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Jean Lafitte | |
— Pirate — | |
Late 19th-century artist's depiction of Jean Lafitte | |
Type | Pirate |
Born | circa 1775 |
Place of birth | Possibly France or Saint-Domingue |
Died | circa 1823 |
Place of death | Possibly Yucatán, the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Illinois, or Leon, Nicaragua, or São Miguel Island, Azores |
Rank | Captain |
Base of operations | Barataria Bay, Galveston |
Commands | The Republican |
Battles/wars | Battle of New Orleans |
Jean Lafitte | |
— Pirate — | |
Late 19th-century artist's depiction of Jean Lafitte | |
Type | Pirate |
Born | circa 1775 |
Place of birth | Possibly France or Saint-Domingue |
Died | circa 1823 |
Place of death | Possibly Yucatán, the Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Illinois, or Leon, Nicaragua, or São Miguel Island, Azores |
Rank | Captain |
Base of operations | Barataria Bay, Galveston |
Commands | The Republican |
Battles/wars | Battle of New Orleans |
Jean Lafitte (c. 1776 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his elder brother, Pierre, spelled their last name Laffite, but English-language documents of the time used "Lafitte". The latter has become the common spelling in the United States, including for places named for him.
Lafitte is believed to have been born either in France or the French colony of Saint-Domingue. By 1805, he operated a warehouse in New Orleans to help disperse the goods smuggled by his brother Pierre Lafitte. After the United States government passed the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lafittes moved their operations to an island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. By 1810, their new port was very successful; the Lafittes pursued a successful smuggling operation and also started to engage in piracy.
Though Lafitte tried to warn Barataria of a British attack, the American authorities successfully invaded in 1814 and captured most of Lafitte's fleet. In return for a pardon, Lafitte helped General Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans against the British in 1815. The Lafittes became spies for the Spanish during the Mexican War of Independence and moved to Galveston Island, Texas, where they developed a pirate colony called Campeche.
Lafitte continued attacking merchant ships as a pirate around Central American ports until he died around 1823 trying to capture Spanish vessels. Speculation about his life and death continues among historians.
A number of details about Jean Lafitte's early life remain obscure - often they contradict each other. In one document, Lafitte claimed to have been born in Bordeaux, France, in 1780. He and his brother Pierre alternately claimed to have been born in Bayonne, while other documents of the time place his birthplace as St. Malo or Brest. Lafitte's biographer Jack C. Ramsay says, "this was a convenient time to be a native of France, a claim that provided protection from the enforcement of American law".[1] Other contemporary accounts claim that Lafitte was born in Orduna, Spain or in Westchester, New York.[1]
Ramsay speculates that Lafitte was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti).[1] In the late 18th century, adult children of the French planters in Saint-Domingue often resettled along the Mississippi River in La Louisiane, an area claimed by France, and especially in its largest city of New Orleans. He has found families with the surname Lafitte in Louisiana documents dating as early as 1765.[2] According to Ramsay, Lafitte, his elder brother Pierre, and his widowed mother migrated from Saint-Domingue to New Orleans in the 1780s. In approximately 1784, his mother married Pedro Aubry - a New Orleans merchant - and kept Jean with her. Pierre was raised by extended family elsewhere in Louisiana.[3]
According to Ramsay, as a young man, Lafitte likely spent much time exploring the wetlands and bayou country south of New Orleans. In later years, he was described as having "a more accurate knowledge of every inlet from the Gulf than any other man".[3] His elder brother Pierre became a privateer; he may have operated from Saint-Domingue, which frequently[when?] issued letters of marque.[3] Lafitte likely helped his brother to sell or trade the captured merchandise. By 1805 he was thought[by whom?] to be running a warehouse in New Orleans and possibly a store on Royal Street.[4]
The biographer William C. Davis reports a different childhood for Lafitte. According to his book, Lafitte was born in or near Pauillac, France, the son of Pierre Lafitte and his second wife, Marguerite Desteil. The couple had six children, including at least three daughters. Jean Lafitte was likely born in 1782, although he was not baptized until 1786. Pierre Lafitte had one other child, also named Pierre, from his first marriage to Marie LaGrange, who died in childbirth. The boys were given a basic Catholic education.[5]
Acknowledging that details of Lafitte's first twenty years are sparse, Davis speculates that Lafitte spent much time at sea as a child, probably aboard ships owned by his father, a known trader.[6] Davis places Lafitte's brother Pierre in Saint-Domingue in the late 1790s and the early 19th century. Due to escalating violence from the Haitian Revolution, in early 1803 Pierre boarded a refugee ship for New Orleans.[7] By 1806, several "Captain Lafitte"s operated in New Orleans; Jean Lafitte was likely one of them.[6]
The United States made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In January 1808, the government began to enforce the Embargo Act of 1807, which barred American ships from docking at any foreign port. This was problematic for New Orleans merchants, who had relied heavily on trade with Caribbean colonies of other nations.[8] The Lafitte brothers began to look for another port from which they could smuggle goods to local merchants.
