Weather (New Orleans, La.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Robert Stevens, Jr. Letter to his Parents
Collection
Identifier: SC 00684
Scope and Contents
One letter written by Robert Stevens, Jr. to his parents in Newport, Rhode Island concerning an attempted slave revolt and a devastating storm in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 19, 1812. The first part of the letter concerns a plan by a white man, with the help of several slaves, to set fire to the town, rob the banks and inhabitants, and murder those that stood in their way. The attempt was discovered before it was carried out and those involved were taken to prison. The rest of the...
Dates:
1812 August 23
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