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Battle of New Orleans
Furnishings
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Biography
Hurricanes
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Birds, Flora & Fauna
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Baltimore
Ahrens, Toni. Design Makes a Difference: Shipbuilding in Baltimore 1795-1835. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.
Andrews, Matthew Page. The Fountain Inn Diary. New York: Richard R. Smith, 1948.

Baltimore: Its History and Its People
(volume 1). New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1912.
Beirne, Francis F. The Amiable Baltimoreans. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1951.
Bourne, M. Florence. "Thomas Kemp, Shipbuilder, and His Home Wades Point," Maryland Historical Magazine XLIX:4, 271-289.

Browne, Gary Lawson. Baltimore in the Nation, 1789-1861. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
Click, Patricia C. The Spirit of the Times: Amusements in 19th-century Baltimore, Norfolk, and Richmond. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1989.
Cranwell, John Philips, and William Bowers Crane. Men of Marque: A History of Private Armed Vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812. New York: W. W. Norton, 1940.
Garitee, Jerome R. The Republic's Private Navy: The American Privateering Business as Practiced by Baltimore during the War of 1812. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University, 1977.
Gilmer, Thomas C. Pride of Baltimore: The Story of the Baltimore Clippers 1800-1990. Camden, Maine: International Marine, 1992.
Greene, Suzanne Ellery. Baltimore: An Illustrated History. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor, 1980.
Groff, Jacqueline. Images of America: Fell's Point. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
The Livelier Baltimore Committee of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association. Beyond the White Marble Steps: A Look at Baltimore Neighborhoods. J. W. Boarman, 1979.
Miles, Priscilla L. Historica Baltimore: Twelve Walking Tours of Downtown, Fells Point, Locust Point, Federal Hill and Mount Clare. Baltimore: unknown, 1987.
More than Meets the Eye: History of Maryland through Prints, 1750-1900. Digital Library of the Maryland Historical Society.
Olson, Sherry H. Baltimore: The Building of an American City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1981.
"Originial Pride of Baltimore," Pride of Baltimore II.
Pride of Baltimore: Renaissance of the Baltimore Clipper. Baltimore: unknown, 1977.
Privateer Exhibit at the Fells Point Maritime Museum, 24 October 2005.
Rockman, Seth. "Mobtown USA: Baltimore," Common-Place 3:4 (July 2003).
Scharf, J. Thomas. The Chronicles of Baltimore. Port Washington, NY: Kennikar Press, 1972.
Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County 2 volumes. Baltimore: Regional Publishing, 1971.
Scharf, J. Thomas. History of Baltimore City and County from the Earliest Period to the Present Day 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881.
Sioussat, Annie Leakin. Old Baltimore. New York: Macmillan, 1931.

Battle of New Orleans 
Albright, Harry.  New Orleans: Battle of the Bayous.  New York: Hippocreme Books, 1990.
"An Anonymous Account of the Battle of New Orleans," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. 1926.

"The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of War," Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States During the War with
     Great Britain in the
Years 1812-1815 with Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that Period. Washington, 1823.
The Battle of New Orleans: a British View.  New Orleans: The Hauser Press, 1967.
"The Battle-grounds of America. No. V-New Orleans," Graham's Magazine, July 1845 (27), pages 40-42.
Bean, Ellis P. Memoirs of Colonel Ellis P. Bean. Book Club of Texas, 1930.

Casey, Powell A.  Louisiana in the War of 1812.  1963.
Chalmette National Historical Park, Louisiana. National Park Service guide.
"A Contemporary Account of the Battle of New Orleans by a Soldier in the Ranks," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. January 1926 (9), pages 11-15.
Cooper, Sergeant John Spencer. "The Campaign for New Orleans," Rough Notes of Seven Campaigns in Portugal, Spain, France and America During the Years
     1809-1815
. Carlisle, 1914.


Dickson, Alexander. "Artillery Services in North America in 1814 and 1815, Extract from Journal of Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson," The Journal of the Society for
     Army Historical Research
.
April 1929 (8:32), pages 79-113; July 1929 (8:33), pages 147-178.