They established themselves on the small and sparsely populated island of Barataria, in Barataria Bay. The bay was located beyond a narrow passage between the barrier islands of Grande Terre and Grande Isle.[9] Barataria was far from the U.S. naval base, and ships could easily smuggle in goods without being noticed by customs officials. Workers would reload goods into smaller batches onto pirogues or barges for transport through the bayous to New Orleans.[10]
Based in New Orleans, Pierre Lafitte served as a silent partner, looking after their interests in the city. Jean Lafitte spent the majority of his time in Barataria managing the daily hands-on business of outfitting privateers and arranging the smuggling of stolen goods. By 1810, the island had become a booming port.[11] Seamen flocked to the island, working on the docks or at the warehouses until they were chosen as crew for one of the privateers.[12]
Lafitte was unhappy with the time it took to transport goods from the port to the merchants; navigating the swamps could take a full week. In 1812, Lafitte and his men began holding auctions at the Temple, a prehistoric memorial earthwork mound halfway between Grande Terre and New Orleans.[13]
Dissatisfied with their role as brokers, in October 1812 the Lafitte brothers purchased a schooner and hired a Captain Trey Cook to sail it.[14] As the schooner did not have an official commission from a national government, its captain was considered a pirate operating illegally.[15] In January 1813 they took their first prize, a Spanish hermaphrodite brig loaded with 77 slaves. Sale of the slaves and additional cargo generated $18,000 in profits and the brothers adapted the captured ship for use in piracy, naming it Dorada. Within weeks, Dorada captured a schooner loaded with over $9,000 in goods. The captured schooner was not considered useful for piracy so, after unloading its cargo, the Lafittes returned the ship to its former captain and crew.[16] The Lafittes gained a reputation for treating captive crew members well, and often returned captured ships to their original crew.[17]
The brothers soon acquired a third ship, La Diligent.[18] They outfitted it with 12 fourteen-pounder cannons.[19] Dorada captured a fourth ship, a schooner they renamed Petit Milan. The brothers stripped down their original ship and used its guns to outfit the new one. They sailed three ships, which Davis described as likely "one of the largest privately owned corsair fleets operating on the coast, and the most versatile."[20] For several months, the Lafittes would send the ships directly to New Orleans with a legal cargo and would take on outgoing provisions in the city. The crew would create a manifest that listed not the provisions that had been purchased, but smuggled items stored at Barataria. Uninterested in exports from New Orleans, customs agents rarely checked the accuracy of the manifests. The ship would sail to the mouth of Bayou Lafourche, load the contraband goods, and sail "legally" back to New Orleans, with goods listed on a certified manifest.[21]
Governor William C.C. Claiborne took a leave of absence in September 1810, leaving Thomas B. Robertson as acting governor. Robertson was incensed by Lafitte's operation, calling his men "brigands who infest our coast and overrun our country".[22] The residents of New Orleans were grateful to the Lafittes for providing them with luxuries otherwise prevented by the embargo.[12] When Claiborne returned to office, he was relatively quiet on the subject.[13]
On June 18, 1812, the United States declared war on Britain. Britain maintained a powerful navy, while the United States had little naval power.[23] To supplement their navy, the United States offered letters of marque to private armed vessels. New Orleans issued six such letters, primarily to smugglers who worked with Lafitte at Barataria. The smugglers often held letters of marque from multiple countries, authorizing them to capture booty from differing nations. They submitted booty from captured British ships to the American authorities at New Orleans, while booty from all other ships was often channelled for sale on the markets through Lafitte's operation.[24] As the smuggling operations reduced the amount of revenue collected by customs offices, American authorities were determined to halt Barataria's operations.[25] Because the US Navy did not have enough ships to act against the Baratarian smugglers, the government turned to the courts. On November 10, 1812, the United States District Attorney John R. Grymes charged Lafitte with "violation of the revenue law".[26] Three days later, 40 soldiers were sent to ambush the Baratarians; they captured Lafitte, his brother Pierre, and 25 unarmed smugglers on November 16, and confiscated several thousand dollars of contraband. Officials released the smugglers after they posted bond, and they disappeared, refusing to return for a trial.[26]
Although under indictment, in March 1813 Lafitte registered as captain of Le Brig Goelette la Diligente for a supposed journey to New York.[27] Biographer Jack Ramsay speculates that the voyage was intended to "establish...[Lafitte] as a privateering captain".[28] Lafitte soon acquired a letter of marque from Cartagena, but never sent any booty there. He brought all captured goods to Barataria.[29]
Lafitte's continued flouting of the laws angered Governor Claiborne, who, on March 15, issued a proclamation against the Baratarian "banditti ... who act in contravention of the laws of the United States ... to the evident prejudice of the revenue of the federal government".[29] The proclamation was printed in the nationally read Niles' Weekly Register.[29]
In October, a revenue officer prepared an ambush of a band of Lafitte's smugglers. The smugglers wounded one of the officers and safely escaped with the contraband.[30] The following month, the governor offered a $500 reward for Lafitte's capture. Within two days of his offer, handbills were posted all over New Orleans offering a similar award for the arrest of the governor. Although the handbills were made in Lafitte's name, Ramsay believes "it is unlikely [the handbills] originated with him".[31] Following the reward offer, Lafitte wrote Claiborne a note denying the charges of piracy.[31]
