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In Jean Laffite, water was a foot deep under Eva Alexie's house, which is raised about eight feet off the flat ground.
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In Jean Laffite, water was a foot deep under Eva Alexie's house, which is raised about eight feet off the flat ground.
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Keith E. Gatling Syracuse, N. Y.Pardoning a Historical Hero As a translator of the memoirs of Jean Laffite (that's how he spelled his family name), I'd like to point out that your Feb. 26 graphic on presidential pardons ( "A Checkered Past," NATIONAL AFFAIRS) inaccurately implies that Laffite, along with his pirates, was pardoned by President James Madison for aiding the British in the War of 1812.
Mail Call 2007
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She and Tansy had often sneaked off to play at Jean Laffite until Miss Winters had discovered them dueling with two of her finest parasols while Cecille du Pardieu, squealing like a piglet, prepared to walk the plank.
Once An Angel Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 1993
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My grandfather said that Jean Laffite used to tie his boat there when he was blackbirding and that he had buried a treasure between two oaks on the back of our property.
The Lost Get-Back Boogie James Lee Burke 1986
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In Jean Laffite, water was a foot deep under Eva Alexie's house, which is raised about eight feet off the flat ground.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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In Jean Laffite, water was a foot deep under Eva Alexie's house, which is raised about eight feet off the flat ground.
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In Jean Laffite, water was a foot deep under Eva Alexie's house, which is raised about eight feet off the flat ground.
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James Campbell, after he left Jean Laffite upon the abandonment of Galveston Island in 1821.
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James Campbell, after he left Jean Laffite upon the abandonment of Galveston Island in 1821.
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