Join me on a free tour of one of the most historic spaces in New Orleans: St. Anthony’s Garden
Research for this tour included scouring newspaper archives both on newspapers.com and NewsBank (via New Orleans Public Library database collection) and visiting Gallier House, Hermann-Grima House and the City Archives and Special Collections at the New Orleans Public Library.
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Pirates Alley
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Pere Antoine
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Ghosts of the Alleys
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Bisphsm, Clarence Wyatt. Fray Antonio de Sedella: An Appreciation. Louisiana Historical Quarterly 2:1 January 1919. Accessed via https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Louisiana/_Texts/LHQ/2/1/Sedella*.html on November 4, 2023.
Scott, Mike. “Who was Pere Antoine? And Why was an Alley Named After Him?” April 23, 2017. https://www.nola.com/300/who-was-pere-antoine-and-why-is-an-alley-named-after-him/article_8e68a424-8afc-5dca-9bdd-8db72a9f6c3a.html Accessed November 5, 2023.
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Duels
The Times Picayune. Saturday, January 28, 1837. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Friday, February 3, 1837. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Thursday, June 18, 1840. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Tuesday, February 23, 1841. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Wednesday, May 4, 1842. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Thursday, May 5, 1842. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Saturday, April 8, 1843. Page 2.
The Times Picayune. Friday, January, 19, 1855. Page 6.
The Times Democrat. Sunday, December 28 1890. Page 4.
Images:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Anthonys_Garden_Souvenir_of_New_Orleans.jpg
https://www.vlnola.com/st-louis-cathedral
https://digital.sandiego.edu/linen_postcards/284/
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pere_Antoine_Alley_1943.jpg
https://issuu.com/renaissancepublishing/docs/nom_april2018_de_c56ae32d7abc21
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cabildo_Alley,_New_Orleans