Given the success of his auctions at the Temple, in January 1814 Lafitte set up a similar auction at a site just outside New Orleans. Officials tried to break up this auction by force, and in the ensuing gunfight, one of the revenue officers was killed and two others were wounded.[32] Many of the city's merchants were also unhappy with this auction, because it allowed their customers to buy goods directly from Lafitte at a lower price than the merchants could charge.[33]
Claiborne appealed to the new state legislature, citing the lost revenues due to the smuggling. He requested approval to raise a militia company to "disperse those desperate men on Lake Barataria whose piracies have rendered our shores a terror to neutral flags".[33] The legislature appointed a committee to study the matter but, as most of their constituents benefitted by the smuggling, they never authorized the militia. A grand jury indicted Pierre Lafitte after hearing testimony against him by one of the city's leading merchants.[33] Lafitte was arrested, tried, convicted and jailed on charges of "having knowingly and wittingly aided and assisted, procured, commanded, counselled, and advised" persons to commit acts of piracy".[34]
While Pierre was jailed, Jean operated the piracy and smuggling business. Over the next few months, the British Navy increased patrols in the Gulf of Mexico, and by August they had established a base at Pensacola. On September 3, 1814, the British ship HMS Sophie fired on a pirate ship returning to Barataria.[35] Lafitte's ship grounded in shallow water where the larger British ship could not follow. The British raised a white flag and launched a small dinghy with several officers. Lafitte and several of his men rowed to meet them halfway.[36]
Captain Nicholas Lockyer, the commander of the Sophie, had been ordered to contact the "Commandant at Barataria". He was accompanied by a Royal Marine infantry Captain, John McWilliam,[37][38] who had been given a package to deliver to Lafitte. The Baratarians invited the British officers to row to their island. When they had disembarked and were surrounded by his men, Lafite identified himself to them. Many of the smugglers wanted to lynch the British men, but Lafitte intervened and placed guards outside his home to ensure their protection.[36] McWilliam brought two letters in his packet for Lafitte: one, under the seal of King George III, offered Lafitte and his forces British citizenship and land grants in the British colonies in the Americas if they promised to assist in the naval fight against the United States and to return any recent property that had been taken from Spanish ships. (The British were allied with Spain against the French and the US.) If they refused the offer, the British Navy would destroy Barataria. The second item was a personal note to Lafitte from McWilliam's superior, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Nicolls, urging him to accept the offer.[39]
Believing that the US would eventually prevail in the war against Great Britain, Lafitte thought he could more easily defeat the US revenue officers than he could the British navy.[40] He had also been told in August that American officials were planning an assault on Baratria with forces under the command of Commodore Daniel Patterson. They feared that Lafitte and his men might side with the British.
Lafitte tried to convince the Americans that they had nothing to fear from him.[41] He sent a message to the Americans that few of his men favored helping the British, but said he needed 15 days to review their offer.[40] Lafitte had copies of the letters sent to Jean Blanque, a member of the state legislature who had invested in the Barataria operation. In a personal note, Lafitte reminded Blanque that his brother Pierre was still in jail and deserved an early release. Lafitte added a note to Governor Claiborne, saying,
"I am the stray sheep, wishing to return to the sheepfold ... If you were thoroughly acquainted with the nature of my offenses, I should appear to you much less guilty, and still worthy to discharge the duties of a good citizen."[42]
Lafitte committed him and his men for any defensive measures needed by New Orleans. Within two days of Lafitte's notes, Pierre "escaped" from jail.[42]
The US ordered an attack on Lafitte's colony. On September 13, 1814 Commodore Daniel Patterson set sail aboard the USS Carolina for Barataria. He was accompanied by six gunboats and a tender. The fleet anchored off Grande Terre and the gunboats attacked. By midmorning, 10 armed pirate ships formed a battle line in the bay. Within a short period, Lafitte's men abandoned their ships, set several on fire, and fled the area. When Patterson's men went ashore, they met no resistance. They took 80 people captive, but Lafitte escaped safely. The Americans took custody of six schooners, one felucca, and a brig, as well as 20 cannon and goods worth $500,000.[43]
On September 23, Patterson and his fleet, including the eight captured ships, began the return trip to New Orleans. Widely publicized, the raid was hailed by the Niles' Weekly Register as "a major conquest for the United States".[44] Lafitte was described as
"a man who, for about two years past, has been famous for crimes that the civilized world wars against. ... [He] is supposed to have captured one hundred vessels of all nations, and certainly murdered the crews of all that he took, for no one has ever escaped him."[44]
Following the custom of the times, Patterson filed a legal claim for the profits from the confiscated ships and merchandise. An attorney representing Lafitte argued that the captured ships had flown the flag of Cartagena, an area at peace with the United States. One of Lafitte's men testified that the Baratarians had never intended to fight the US but had prepared their vessels to flee. The judge ruled that Patterson should get the customary share of profits from the goods that had already been sold, but he did not settle the ownership of the ships. They were held in port under custody of the United States marshal.[45] Likely inspired by Lafitte's offer to help defend Louisiana, Governor Claiborne wrote the US Attorney General, Richard Rush requesting a pardon for the Baratarians, saying that for generations, smugglers were "esteemed honest ... [and] sympathy for these offenders is certainly more or less felt by many of the Louisianans".[46] According to Ramsay, Claiborne next wrote to General Andrew Jackson, "implying Patterson had destroyed a potential first line of defense for Louisiana". by his capture of Lafitte and his ships.[47] Jackson responded, "I ask you, Louisianans, can we place any confidence in the honor of men who have courted an alliance with pirates and robbers?"[47]
When Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans on December 1, 1814, he discovered the city had not created any defenses.[48] It had approximately 1,000 unseasoned troops and two ships for its use. Although the city kept control of the eight ships taken from Lafitte, it did not have enough sailors to man them for defense. Resentful of the raid on Barataria, Lafitte's men refused to serve on their former ships.[49]
In mid-December, Jackson met with Lafitte, who offered to serve if the US would pardon those of his men who agreed to defend the city. Jackson agreed to do so.[50] On December 19, the state legislature passed a resolution recommending a full pardon for all of the former residents at Barataria.[51] With Lafitte's encouragement, many of his men joined the New Orleans militia or as sailors to man the ships. Others formed three artillery companies.[52]
On December 23, advance units of the British fleet reached the Mississippi River.[52] Lafitte realized that the American line of defense was so short as potentially to allow the British to encircle the American troops. He suggested that the line be extended to a nearby swamp, and Jackson ordered it done.[53] The British began firing at the American lines on December 28, but were repulsed by an artillery crew manned by two of Lafitte's former lieutenants, Renato Beluche and Dominique Youx.[54]
Patterson praised the Barataria men who served on one of the US Navy ships, and whose skill with artillery was greater than their British counterparts.[55] On land and sea, the former pirate gunners earned praise as the battle continued. On January 21, Jackson issued a statement praising his troops, especially the cannoneers and "Captains Dominique and Beluche, lately commanding privateers of Barataria, with part of their former crews and many brave citizens of New Orleans, were stationed at Nos. 3 and 4."[56] Jackson named Jean and Pierre Lafitte for having "exhibited the same courage and fidelity".[56] He formally requested clemency for the Lafittes and the men who had served under them. The government granted them all a full pardon on February 6.[57][58]
In late 1815 and early 1816, the Lafitte brothers agreed to act as spies for Spain, which was embroiled in the Mexican War of Independence. Collectively they were known as "Number thirteen". Pierre was to inform about the situation in New Orleans, and Jean was sent to Galveston Island, a part of Spanish Texas that served as the home base of Louis-Michel Aury, a privateer who claimed to be a Mexican revolutionary.[59] By early 1817, other revolutionaries had begun to congregate at Galveston, hoping to make it their base to wrest Mexico from Spanish control. Lafitte visited in March 1817.[60] Two weeks into his stay, the two leaders of the revolutionaries left the island.
The following day, Lafitte took command of the island and appointed his own officers. On April 18, he sailed for New Orleans to report his activities.[61] With Spanish permission, Lafitte returned to Galveston, promising to make weekly reports of his activities.[62]
Lafitte essentially developed Galveston Island as another smuggling base. Like Barataria, Galveston was a seaward island that protected a large inland bay. As part of Mexico, it was outside the authority of the United States, and was largely uninhabited, except by Native American Karankawa.[63]
Lafitte named his colony Campeche, after a Mexican outpost further south along the Gulf Coast. His men tore down the existing houses and built 200 new, sturdier structures.[64] Ships operating from Galveston flew the flag of Mexico, but they did not participate in the revolution. Lafitte wanted to avoid a Spanish invasion.[65] Aury returned to Galveston several months later, but he left in July when he realized that the men were unwilling to revolt.[66]
In less than a year, Lafitte's colony grew to 100–200 men and several women.[67] Lafitte interviewed all newcomers and required them to take a loyalty oath to him. The headquarters was a two-story building facing the inland harbor, where landings were made. The building was surrounded by a moat and painted red; it became known as Maison Rouge. Lafitte conducted most business aboard his ship, The Pride, where he also lived.[68] Lafitte created "letters of marque" from an imaginary nation to "authorize" all the ships sailing from Galveston as privateers. The letters gave the ships "permission" to attack ships from all nations.[69]
In April 1818, the United States passed a law prohibiting the import of slaves into any port in the United States. The law left several loopholes, giving permission to any ship to capture a slave ship, regardless of the country of origin. Slaves captured in such actions who were turned over to the customs office would be sold within the United States, with half the profits going to the people who turned them in. Lafitte worked with several smugglers, including Jim Bowie, to profit from the poorly written law. Lafitte's men identified slave ships and captured them. Smugglers would purchase the slaves for a discounted price, march them to Louisiana, and turn them in to customs officials. A representative of the smuggler would purchase the slaves at the ensuing auction, and the smuggler would be given half of the purchase price. The smuggler became the lawful owner of the slaves and could resell them in New Orleans, or transport them for sale in other parts of the Deep South, which was the major market of the time.[70]
In 1818, the colony suffered hardships. After Lafitte's men kidnapped a Karankawa woman, warriors of her tribe attacked and killed five men of the colony. The corsairs aimed the artillery at the Karankawa, killing most of the men in the tribe. A hurricane in September resulted in flooding of most of the island, in which several people died. It destroyed four ships and most buildings. Only six houses survived as habitable.[71]
Around 1820, Lafitte reportedly married Madeline Regaud, possibly the widow or daughter of a French colonist who had died during an ill-fated expedition to Galveston. They had his only known son, Jean Pierre Lafitte (d. 1832).
