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Letter 4. [Letter translated, not original, in English, handwritten, in the Edward Ladd collection, Mobile, AL, from Jean Baptiste to his wife] Falmouth, Sunday morning, 7 o’clock, September 11, 1808 To: Mrs. Florian, At Mrs. Clauson’s Seminary, Laytonstone, Essex <strong>The</strong> signal is given – we shall most likely sail this morning. <strong>The</strong> weather is fine and the wind tolerably fair, little better than northwest, however, so that we may still put back if it turns to the west. I expect every minute to be sent for along with the other passengers; we are only seven or eight in all, so that we are extremely well accommodated. I have got the guns, and am quite ready to start at a moment’s notice. I told Messrs. Fox to return all the letters that came for me after my departure to Capt. Ledet, New York Coffee House. My heart is too full, I can say no more. Adieu, my dearest, best part of my existence. A few months longer and instead of a farewell it shall be a happy welcome to our asylum. [Jean-Baptiste Florian Jolly de Pontcadeuc] 22
Letter 5. Halifax [Nova Scotia], 4 October 1808 [From Jean-Baptiste Florian to his wife Marguerite, she is apparently in England, probably at Epping Forest, Essex, about 7 miles from London, or at an apartment in London] Here I am, arrived safe and sound after three quarters of my voyage, my Gogo, after a passage of three weeks. We left Falmouth [England] Tuesday, September 13 [1808] at two hours after mid-day, and arrived in this port yesterday, Tuesday, at three hours [after mid-day?]. 5 We have had good weather constantly, or at least so say the captain and the other passengers. As for me, I would have thought that we had terrible periods of alternating calm and storm. <strong>The</strong>y were able to laugh at my expense, and yet I didn’t half reveal my fears. I am warning you about this so that when you get to sea you will remember that all wind which isn’t a head wind, is good when it blows. Our little society is most agreeable. It consists of Mr. Berthure, a New York businessman; Mr. Chipwell, a young man from Guernsey, settled in Virginia; Captain Pinkham, of the island of Nantucket, who has just completed two excellent whaling trips in southern seas for Mr. Mather, and who knows all the Mathers very well. One Captain Burke, a little man puffed up with vanity, and a Mr. Hollyday, a Methodist minister from <strong>Man</strong>chester, who is the laughing stock of all the others. I pass as a native of Louisiana, which I prefer, being among native born Englishmen, ________ good federalists and enemies of the French. We are well fed aboard, on the whole as well as possible on a ship. We arrived at the Grand Banks of the new world last Thursday, the sixteenth day after our departure from Falmouth. We saw 12 to 15 boats anchored, fishing for codfish. We came up near one boat [p 2] in order to send someone aboard to get some codfish, sending a rowboat to it, and we ourselves began to fish. In less than two hours we had caught 15 codfish with two lines, the only lines we had aboard. A dozen codfish and two halibut were produced from the fisherman, and we feasted on them the rest of the trip. <strong>The</strong>y made an excellent fish stew, which the Americans call “chowder.” In an iron cooking pot they put some pieces of pork. Cut and browned, the fresh codfish is sliced into strips. Water and a pint of port are added, and it is simmered for 20 minutes to half an hour, with the addition of pepper, salt and a bouquet of herbs, when they are available. <strong>The</strong> coast doesn’t look very pleasant, when you get your first view of the land on entering the harbor, but as one goes father in the view increasingly improves. In any case, it in no way resembles the coasts of France and England, even though everywhere you see trees, greenery and rocks. But these are all differently distributed and mixed up. I don’t mean to say that the coast of England is more agreeable to the eye; on the contrary I know of 5 Attempts to trace the name of the vessel that Jean-Baptiste sailed on have so far been fruitless. 23
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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
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Page 21: In case you receive from Messrs. Fa
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
Page 71 and 72: 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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