From The Underwear and Hosiery Review (1941), a trade journal. This tells the story of the mill.
This article says that Philip van Horne Lansdale was probably the first to introduce bicycles to the area. Also see Neff's 2018 article in The Korea Times.
A description of the career of Charles McLellan by another Confederate officer whom he served with. It omits, however, that he was at Gettysburg as well, which is confirmed by family letters. From Confederate Veteran vol. 6, no. 11.
from Confederate Veteran vol. 11, no. 9
This note tells about a setback that occurred before Jean Couret could open the Ruby.
This tells the first part of the story of Agatha Pitard Turnbull's death; she attempted to shoot her daughter Blanche, and herself, rather than let her daughter be taken back to an insane asylum. This is from the Times-Picayune, 18 July, 1919, p5.
One of the original columns written by Chapman on the Browne family. These were the first draft of his Monograph.
This cites no sources, but describes the line from Bryce through Capt. Joseph McLellan to Maj. Hugh McLellan. Because there are no sources it is less authoritative, but I believe that the author, William Barry, is associated with the McLellan-Sweat house.
This is a development in the death of Agatha Pitard, about a month after the original shooting incident. This is from the Times-Picayune, 19 Aug. 1919, p5.
This is a reprint of an article originally published between 1890 and 1895 describing the McLellan shipyards run by the McLellans on the south bank of the Mississippi in New Orleans. Pictured are William H.P. McLellan (d. 1895) and two of his sons, Alden and Orris. "Azeal" in the body of the article must mean "Asahel," the other living brother. This is taken from "Old Algiers" by Richard Remy Dixon, page 57.
This announces a trip north by Joseph DeGrange.
This tells of Agatha Pitard Turnbull's death. This is from the New Orleans States, 23 Aug. 1919, p3.
from Cotton (July, 1924), a trade journal, about Alden Mills
Article from Times-Picayune, 26 Oct. 1911, that describes the death of Raoul Tanneret
This describes the loss of the steamer along with "Dr. Hacker, of Plaquemines, with his nephew, a lad of some thirteen years of age, and his daughter." The nephew, not named in any articles about the incident, was very likely Octave Florian Pitard, who would have been 13 at the time.
I would not use this as a source, but it might be interesting as an historical effort to document the family. It does, helpfully, contain a bibliography.
This volume contains the essays by John S.C. Abbott in his series of stories "Heroic Deeds by Heroic Men," including reporting on Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
This snippet announces the opening of Jean Couret's bar & cafe the Ruby.
This document, by Alma Julie von Rosenberg, describes the children of Otto von Rosenberg (1766-1817) whom she was surprised to find, on reading the Froelich Book, had been divorced twice.
- Caroline Marie Charlotte Froelich
- Dr. Christoph Froelich, III
- Pfarrer (Pastor) Christoph Froelich
- Johanna Dorothea Froelich
- Theodor Ferdinand Richter
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This is a copy of orders created in June, 1862 to create groups of Confederate partisan rangers in western Louisiana.
This mistakenly says that "Thomas" Lansdale married Jamima Hyatt; in fact Richard Lansdale did.
- Source: Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren, and Pulaski Counties, Indiana
- Elizabeth Bond Boswell
- Jamima Hyatt
- Margaretta Lansdale
- Richard Lansdale
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This gives a biography and traces his ancestry as well.
- Source: Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas
- Auguste Franziska Anders
- Anna von Rosenberg
- Arthur von Rosenberg
- Carl Alexander "Axel" von Rosenberg
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This newspaper article describes Bryce McLellan's house, which is apparently the oldest house in Portland, Maine.
This .pdf includes the original 1918 article and its 1923 one-page addendum.
This article describes the events around the death of CSA Maj. Jean Baptiste Prados on a mission in 1863.
This report by the commander of the 19th Maine, Col. Sewall, mentions Dr. Levensaler's service at the Battle of Fredericksburg (Dec. 1862). It is taken from the Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, series 1, vol. 21. The end of the report at the top of the page, by his brigade commander Gen. Sully, mentions that this was the first action the 19th Maine had seen during the war. It was a brutal defeat for the Union.
Banks was the Union General at the battle; this is his official report to Secretary of War Stanton on the siege (and later action in Texas) taken from the Official Records (Series 1, vol. 26, part 1)
Article from the Times Picayune, 15 Mar. 1925, p13. The woman in the first paragraph who died in 1866 is Emilie Lacoste, who married as her second husband Pierre Hacker (d. 1835). I'm not sure whether the name in the article, "Laporte," is her maiden name "Lacoste," or a variation on her first husband's name, "Mahé-Desportes."
According to this article, she died in the North Rampart St. home of Mrs. George Washington Dunbar: this is her daughter Charlotte Zulmee Hacker (d. 1910).
Many descendants of the family are named here as well.
This bookplate was designed by Amelie Roman (1893-1939; Newcomb 1896), whose initials you can see on the lower left.
This document, a page from the Senate's proceedings, indicates when Dr. Henry Levensaler was brevetted to Lt. Col. in 1866, after the war.
I do not yet know the full story behind this bill, in case anyone can help. It is for service about the ship "John Adams" just before the Civil War. Similar acts are S. 392, and S. 370.
Laura Hall and Walter Kennedy were married on Tuesday, December 7th, at 10:00 AM in St. James Church. The year, unfortunately, is not included here.
From vol. 30 of Harper's Magazine (Dec. 1864-May, 1865), 150-166.
From vol. 30 of Harper's Magazine (Dec. 1864-May, 1865), 425-439
From vol. 30 of Harper's Magazine (Dec. 1864-May, 1865), 575-593.
An essay about Lt. James Waddell and his captaincy of the Confederate raider "Shenandoah" during the Civil War.
There were two locations for Pitard Hardware; this one was on Dauphine St., with Richmond Daniel Pitard's name. James Ford, the secretary, could be related to his wife Alice Ford.
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second series, vol. 10 (1899), 52-80
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second series, vol. 10 (1899), 143-174
A newspaper article
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, vol. 8 (1897), 66-95.
- Source: Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society
- Gen. Clark Swett Edwards
- Abigail McLellan
- Alexander McLellan
- Bryce McLellan
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This is the text of an article on Bryce McLellan's house in Portland, Maine, which he built in 1731. It also includes information about his family and the area.
The memo at the bottom of this page is a note from Gen. Nathaniel Banks inquiring after the murders of Majors Prados and Bauduc on the Virtue. This is taken from the Compilation of Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, series II, vol. 5.
Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, Second Series, vol. 5 (1894), 294-305.
From the Times-Picayune, 21 Oct. 1906, p6.
An article on William McLellan's War of 1812 exploits in the brig "Boxer."