In 1821, the schooner USS Enterprise was sent to Galveston to remove Lafitte from the Gulf. One of the pirate's captains had attacked an American merchant ship. Lafitte agreed to leave the island without a fight, and on May 7, 1821 departed on The Pride. His men burned the Maison Rouge, fortress and settlement.[72] He reportedly took immense amounts of treasure with him, and was accompanied by his mulatto mistress and an infant son.[72] All that remains of Maison Rouge is the foundation, located at 1417 Harborside Drive near the Galveston wharf.
Most of his men had believed that Lafitte had a valid privateering commission, although there was confusion on which country had issued it.[73] Two weeks after setting sail, they captured a Spanish ship, which they sent to Galveston, hoping the Longs would smuggle the goods to New Orleans.[73] Lafitte's men buried some of the cargo on the island and ran the captured vessel aground, but an American patrol spotted the ship and after investigating, discovered the buried cargo. Several of Lafitte's men were arrested and convicted of piracy.[74][Note 1]
The remainder of the crew rejoined Lafitte, who finally acknowledged that he did not have a valid commission. He said his ships would sail as pirates.[75] Almost half of the combined crew refused to sail as pirates; Lafitte allowed them to leave aboard his largest ship, the brig General Victoria. That night his remaining men reboarded the General Victoria and destroyed its masts and spars, crippling the ship, but they left the crew unharmed.[76][Note 2]
Lafitte and his men continued to take Spanish ships in the Gulf of Mexico, often returning to Galveston or the barrier islands near New Orleans to unload cargo or take on supplies arranged by Pierre.[77] The congressional delegation in Louisiana began to demand that the federal government do something to halt the smuggling, and more U.S. Navy ships were sent to the Gulf. Their patrols and interventions reduced the number of active pirates in the region.[78] In October or November 1821, Lafitte's ship was ambushed as he attempted to ransom a recent prize. After first escaping with some crew, he and his men were captured and jailed. On February 13, he escaped, likely with outside help.[79]
Over the next few months, Lafitte established a base along the coast of Cuba, where he bribed local officials with a share of the profits.[80] In late April 1822, Lafitte was captured again after taking his first American ship. The American warship which captured him turned Lafitte over to the local authorities, who promptly released him.[81] When Lafitte and other pirates operating in the area began attacking merchant ships carrying legal goods to Cuba, they angered Cuban officials.[82] By the end of 1822, Cuba had banned all forms of sea raiding.[83]
In June 1822, Lafitte approached the officials in Colombia, whose government had begun commissioning former privateers as officers in their new navy. Lafitte was granted a commission and given a new ship, a 40-ton schooner named General Santander.[84] For the first time, Lafitte was legally authorized to take Spanish ships.[85]
Lafitte continued to patrol the shipping lanes around Cuba. In November 1822, he made news in the American press after escorting an American schooner through the pirate-strewn area and providing them with extra cannonballs and food.[86]
In February 1823, Lafitte was cruising off the town of Omoa, Honduras on his 43-ton armed Colombian schooner named General Santander. Omoa was the site of the largest Spanish fort in Central America, built to guard the Spanish silver shipments from the mines of Tegucigalpa to overseas destinations. Lafitte attempted to take what appeared to be two Spanish merchant vessels on the night of February 4. It was cloudy with low visibility. The Spanish ships appeared to be fleeing but, at 10:00 pm, turned back for a frontal counterattack against Lafitte's ship. The Spanish ships were heavily armed privateers or warships and returned heavy fire.
