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Letter 3. [Letter translated, not original, in English, handwritten, in the Edward Ladd collection, Mobile, AL; from Jean Baptiste] Falmouth [England], Friday Evening, September 9 th [?], 1808 To Mrs. Florian, at Mrs. Clauson’s Seminary, Laytonstone, Essex <strong>The</strong> wind is good for setting the sails and if it continues we will probably leave on Sunday. Separated from you and my children, it is of little importance whether it is 100 or 1500 miles, and the sooner I am out of this country, the more we will be at ease about the affairs of the colony. Nevertheless, only regard me as having left when you shall be two or three days without receiving news from me, as we will perhaps be called on board at any instant. It is possible that I may not write you at the moment of leaving, but you may know that I will write you Sunday evening if I am still here. That is to say, in case you do not receive any other letter from me, two or three days after this, you may consider me as enroute. I have been on board the vessel and chosen my bed. It is small but most comfortable. <strong>The</strong> only thing that vexes me is that my cussed guns have not yet arrived, and if not here [by] Monday morning I will perhaps be obliged to leave them in the hands of Messrs. Fox (the American Consul) to be sent to me by the next vessel. What you say about Laura [Eugenie Florian Bowers, 1791-1857, eldest daughter of Jean Baptiste and Florian 4 ] does not please me. I fear very much that this is only a denial [refuge]. Time changes these sentiments very little. I have been obliged here to purchase a mattress, pillows, rugs and bed-clothes. This they tell me is not necessary. Nevertheless, I furnished it all. But I would advise you never to come to Falmouth to embark. <strong>The</strong>re is nothing more frightful than the County of Cornwall. Foothills, rocks, wild heath, up and down hill without end, making not more than 4 or 5 miles per hour. In fact, it is a hundred times worse than Lower Brittany. If you listen to me, you will embark at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. It is the best place. It is in the middle of the English Channel, and the same wind which serves us for leaving here puts us en route for Cowes, and out of the English Channel in 24 hours. I hope to learn before leaving that Joseph is ready to leave. I had wished very much to see Peter here, but am despairing of it now. 4 <strong>The</strong> four Florian daughters and their ages at this point, are Laura (18), Virginia (15), Elisabeth (14) and Azelie (12). 20
In case you receive from Messrs. Farrer Crowford and Falkner those bickering letters, you remember that you have two principal points to sustain [make]. <strong>The</strong> first is after the letters from Carson, it is evident to all men of honor that I never had possession or disposition of the Money of the Colony. Second, that if the Captain of the Colony has the infamy to take advantage of what I signed, to get out of the embarrassment, it would simply result that I would be forced to abandon all that I possess, and they have never given me one sou. You can say in conversation, as of no importance, with these gentlemen, you know that instead of having the Captain of the Colony at my disposal, I was obliged to borrow from Messrs. Villegille Carson & Co. [And] that at the time of their failure I was obliged to pay to their assignees about 450 pounds, and was forced to sell my home and furniture. [And] that this left nothing in the world to support my wife and four daughters except what you and I earn. That you are actually reduced to be a teacher in the house where you were formerly the mistress. That for me, I am gone to look after a situation that has been offered to me. Take great care to keep all my books of accounts and the correspondence in a secure manner, that nothing of my affairs with my brothers-in-law, either on your side or mine, may ever be known. I think you may reply to these gentlemen, if they demand the originals of those letters, something like this: “Madame Florian presents her compliments to Messrs. and has the honor to import that Mr. Florian is not now at Laytonstone, but he has requested me to send the originals of those letters to Messrs. Crawford, Falkner & Farrer, therefore they are not in his hands. Madame Florian would be pleased, at the same time, to have some words of conversation with some of these gentlemen relative to this affair.” Adieu, my Gogo. <strong>The</strong> time approaches. Let this idea console you – many, many tender kisses for you and my children. Speak always of me to those [girls?] as if I was in London. Compliments Etc. J Florian Jolly 21
Page 1 and 2: FLORIAN Th
Page 3 and 4: Section 2: Letters from Other Famil
Page 5 and 6: France still correspond, keep track
Page 7 and 8: Published Writings of Jean Baptiste
Page 9 and 10: Estelle Sims Collection. This consi
Page 11 and 12: Note on Translation and Holdings Wo
Page 13 and 14: Note on Monetary Exchange Value In
Page 15 and 16: Letter 1. 2 [Letter translated, not
Page 17 and 18: the education, with the compensatio
Page 19: Letter 2. [Letter translated, not o
Page 23 and 24: Letter 5. Halifax [Nova Scotia], 4
Page 25 and 26: Joseph Marie Le Det de Segrais Pier
Page 27 and 28: sorrow, my tender friend, that I ca
Page 29 and 30: Letter 7. Philadelphia, October 30,
Page 31 and 32: We crossed the state of New Jersey
Page 33 and 34: Letter 8. [Lancaster, PA] November
Page 35 and 36: sobbing of the women _____ _______
Page 37 and 38: Letter 9. Pittsburg[h], Sunday, Nov
Page 39 and 40: years, one finds himself with a ret
Page 41 and 42: Mr. and Mrs. Linton, with all the r
Page 43 and 44: ecause the current was so rapid and
Page 45 and 46: Letter 11. Natchez, 4 January, 1809
Page 47 and 48: of 20 to 22 cents per pound, as it
Page 49 and 50: Letter 12. New Orleans, January 23,
Page 51 and 52: I have sent to Mrs. Kirkland letter
Page 53 and 54: will see all the country from there
Page 55 and 56: Letter 14. New Orleans, February 11
Page 57 and 58: Letter 15. New Orleans, February 12
Page 59 and 60: They think only of
Page 61 and 62: Letter 17. New Orleans, March 5, 18
Page 63 and 64: We have had news from England, of t
Page 65 and 66: [p 2] Madame Sain [Dai?] will entru
Page 67 and 68: Letter 19. Montesano [West Florida,
Page 69 and 70: 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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Letter 8. [Letter from Marguerite M
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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
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