Ewart, James. James Ewart's Journal Covering his Stay at the Cape of Good Hope (1811-1814) and his Part in the Expedition to Florida and New Orleans
     (1814-1815)
. Cape Town, South
Africa: C. Struik, 1970.

Gleig, G. R. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans. Totowa, New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1972.
Greene, A. Wilson. "The Battle of New Orleans," Historic Traveler. Feb. 1997.
Greene, Jerome A. Historic Resource Study: Chalmette Unit, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Washington, DC: United States Department of the
     Interior - National Park Service, 1985.


Latour, Arsène Lacarrière. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-1815 with an Atlas. Gainesville: The Historic New Orleans
     Collection and University Press of
Florida, 1999.
Louis De Tousard Letter. (9 January 1815)  The Williams Research Center of The Historic New Orleans Collection, (MSS 18).

Pickles, Tim.  New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British (Campaign)  Oxford: Osprey, 1998.

Reilly, Robin. The British at the Gates: the New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2002.
Remini, Robert V.  The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America’s First Military Victory. New York: Viking, 1999.
Roberts, James. The Narrative of James Roberts Soldier in the Revolutionary War and at the Battle of New Orleans. Chicago: for the author, 1858.
 
Simpson, Robert. "The Battle of New Orleans," Blackwood's Magazine. September 1828 (24), pages 354-357.
Smith, Z. F. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans andthe British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the
     Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815
.


Tatum, Howell. "Major Howell Tatum's Journal While Acting Topographical Engineer (1814) to General Jackson Commanding the Seventh Military District," Smith
     College Studies in History
.
October 1921 (VIII:1) pages 1-138.

War of 1812 Battlefield Gazette

 
Biography
Abernathy, Thomas Perkins. The Burr Conspiracy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.
Abernathy, Thomas P. "The South in the New Nation 1789-1819," A History of the South (4). Louisiana State University Press, 1961.

Broomer, Richard Frank. "Bonaparte in Love," Old News.

Lloyd, Christopher. Lord Cochrane: Seaman, Radical, Liberator. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.

McCaffety, Kerri. "Napoleon in New Orleans," Historic Traveler. March 1998.
The Moral Washington: Construction of a Legend (1800-1920s)

Nolte, Vincent. Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres or, Reminiscences of the Life of a Former Merchant. Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1972.
 
Paul Hamilton, Wikipedia.
Paul Hamilton Papers, 1802-1812. South Carolina University Libraries, July 2005.
 
Smith, Richard Norton. “The Surprising George Washington, Part 2,” Prologue Magazine  (Spring 1994) 26: 1.

William Eustis, 1 March 2001.
William Eustis, Wikipedia.

William Charles Cole Claiborne

Claiborne, John Herbert. William Claiborne of Virginia. New York: Putnam, 1917.
Claiborne, William Charles Cole. Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801-1816. (6 v.) Jackson, Miss.: State Department of Archives and History,
     1917.

DeGrummond, Jane Lucas. "Cayetena Susana Bosque Y Fanqui, 'a Notable Woman,'" Louisiana History, Summer 1982, pages 277-294 (v. XXIII).
Hatfield, Joseph T. William Claiborne: Jeffersonian Centurion in the American Southwest. Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1976.
Reeves, Miriam G. Governors of Louisiana. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1964.
Reeves, William J. The Governors of Louisiana. [Claiborne, William Charles Cole]

Andrew Jackson

Boorsem, Hendrik. Young Hickory: the Making of Andrew Jackson. Dallas: Taylor Trade, 2001.
Fleming, Thomas.  "Old Hickory's Finest Hour," Military History Quarterly.  Winter, 2001, pages 6-17.
The Hermitage
The Hermitage: Home of President Andrew Jackson
Huber, Peter. "Presidential Candidate's Wife Accused of Bigamy," Old News
Jackson, Andrew. Correspondence of Andrew Jackson. New York: Kraus Reprint, 1969.  v. 1 (to 4/30/1814), v. 2 (5/1/1814-12/31/1819), v. 3 (1820-1824),
     v. 6 (1839-1845)

Jackson, Andrew. The Papers of Andrew Jackson. (5 v.) Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1991. (Volume 2: 1804-1803; Volume 3: 1814-1815.)
Marquis, James. Life of Andrew Jackson.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1938.
Morris, Hal.  A Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson 1767-1845.
Remini, Robert V. The Life of Andrew Jackson. New York: Penguin, 1990.

