of Orleans Parish. The names of their first three children were recorded in the St. Louis Cathedral Archives
News and Notes
No full textoai:tdl:article/353John Howells of Houston, Tex., reports that a search is currently underway for what is thought to have been a fort built by Jean Laffite and his compatriots on upper Galveston Bay
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 and associates receive The Life and Times of Jean Laffite, a bulletin containing articles, documents, research notes and commentary
Questions You May Have Pondered About Jean Laffite
No full textHow was Laffite able to supply Gen. Andrew Jackson with enough powder to obtain the release of his 80 pirates from the Cabildo jail and a promise of a full pardon for prior crimes
The Houma Indians and Jean Laffite
No full textThe Houma Indians have inhabited the coastal marshes of the Mississippi River delta since about 1800. Their occupation of this area, which ranges from Bayou DuLarge inTerrebonne Parish to as far east as St. Bernard Parish, accounts for a great deal of the tribe's oral history and folklore about Jean Laffite and his men