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Azelie (Azelia) Florian, later in life, at Saratoga, NY probably in August 1839 100
Letter 8. [Letter from Marguerite Marie Le Det de Segrais, 1770-1817, to her husband Jean Baptiste Florian in New Orleans. This letter is in handwritten translation only, from the Mobile Public Library volumes.] Westmead [England] June 27 [1809] No. 13 [also dated:] July 5, 1809 [To:] Florian Jolly, Esq. Care M. Ledet New Orleans It is in the middle of the most discordant concert that I am trying to collect my ideas, so I may converse with you. ong>Theong> pianoforte is [being played] in this room, Laura [is] at the cabinet harp in the next room, and Miss R. is practicing her poor piano over my head. Nevertheless, I am not complaining. My dear friend, I hear all that as a preparation for our departure. A few days ago I received your letter of March 30. 79 I assure you that it caused me to shed many tears of joy. I am so happy to know that you are spending your first summer far away from the city, and also at knowing that you are with a circle of people who can appreciate your knowledge. Hope for our future is somewhat revived in my heart. You know very well that I cannot take credit for things as easily as you can, but I think it is always very important to have made friendships, and I am very satisfied with Mr. and Mrs. Atre, for the welcome they are giving you. Thank them for me for that, and for the letter of introduction which they sent me for Mrs. Skipwith. Unhappily [the letter] availed me nothing, as the lady did not even come to England. I will try to make all your purchases, as far as my purse will permit me. My expenses here are enormous, although I keep nothing for myself. I dare not tell you how much the children’s teachers cost me a week. I feel certain that it is “good grain sown on good soil” and that the harvest will re-pay us for the money spent now. I am happy about the trouble they go to, Joseph has not yet left, and I do not know when he will. I am still exceedingly apprehensive – if I were sure I that Peter had arrived in time. We hope that soon ships will come [from?] New Orleans. Mrs. Anson has written to Liverpool to learn if there were any arrivals. ong>Theong>re are none at all yet. I am feverishly eager. Joseph [?] would not want us to leave before the middle of August, and he assures me that Peter will have returned by then. I have some bad news to tell you. I am afraid I cannot bring you any guns. ong>Theong> [customs? wartime?] orders are carried out very strictly. Joseph says I would most certainly run a risk in taking you one [a gun]. I will see however when my passage is 79 This is letter 15 in Section 1 above, which describes Montesano, West Florida, and how the Governor is keen to back the creation of a school in that vicinity. 101
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Section 2: Letters from Other Famil
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France still correspond, keep track
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Published Writings of Jean Baptiste
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Estelle Sims Collection. This consi
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Note on Translation and Holdings Wo
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Note on Monetary Exchange Value In
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Letter 1. 2 [Letter translated, not
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the education, with the compensatio
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Letter 2. [Letter translated, not o
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In case you receive from Messrs. Fa
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Letter 5. Halifax [Nova Scotia], 4
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Joseph Marie Le Det de Segrais Pier
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sorrow, my tender friend, that I ca
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Letter 7. Philadelphia, October 30,
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We crossed the state of New Jersey
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Letter 8. [Lancaster, PA] November
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sobbing of the women _____ _______
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Letter 9. Pittsburg[h], Sunday, Nov
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years, one finds himself with a ret
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Mr. and Mrs. Linton, with all the r
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ecause the current was so rapid and
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Letter 11. Natchez, 4 January, 1809
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of 20 to 22 cents per pound, as it
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Letter 12. New Orleans, January 23,
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I have sent to Mrs. Kirkland letter
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will see all the country from there
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Letter 14. New Orleans, February 11
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Letter 15. New Orleans, February 12
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They think only of
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Letter 17. New Orleans, March 5, 18
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We have had news from England, of t
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[p 2] Madame Sain [Dai?] will entru
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Letter 19. Montesano [West Florida,
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Bring along also a few bushels of S
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Letter 20. Montesano [West Florida,
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ye-grass, clover, sainfoin, [Lucern
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Section 2 Letters From Other Family
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as much for the grandeur as for the
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Your affectionate uncle, Jolly Patr
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ignorant of the renunciation which
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Eliza talks only about her pretty f
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Elizabeth Florian Talcott, later in
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Letter 5. [Letter from Marguerite M
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I have seen the Couissin girls, the
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I took [the girls?] to a grand ball
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They should not al
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Your sisters had promised to reimbu
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Now I must scold you for not termin
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My dear Papa, My sisters have told
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hair, which is almost all white. Yo
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some years this will be quite a lar
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Letter 10. . [Undated letter from P
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Duault is the most perfect and fine
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sad, as did I, just a passerby on t
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almost all the summer in the countr
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Letter 12. [Letter from Pierre Rene
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Adieu dear Friend! I hope that at l
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Letter 14. [Letter in response from
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attachments which had been planned
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ealize only too well by what I have
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For two months, while I have been a
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I don’t have time on this occasio
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not complain of anything, but his t
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Letter 19. [Letter to Azelie Floria
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Letter 20. Emma’s Narrative Proba
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On Saturday the 21 st [unfortunatel
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I told him I was not afraid, but as
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The climate and th