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Letter 16. [Letter from Pierre Rene Le Det de Segrais to his sister, Marguerite Marie Le Det de Segrais.] [from] Paris, 6 March 1816 [<strong>The</strong> date on this letter could be 1810 or 1816. Since Peter refers to “sons-in-law” below it appears to be 1816, since Marguerite’s daughters were married after 1810. Thus this letter discussed an apparent second trip that Peter plans to take to Calcutta.] Care of Messieurs Simpson and Dawson, Merchants, London [To?] New Orleans [Written at the top, upside down:] I have had no news for a long time from Jos[eph] nor from Em[manuel]. I know only that they are very well. Write me in care of Mssrs. Palmer at Calcutta. [Main body of the letter:] My dear sister: I have just now received your fine letter of December 10 [1815?]. I am replying by means of Mr. Petry, the French consul at New Orleans, whom I recommend to you highly, having in turn recommended you to his former friendship. He is a very fine man, most willing to oblige, and I am delighted that you have him as your consul in New Orleans. I hope he can be helpful to my nephews if they have any dealings with France, and I have told him of the whole family, and I urge you to introduce them to him. All the good things you told me about New Orleans would have made me go there to get established, if I could have done it in the proper way. I had seriously planned to do so, and the pleasure of finding you there and of finally being re-united was a major reason behind the plan. But I was forced to yield to another, more advantageous plan. I have made a big decision, as you may have seen by a letter which I addressed to you in February, and which I put in the envelope which I addressed to your sons-in-law. In eight days I leave for Calcutta, which I shall establish myself with several French firms, who will send me ships there. I am leaving by the first boat from Ostende, the second will leave from France, and the third will follow. In short, I hope that I will once again find myself in a good situation, although the end of the trip may be rather distant from here and especially from you, dear sister, whom I would have been so happy to see again, and make happy. 124
For two months, while I have been arranging the trip and working to bring it about, I have been happy, for idleness weighed upon me heavily, and now I am again in my element, like a fish in the water. I hope that it will be possible perhaps to do some business with Messieurs Bonure and Galeotti, to whom I have written. I am quite annoyed that one of them did not come to Paris, as I had expected. I believe that the trip could have been of some benefit to them, “but they know best I suppose.” [the latter in English.] I hope that the good business situation in New Orleans will mean something to you personally. What charms me in your letter is what you tell me about the climate, which I had imagined unhealthy, and always caused me to be uneasy about all of you. My uncle Beaugeard, now serving as Secretary to Madame, the Duchess of Angouleme, 99 sends his kind regards, as does her daughter Aglaë. My dear sister, Florian, whose letter I have just received, asks me to send you the enclosures. I am going to send him yours [your letter?] along with those of Joseph and Peter [?] of October 6 which Mr. Chenot [?] sent me. It is the second since her arrival here. Come then my dear sister and join us, we wait for you with open arms. I tenderly embrace my nieces and my brothers as well as you. I am your [Pierre] 99 A note in the translation states that the Duchess referred to here is possibly Marie <strong>The</strong>rese Charlotte (“Madame Royale”), relative of Louis XVI. A memo in the Mobile Public Library files by Susan Conover elaborates, and states that Marie <strong>The</strong>rese Charlotte, Duchess d’Angouleme (1778, Versailles, to 1851, Goritz) was the daughter of Louis XVI, and was married to her first cousin, Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duc d’Angouleme (6 Aug 1775-3 Jun 1844). Marie was imprisoned for three years at the Temple after the death of her father, then was exchanged. She exercised considerable influence over her husband and over Louis XVIII. She was authoritarian and devout. 125
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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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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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Page 89 and 90: I have seen the Couissin girls, the
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Page 115 and 116: Letter 12. [Letter from Pierre Rene
Page 117 and 118: Adieu dear Friend! I hope that at l
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Page 131 and 132: Letter 19. [Letter to Azelie Floria
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Page 137 and 138: I told him I was not afraid, but as
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