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<strong>The</strong> end. <strong>The</strong> measurements above are English measurements and must be given to the manufacturer as such. 19 19 <strong>The</strong>re are no measurements in this letter. Hence perhaps there was a note enclosed in the letter, as is possibly indicated in the section on the guns. 54
Letter 14. New Orleans, February 11, 1809 [From Jean-Baptiste Florian to his wife and four daughters, still in England] I don’t know to what to attribute your silence, my dear friends. I am addressing you in the plural, because I don’t know to which of you this letter will be delivered, and whether it will even reach you at all. Mr. Clay, Mr. Kirkland’s correspondent, told me two or three days ago that in letters written in October, it was announced to Mr. Kirkland from London that Miss Ravencamp with my wife and my daughters were going to leave by the first boat for New York. <strong>The</strong>re has been news from London here up through November 5. How is it then that neither Emmanuel nor I have received a single letter from any of you? You have no idea of the worry this causes me. It would seem that all the family must have left before the October packet, but look, it has already arrived. Is the boat ready to leave France or has some misfortune happened to it? Truthfully, I tremble to think about it. It should have arrived in New York two months ago, and we have letters from that city from the end of December, but not a one from Cheriot. If you had written me by the October packet, I would long ago have received your letters. As regards to Miss Ravencamp, it is well that you know that according to the report of her tutor, Mr. Kirkland, she has 20 thousand pounds sterling, Jamaica currency, which makes 55 to 60 thousand gourdes. This, my dear friends, is for your guidance, if there is still time. It seems to me that Peter 20 could surrender and make an approach to her. <strong>The</strong> young lady is very attractive, and 60 thousand gourdes gives her new charms. In any case, it would be appropriate to verify the fact though Mrs. Davison, who should know what’s what. I expect to leave next week to make a trip through Atacapas, ______ Natchitoches. From there, I will go back down the Red River and will cross over to the left bank of the river in the Spanish sector, which begins above Bayou Sara, and extends the length of the river as far as Bayou <strong>Man</strong>chac, taking in thus, Baton Rouge, Montesano, and the country known as “Feliciana,” which really is one of the prettiest in the world, from what I saw of it when coming down the river. This section has the advantage of never having been under the embargo, and though communication with Pensacola is long, it nevertheless is very regular, since the confirmation of the embargo in the United States, so that there they sell cotton at 15 cents, whereas here they barely get 12. Land is not expensive. Negroes are being imported into the United States, and one can calculate that they are netting 6 thousand [p 2] of unginned cotton, at 4 cents a pound, per head of Negroes ______ 400 gourdes, on the average. <strong>The</strong>y are working to make the [communication ?] ____ lakes by Bayou <strong>Man</strong>chac even easier and as _____ English vessels leave in great numbers for Pensacola, it appears that cotton will climb (in price) and sell as usual for 5 cents the pound unginned, or 20 to 22 cents unginned. 20 “Peter” almost certainly refers to Pierre Renee de Segrais, brother-in-law to Jean-Baptiste. Alas for Jean- Baptiste’s matchmaking, Pierre never married Miss Ravencamp or anyone else, and died a bachelor in Paris, after living for several years in Calcutta, India. 55
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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 and 20: Letter 2. [Letter translated, not o
Page 21 and 22: In case you receive from Messrs. Fa
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: will see all the country from there
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,
Page 73 and 74: ye-grass, clover, sainfoin, [Lucern
Page 75 and 76: Section 2 Letters From Other Family
Page 77 and 78: as much for the grandeur as for the
Page 79 and 80: Your affectionate uncle, Jolly Patr
Page 81 and 82: ignorant of the renunciation which
Page 83 and 84: Eliza talks only about her pretty f
Page 85 and 86: Elizabeth Florian Talcott, later in
Page 87 and 88: Letter 5. [Letter from Marguerite M
Page 89 and 90: I have seen the Couissin girls, the
Page 91 and 92: I took [the girls?] to a grand ball
Page 93 and 94: They should not al
Page 95 and 96: Your sisters had promised to reimbu
Page 97 and 98: Now I must scold you for not termin
Page 99 and 100: My dear Papa, My sisters have told
Page 101 and 102: Letter 8. [Letter from Marguerite M
Page 103 and 104: 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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