Wounded in the battle, Lafitte is believed to have died just after dawn on February 5. He was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras.[87][Note 3] The Gaceta de Cartagena and the Gaceta de Colombia carried obituaries that noted, "the loss of this brave naval officer is moving."[88] No American newspaper published an obituary of him.[89]
Davis writes that Lafitte's death prevented his becoming obsolete; by 1825 piracy had been essentially eradicated in the Gulf of Mexico, and "the new world of the Gulf simply had no room for [his] kind".[90] Given his legendary reputation, there was much speculation about whether, or how, Lafitte had died. Rumors abounded: he changed his name after leaving Galveston and disappeared; he was killed by his own men shortly after leaving Galveston; or, he rescued Napoleon and they both died in Louisiana.[89] In 1843, Mirabeau B. Lamar investigated many of the Lafitte stories and concluded that, while there were no authentic records of death, Lafitte was likely dead.[89] By this time, Lafitte's only known son, Jean Pierre Lafitte, had died in October 1832 during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans.[91]
Ramsay compares the numerous legends related to the life and death of Lafitte to those about King Arthur and Robin Hood.[92] Lafitte is rumored to have buried treasure at many locations, including Galveston and sites along coastal Louisiana, such as Contraband Bayou in Lake Charles.[93] Ramsay believes that over time, almost "every foot of Grande Isle has been spaded for pirate gold".[92] In 1909, a man was given a six-year prison sentence for fraud after swindling thousands of dollars from people, by claiming that he knew where the Lafitte treasure was buried and taking their money for the promise to find it.[94]
In the mid-1920s, a private search for the treasure of Lafitte extended to the draining of Indian Bayou. As an arm of the Natalbany River in Springfield, Louisiana, the entire bayou was dyked and drained. The work was financed exclusively to search for the treasure of Lafitte. An Indian dugout canoe found at the time is displayed at the Cabildo in New Orleans. Under unknown circumstances, the crew and all the workmen broke camp and left one night after several weeks of work.
Numerous novels have been inspired by his exploits.
In 1948, John Andrechyne Laflin approached the Missouri Historical Society with a document he claimed was a journal Lafitte kept from 1845 until 1850.[105][106] When the historical society could not authenticate the claim, Laflin approached the Louisiana author Stanley Arthur, who wrote Jean Laffitte: Gentleman Rover based on the journal. In 1958, Laflin self-published an English translation of the journal. He refused to allow anyone else to see the original documents until 1969, when he sold them to a professional document dealer.[106] The paper and ink were analyzed and confirmed to be of mid-19th-century origin. An archivist for Bexar County, Texas declared the papers to be authentic.[107]
In 1980, the manuscript was donated to the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Texas, where, for the first time, it was made available to research.[107] Many researchers noticed a similarity between John Laflin's handwriting and the writing in the journal.[107] Handwriting analysis by experts revealed similarities between John Laflin's handwriting and that of the journal.[108] Laflin had been previously accused of forging letters from Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Davy Crocket.[109] Most historians now believe the Lafitte journal to be a forgery.[110][Note 4]
Portrayals of Lafitte extend to video games, such as Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004). Jean Lafitte was a key part of the PC game Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull.
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A Small Bowel Follow Through is an x-ray exam of your stomach and the upper section of the small intestine. To be able to see these structures on an x-ray they must be outlined with barium. Barium is a liquid that is swallowed and appears white on a x-ray picture.
You will be escorted to an x-ray room. The technologist will assist you to sit or stand in front of a vertical x-ray table. The technologist will take a few preliminary pictures. The technologist will hand you a cup of barium to hold when the exam begins. The radiologist (doctor) will instruct you when to drink the barium from the cup. The doctor will also give you directions for holding your breath and to turn into different positions during the exam. While you are drinking the barium, the doctor will watch a fluoroscopic TV screen as the barium flows down from the stomach and out into the small intestine. Several pictures will be taken during the exam to study later. During the exam the technologist will assist you to lie flat on the x-ray table. While your lying on the table, the technologist will take several x-rays from different angles. The pictures will be repeated every 15 minutes so we can observe the flow of barium down from the stomach and into the small intestine.
This exam usually takes between 1-3 hours to complete, however, depending on how quickly or how slowly the barium flows through your gastrointestinal tract will determine the length of the exam for different people.
You will be instructed to swallow about 16 ounces of barium. The barium is a chalky, white substance with a consistency similar to a milkshake. Sometimes the barium is flavored to improve the taste. During the exam, the room lights will be turned down so that the TV monitor can be seen. You will be able to hear the x-ray tube running and there will be some mechanical noise as films are loaded and unloaded from under the x-ray table. This exam should not cause you any discomfort.
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The 2nd floor is the most interactive floor of the library, where research assistance, circulation transactions and instruction activity occur. Please keep your voices low and your conversation to a minimum. Students needing to meet in groups are encouraged to use the study rooms available on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
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I kept my distance from remanufactured cartridges, as if they were the plague. Eventually, I decided to try one out. I was not expecting much, but was surprised that the remanufactured cartridge worked for my needs.
I will say this: new "branded" cartridges still seem to work the best. If quality is what you are looking for, use the manufacturer's ink cartridge.
For those who do more than average printing (like myself) but don't need their copies for business or Christmas card-type printing, a remanufactured cartridge fulfills my needs.
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By Marisa Mazria Katz. Museums, Issue 215, July-August 2010Published online: 12 August 2010
NEW YORK. Philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad lectured the assembled professionals at the annual meeting of the American Association of Museums (AAM) about their responsibilities to their visitors and colleagues, and expressed his dismay that so many works in museum collections are rarely or never displayed. "If 90% of your work is in storage you need to begin lending it to other institutions. Get art out of the basements," he said at the conference, which took place in his hometown of Los Angeles at the end of May. He then told The Art Newspaper: "With all the money being spent to store and conserve work, it doesn't make sense economically or morally not to share it with the largest possible audience."