Edward Livingston

Hatcher, William B.  Edward Livingston: Jeffersonian Republican and Jacksonian Democrat. Louisiana State University Press, 1940.
Hunt, Charles Havens. Life of Edward Livingston. New York: D. Appleton, 1864.
Hunt, Louise Livingston. Memoir of Mrs. Edward Livingston with Letters Hitherto Unpublished. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886.
"Mrs. Louise Livingston, Wife of Edward Livingston," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. 1922 (V:3), pages 353-356.

 

Birds, Flora & Fauna

Allamanda cathartica, NC State University
Allamanda Cathartica L. – Golden Trumpet Vine, Tropiclab Inc.
Apocynaceae Allamanda cathartica. The Virtual Field herbarium.

Frangipani, Poisonous Plants, Shrubs and Trees Found on the El Yunque National Forest.

Hall, Clarence E. Flowers of the Islands in the Sun. New York City: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1966.
Hannau, Hans W. Tropical Flowers. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday & Co., unknown.
Hyacinth Macaw

The National Flower of Trinidad and Tobago

Petrea volubili, Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden.
Petrea Volubilis: Queen’s Wreath, The Wise Gardener.
Petrea volubilis – Sandpaper Vine, Queen’s Wreath Vine, California Gardens.com.
Plumeria, Gras Plant Lists.

Queen’s Wreath (Antigonon leptopus), Chihuahuan Desert Plants.

 

Caribbean Islands

Boswell, Thomas D., and Dennis Conway. The Caribbean Islands. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992.

Corbett, Bob. Haitian History.
A Country Study: Haiti. 1989.

Discover Haiti: Synopsis of Haitian History.
Dubois, Laurent. Avengers of the New World: the Story of the Haitian Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 2004.

Fielding's Caribbean. Redondo Beach, CA: Fielding Worldwide, 1995.
 
Jean-Jacques Dessalines: 1758-1806 - Hero or tyrant?

Morgan, Nina. The Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1997.

Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: from the Arawak and Carib to the Present. New York: Plume, 2000.

Stoddard, T. Lothrop. The French Revolution in San Domingo. New York: Hougton Mifflin, 1914.

 

Entertainment

 

Espionage

Foley, Gaelen. "Capturing the Gentleman Spy," Romantic Times. January 2002 (no. 215), pages 61, 128.

Great True Spy Stories.  New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

Ind, Allison.  A Short History of Espionage.  New York: David McKay, 1963.
 
Markle, Donald E. Spies and Spymasters of the Civil War. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1994.
Melton, H. Keith. The Ultimate Spy Book. Dorling Kindersley, 1996.

Nash, Jay Robert.  Spies.  New York: Evans & Co, Inc., 1997.

O'Toole, G. J. A.  Honorable Treachery.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.

Singh, Simon. The Code Book: the Evolution of Secrecy from Mary Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography. New York: Doubleday, 1999.
Sparrow, Elizabeth. Secret Service: British Agents in France, 1792-1815. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1999.
Spy Letters of the American Revolution


 
Fashion History
Bradfield, Nancy. Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930. Boston: Plays, Inc., 1985.

Davenport, Milla.  Book of Costume, volume 1.  Crown, 1968.

Hart, Avril, and Susan North. Fashion in Detail from the 17th and 18th Centuries.  New York: Rozzoli, 1998.
Hill, Margot Hamilton, and Peter A. Bucknell.  Evolution of Fashion: Pattern and Cut from 1066 to 1930.  Batsford, 1967.

