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Letter 21. [Letter translated, not original, in English, handwritten, in the Edward Ladd collection, Mobile, AL] Natchitoches [Louisiana] 6 December 1809 [Apparently to both Marguerite Marie LeDet de Segrais and her brother Emmanuel, but addressed to:] To: E.M. Ledet, Esq., New Orleans I did not expect to write you a second time from here, my good friend, by the post, but all circumstances have combined to prevent me from leaving sooner. <strong>The</strong> weather has been so unfavorable up to the present that it has been impossible for me to leave by land or water, nor have I been able to load the barge. I hope, however, that by Sunday or Monday I will be en route. I count upon bringing to you, my dear Emanuel, twenty bales of cotton, and two or three thousand rolls of tobacco, of which two thousand are on commission. We embarked all of the Tobacco from the German side, because they send the two thousand surplus rolls to be sold on their account by Ledet, and they value them at four Dutch shillings. I can draw upon you, my dear friend, by letter of exchange for $86.03 at one month’s sight, to the order of an old thief of an inhabitant here who passed the Cotton through his gin last Spring, and who insisted on having the Cash. Ah! My friend, there was the devil to pay before bringing this gentleman to reason. He demands his pay, but never pays anything himself, so you see what a devil he is. I have much to tell you about him. <strong>The</strong> post has arrived sooner than usual and is leaving at once, so I only have time to embrace you and all those I love. You say that I do not see to things, that I only count the minutes till I am en route, that I fret like a child, and damn this place like a man. You draw but a feeble picture of my situation. Ah! Soon! Ah! Soon, my best loved, my dear little ones. Ah! Soon! J.B. Florian 74
Section 2 Letters From Other Family Members, 1801-1856 Including Marguerite Marie Le Det de Segrais (wife of Jean Baptiste) and <strong>The</strong>ir Four Daughters, and Pierre Rene Le Det de Segrais (brother of Marguerite) and Others 75
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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
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
Page 71 and 72: Letter 20. Montesano [West Florida,
Page 73: ye-grass, clover, sainfoin, [Lucern
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
Page 105 and 106: some years this will be quite a lar
Page 107 and 108: Letter 10. . [Undated letter from P
Page 109 and 110: Duault is the most perfect and fine
Page 111 and 112: sad, as did I, just a passerby on t
Page 113 and 114: almost all the summer in the countr
Page 115 and 116: Letter 12. [Letter from Pierre Rene
Page 117 and 118: Adieu dear Friend! I hope that at l
Page 119 and 120: Letter 14. [Letter in response from
Page 121 and 122: attachments which had been planned
Page 123 and 124: 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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