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21 Aug 10 18:36 CET
Broad seems to be rather naive about how museums work. To lend art, you need a receiving institution that is willing to pay for transportation, insurance, loan fees (needed to keep the lending institution afloat), and provide a suitable space for storage and display. It is not simply a matter of art institutions being too greedy or lacking the imagination to share their treasures. No institution is going to invest so much capital unless the art works are really going to draw visitors. Unfortunately, not everything sitting in museum basements is an undiscovered treasure- often they are often simply lesser works, or works whose condition is too fragile to allow the to be displayed. They may be important to researchers, but are likely to be sniffed at by the general public accustomed to seeing stronger pieces. Museums do not exist only to display art to today's visitors, but also to preserve culture for scholars and future generations.
19 Aug 10 22:39 CET
As a museum professional I understand the concerns expressed here. Although I am thrilled by the enthusiasm of the public to view more of museums' collections, let it be known that many major museums are constantly reinstalling galleries with different objects and updated text panels and new perspectives on the art come to light since last installation. Furthermore, it takes money and space to show more art, plain and simple. Additionally, putting too many objects on view in finite spaces can be overwhelming for any viewer, whether public patron or scholar- this can 'turn off' enjoyment of the art and henceforth deter future patronage and support for cultural institutions. Museum curators, registrars, exhibition designers, etc. work very hard to ensure quality exhibition spaces that educate, entertain, and inspire museum goers. We too would like to display more art! To make this happen, appeal to your local legislators for public funding for the arts and support your local museum!
19 Aug 10 15:27 CET
Broad's right, of course, that museums should exhibit more. The problem is money. Tight public budgets can't get art out of basements -- they already threaten art in education. To reverse the trend toward layoffs downsizing exhibitions and outreach, artworks will have to support the arts. Their financial value in museums is the one realistically available fortune big enough to get art out of basements. Avoiding cultural depletion from deaccession requires new thinking, though. Coaccession™ preserves museums' cultural endowments while creating financial ones. Museums keep the property rights with an artwork's cultural value while selling the right with most of its financial value. This turns capital gains that can't pay for exhibits into stock and bond income that can, so a museum can have its Monet and money, too. Coaccession can start getting art out of the basement now while expanding art in the public domain rather than shrinking it. Mark White, PhD, Coaccession-at-gmail.com
19 Aug 10 20:47 CET
Mr. Broad is correct, museums needs to get the stuff in storage either on disply or on loan to another institution that can and will display it. I don't know of any donor that gives works of art for the purpose of putting them in storage.
19 Aug 10 20:50 CET
i totally agree that the art in archives should be shown freely , i mean to say that what is not seen is not known. I image that there is a great deal of wonderful art being cast aside as unimportant such as the beautiful turn of the century norweigan painters work...........unhearalded and unknown. what a smart fellow to talk about bringing all the art out so the public can avoid boredom of seeing the same works all the time giving the museums the same level of enjoyment as the masoliums. hurray for genius like ideas!
19 Aug 10 20:58 CET
Museums, like all private and public collectors, remain reticent to exposing their collections primarily due to the lack of provenance or documented ownership. Such lack of transparency emboldens the source countries and their aggressiveness toward the market countries. Which will it be.... transparency with constructive negotiations or another millenium of hide and seek. So far we have one big masquerade party. Real progress will only come when the masks are off and the cards on the table. C'mon UNESCO, its been 40 years. Time to take this on and help the global trade in cultural property graduate to the next grade. Heck, it's almost September! Next to be discussed should be the academic communities approach to the trade i.e. reality versus perception.
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When attempting to build qt-mobility 1.0.1 against opensuse 11.2 with Qt 4.7, make fails and seems to be targeting some awkward locations for installation and ignoring the prefix, make fails trying to copy something, which is odd since I'm not running make install yet
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The qmldir files need to get copied into (a subdirectory of) the directory you are building in. Looks like that fails for you. Please open a bugreport against QTMOBILITY in our bugtracker [bugreports.qt.nokia.com].
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Featuring a rooftop pool and a terrace, this Hollywood hotel is next to Dolby Theatre and TCL Chinese Theatre. All luxurious rooms have iPod docking stations. A restaurant and a full service spa are on site.
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Comfort Inn Near Old Town Pasadena Near attractions such as Universal Studios Hollywood and Dodger Stadium, and 8 miles from downtown Los Angeles, this hotel serves a daily full hot breakfast.
Score from 383 reviews
Very good
Located along Los Angeles's Sunset Boulevard, this modern hotel is just a 6-minute drive from Jackie Robinson Stadium. It features an on-site restaurant, a spa, and rooms with free Wi-Fi.
Score from 583 reviews
Very good
Only 230 feet from Grauman's Chinese Theater, this Los Angeles, California hotel features modern rooms.
Score from 669 reviews
Every staff member was very nice and helpful. The valet and restaurant wait service was excellent.