Kohler, Carl.  A History of Costume.  New York: Coles, 1980.

Language of the Fan

Revolution in Fashion: European Clothing 1715-1815.  New York: Abbeville Press, 1990.
Russell, Douglas A.  Costume History and Style.  Prentice-Hall, 1983.
 
Tortora, Phyllis, and Keith Eubank.  Survey of Historic Costume. [2nd edition] New York: Fairchild Publications, 1995.
 

Fencing & Dueling

de Beaumont, C-L.  Fencing: Ancient Art and Modern Sport.  London: Kaye & Ward, 1960.
Hobbs, William.  Stage Fight.  New York: Theatre Arts Books, 1967.

 
Fiction

Devereaux, Mary. Lafitte of Louisiana.  Boston: Little Brown, 1902.
Emery, Anne. Spy in Old New Orleans.  Chicago: Rand McNally, 1960.
Gonzalez, Catherine Troxell. Lafitte: the Terror of the Gulf.  Austin: Eakin Press, 1981.
Kent, Madeleine Fabiola.  The Corsair.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1955.
Scott, Joanna Catherine. Cassandra, Lost. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004.

 

Folklore

Addison, Josephine.  Love Potions.  Topsfield, MA: Salem House, 1987.

Beck, Horace.  Folklore and the Sea.  Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1983.
Bruce-Mitford, Miranda.  Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols.  New York: DK Publishing, 1996.

DiStefano, Joseph. “Jumping the broom,” The Maven’s Word of the Day (26 February
2001).

Fischer, David Hackett. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Gibson, Claire.  Signs and Symbols.  New York: Barnes & Noble, 1996.

“Jumping the Broom/Sword/What Have You,” Catriona’s GemStone III Library (2003).

Parker, Julia and Derek.  Parker’s Complete Book of Dreams.  New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Pickering, David.  Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions.  London: Cassell, 1995.

Redford, E. and M. A.  Encyclopedia of Superstitions.  New York: Barnes & Noble, 1961.

 

Furnishings

Naeve, Milo M. Identifying American Furniture: a Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms Colonial to Contemporary. New York: W.W. Norton, 1989.

 

Hurricanes

Early Nineteenth Century Hurricanes
Evil Wind: Hurricanes in South Louisiana

Harris, D. Lee. Characteristics of the Hurricane Storm Surge (Techinical Paper #48). Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce,  1963.
History of the Barometer
Holweg, Eric J. Mariner's Guide for Hurricane Awareness in the North Atlantic Basin. National Weather Service/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric
     Administration, August 2000.

Hurricane Preparedness

Larson, Erik. Isaac's Storm. New York: Vintage Books, 1999.
Ludlum, David M.  Early American Hurricanes 1492-1870.  Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1963.

Millas, Jose Carlos. The Hurricanes of the Caribbean Sea and Adjacent Regions. Miami: Institute of Marine Science University of Miami, 1965.

Simpson, Robert H. The Hurricane and Its Impact.  Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981.
Storm surge Simulations: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sullivan, Charles L. Hurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast 1717 to Present. Biloxi, Miss.: Gulf Publishing Co., 1986.

Tannehill, Ivan Ray. Hurricanes: Their Nature and History -- Particularly Those of the West Indies and the Southern Coasts of the United States. Princeton:
     Princeton University, 1943.

"Texas City Recalls Darkest Day," The Kansas City Star. Sept. 4, 2000.

von Haeften, Dietrich. How to Cope with Storms. Dobbs Ferry, NJ: Sheridan House, 1997.

Weems, John Edward. A Weekend in September. College Station, TX: Texas A&M, 2002.

 

Impressment

Chesapeake. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
"Chesapeake," Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia, 1995.

Emerson, John C. The Chesapeake Affair of 1807. Portsmouth, VA: 1954.

"Impressment of American Seamen," Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Compton's NewMedia, 1995.

"Lawrence, James," Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Compton's NewMedia, 1995.

Mosier, Joseph C. So Uneasy a Ship: the Unfortunate Career of the Frigate Chesapeake. 1997.

Proceedings of the General Court Martial Covenant for the Trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain
     John Hall, of the United States Ship 
Chesapeake in the Month of January, 1808. US Department of the Navy, 1822.

Tucker, Spencer C., and Frank T. Reuter. Injured Honor: the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, June 22, 1807. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996.

Zimmerman, James Fulton. Impressment of America. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1966.

 
Jean and Pierre Laffite & the Baratarians
Arthur, Stanley Clisby. Jean Laffite, Gentleman Rover.  New Orleans: Harmanson, 1952.

Bean, Ellis P. Memories of Colonel Ellis P. Bean. Book Club of Texas, MCMXXX.
Block, W. T. "A Buccaneer Family in Spanish East Texas: a Biographical Sketch of Captain James and Mary Sabinal Campbell," The Texas Gulf Historical and
     Biographical Record
. Beaumont, TX: The Texas
Gulf Historical Society, 1991 (XXVII:1, pages 77-95).
Block, W. T. "The Legacy of Jean Lafitte in Southwest Louisiana," True West. Dec. 1979, pages 26-ff.
The Buccaneer (Classics Illustrated)

Charnley, Mitchell V.  Jean Lafitte: Gentleman Smuggler.  New York: Viking, 1934.

De Grummond, Jane Lucas. Baratarians and the Battle of New Orleans with Biographical Sketches of the Veterans of the Battalion of Orleans, 1814-1815.
     Baton Rouge: Legacy Publishing, 1979.

De Grummond, Jane Lucas. Renato Beluche: Smuggler, Privateer and Patriot, 1780-1860.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1983.

Faye, Stanley. "The Great Stroke of Pierre Laffite," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. (23) 1940.
Faye, Stanley.  Privateers of the Gulf 1803-1820.  Hemphill, TX: Dogwood Press, 2001.
Faye, Stanley. "Privateersman of the Gulf and Their Prizes," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. October 1939 (22:3), pages 1012-1094.
FAQ: Genealogy--Family--Personal. The Laffite Society.
Feuillie, Sylvie. "DominiqueYoux and La Superbe," The Life and Times of Jean Laffite. Spring 1989,  pages 2-3 (v.IX).

Gayarre, Charles. The Story of Jean and Pierre Lafitte: the Pirate-Patriots. Louisiana State Museum [reprint of Gayarre's "Historical Sketch of Pierre and Jean
     Lafitte: the Famous Smugglers of Louisiana, 1809-
1814," The Magazine of American History. July-Dec. 1883 (X)]
Geringer, Joseph.  Jean Lafitte: Gentleman Pirate of New Orleans

Hubbard, Leonidas. "Barataria: the Ruins of a Pirate Kingdom," The Atlantic Monthly. June 1903. pages 806-814.

Jean Laffite - or - Will the Real Pirate Please Stand Up

Kamenetz, Rodger. "A Buccaneer's Secret," Forward. June 28, 1993.
Kendall, John Smith. "The Huntsmen of Black Ivory," The Louisiana Historical Quarterly. January 1941 (24:1), pages 9-34.
Kendall, John S. "Piracy in the Gulf of Mexico, 1816-1823," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. July 1925 (8:3), pages 341-368.