Excellent location. Close to all of the action. Hotel staff was friendly. The rooms were comfortable and clean. Great view of the Hollywood sign.
Location, Staff, room size, shower size. Guys who do taxi service super friendly as are the Chamber maids.
Central Holywood location close to Dolby theater. The staff was very nice, the bed was comfy, the room was spacious and comfortable. Our stay was very pleasant.
There were only two things that I would suggest they do better: staff comes and knocks on the door the morning of departure to ask if your leaving, never had that happen before. Seems like a not to gentle way to remind us to leave! Second thing I would ask is to train their staff to turn in any items left in the room. I know it's not their legal responsibility and every hotel on the planet is not required or expected to be responsible for items left behind. Never-the-less, it would be nice if a $400 Jacket is left in the closet, that the staff would turn it in. It's my fault that I forgot it but it sure would be nice if they would go the extra mile
Good location, friendly staff.
Offer for free travel to Universal Studios via Concierge is only after 12pm on Saturdays.
If you don't like being treated like royalty, don't stay here. The staff was phenomenal. Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. Everyone's asked if they could help with directioms or answer questions. Every staff member was accountable for very aspect of our stay. I will always choose Loews if it is an option in my destination!!!
Location was perfect with easy access to all Hollywood attractions and beaches. Concierge extremely helpful with advice about travel around the city.
Free Fiat car never available when needed, but parked outside the hotel a lot... Plenty of alternatives to get around though.
Location was perfect for sightseeing. Wonderful staff - from the front desk to cleaning personnel to the bellmen/ very friendly and welcoming. Fiat service was also amazing, used their services three times, and was an added bonus to our stay.
The facility was beautiful and very clean! The staff and doorman were friendly! The bed was amazing! Extremely comfortable
The pool was nice, the beds and linens comfortable.
They didn't remove our room service tray until after we checked out. It just sat in the hallway for hours and hours.
Rooms ar spacious, and we had a room with an upgraded shower (which was very nice). Very good and cool bar as well as really good location in Hollywood next to the subway!
The rooms look a little mixed, somethings are modern and new some things are old and look very used (e.g. the doors). The pool water is dirty.
Cucumber water in the reception area.
We booked adjoining rooms and one ended up being a disability room which was unnecessary & strange. When we arrived, our TV did not work and Power point in one bathroom was hanging off wall with wires exposed.
It was my Grandson's Birthday trip & the staff left milk, cookies & card on a tray. Very nice touch.
We had to wait until 4.30pm to get in to our room after an email earlier saying it would be ready at 2 pm.very frustrating after travelling and being told that it would be ready. The staff did not really make any effort to do anything about....you will have to wait.
Location, cleanliness, concierge very helpful.
You need black tea bags in the room
The room was very comfortable and the hotel facilities were excellent especially the pool area. Staff were very friendly and helpful. The hotel is located in the heart of Hollywood with direct access to Hollywood and Highland Mall and yet is never noisy.Food was very high quality
Excellent room given to us which when booked gave us a view of a landmark. Hannah at the front desk gave us a fantastic room with views of three landmarks at least (17th floor) She also sent us a complimentary dessert to share. A bit small for 4 people but a lovely gesture.
free wifi in the room
1. the room`s windows are locked you can`t open it.. no fresh air though the weather was great outside.. the furniture and carpet are of dark grayish to black colors. 2. they charged me after i have checked out from the hotel for the fridge though i did`nt take anything from it!! and when my bank informed me about this withdrawal i called the hotel to ask how did this happen while it is not included in the bill they gave me??? they transferred me to the lady incharge of the room service and she answered me that she will check and call me back tomorrow..but nobody called! then i called the reception next day and explained again what happened.. so they told me they refund it back. but tell know i did`nt receive anything.
The staff was great, the location was very convenient. Walk to bars/restaurants/entertainment right outside the doors. Uber to universal was 7 bucks a pop.
Prestons food quality. 90 dollar breakfast was cafeteria quality.
The hotel was clean, spacious, a short walk to the shops and train station and staff were very helpful.
Only 3 out of the four guests were allowed to log onto the internet
Location is good, quality of food very good.
TV is unusable. All inputs are blocked so you cannot watch any pictures there younhave taken during a day. Not even to play you own movie. Quality of rented movies is bad. Screen ratio is not correct so the picture looks fat and strange. You cannot even adjust brightness so dark scenes i was not able to see at all. Price of rented movies is about 17usd which is more than if you buy the movie in a shop. And that is for 1 view only. They should better write there is no TV in a room.
This hotel has the best location close to the all the Hollywood's best tourist spots and close to metro, local and tourist buses. great gym and heated outdoor pool are just a free of the great things about this hotel.


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8th May 2013
We are delighted to be hosting the first solo show of 2012's Funny Women Awards winner Gabby Best. After wowing the crowds as Croatian alter-ego Marijana at the sold-out final in September 2012, Gabby has performed all over the UK at shows and festivals. Join us for an evening at the Leicester Square Theatre, where Gabby will be introducing us to the newest characters that have been invading her brain.
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