Laffite, Jean. Journal of Jean Laffite: a Private Patriot's Own Story. Woodville, TX: Dogwood Press, 1994.
Laffite, Jean.  The Memoirs of Jean Laffite from Le Journal de Jean Laffite. (translated by Gene Marshall)  XLibris: 1999.
"Laffite, Jean - the William Charles Cole Claiborne connection," Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition 1994-1998.
The Laffite Society
The Laffite Society Chronicles.  Galveston, TX.
     "The Acquisition of the Laffite Journal."  February 1998 (IV:1) 
     Calvet, Louis-Jean. "Barataria: the Strange History of Jean Laffite, Pirate," translated by Dorothy MacDonald Karilanovic. October 2003 (IX:2).
     Epperson, Jean L.  "The Final Years of Jean Laffite."  October 2001 (VII:2).
     Epperson, Jean L.  "Stanley Faye and Jean Laffite."  February 2001 (VII:1).
     Howells, John. "Contemporaneous Descriptions of Jean Laffite." February 1999 (V:1).
     Marshall, Gene.  "The Languages of the Author of Laffite's Journal."  February 2000 (VI:1).
     Mota, Francisco. "The Adventures of Lafitte and the Pirates of Barataria," (translated by Jeff Modzelewski). August 1998 (IV:2).
     Olson, R. Dale, and Diane Olson.  "Graphic Images of Jean Laffite."  July 1996 (II:2).
     Olson, R. Dale, and Diane Olson.  "Graphic Images of Jean Laffite."  January 1997 (III:1).
     Stielow, Frederick J. “Southern Barataria in the Era of Jean Laffite,” February 2008 (XIV:1),
15-21.
     Vogel, Robert C. (compiler).  "Jean Laffite in American Literature: a Check List of Published Works Through 1958."  July 1996 (II:2).
     Vogel, Robert C. (compiler).  "Jean Laffite in American Literature: a Check List of Published Works Through 1958."  January 1997 (III:1).
     Vogel, Robert C. "Pierre and Jean Laffite: Going to the Primary Sources." October 2001 (VII:2).
     Vogel, Robert C. "Who Were These Guys? Some of the Lesser Characters in the Story of the Laffites." February 2003 (IX:1), 6-14.
     Wilson, Reginald. "Commodore Patterson's Raid on Grand Terre." September 2000 (VI:2).
     Zapalac, Wil. "The Vessels." February 1999 (V:1).
Laffite Society List: Translation of "Gaceta de Colombia" article on the demise of Jean Laffite. (#LXXIX, Bogota, Sunday, April 20, 1823).

McCaffety, Kerri.  "Old Hickory and the Pirate," Historic Traveler.  February 1997.
 
Memoirs of Jean Laffite from Le Journal de Jean Laffite. Xlibris, 1999.
Mora, Isidro A. Beluche. "Privateers of Cartagena," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. Jan. 1956 (v. XXXIX, no.1), pages 74-91.

"Naval Combat," Gaceta de Cartagena. April 20, 1823 (translation from Spanish).

A Partial Lineage of Jean & Pierre Lafitte
Peattie, Donald Culross. "Jean Laffite: Pirate Patriot," Reader's Digest. pages 37-40.
Poulenc, Cesar. Jean Laffite Gentleman Pirate.  Privateer Press, 1987.

Ramsey, Jack, Jr.. Jean Laffite Prince of Pirates.  Austin: Eakin Press, 1996.

Saxon, Lyle. Lafitte the Pirate.  New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Co., 1950.

Tallant, Robert. The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans. New York: Random House, 1951.
The Story of Jean and Pierre Lafitte: the Patriot-Pirates.  Louisiana State Museum.
Thompson, Ray M.  The Land of Lafitte the Pirate.  Jefferson Parish Yearly Review, 1943.
Timelines for Activities of Jean Laffite and Associates. The Laffite Society.

Walker, Ralph. "Long's Lone Star Republic: the Death of James Long and the Texas Filibustering Era," American History Illustrated. Feb. 1984 (18), pages
     38-45.


Young, David R. "A Tour Through Bayou Barataria," National Parks. July-Aug. 1984 (58), pages 16-19.
 

The Williams Research Center of The Historic New Orleans Collection

Dominique You Papers (MSS 55)
Folder 3. 1812, August 23. Unsigned letter to Mayor McRea on the damage to Le Pandoure and the near death of her captain. 
Folder 4. 1812, September 17. Rough draft requesting Letter of Marque for Le Pandoure. Reverse side contains affadavit on profits of ship's last crossing.
     (in French)

Folder 7. 1812, September 12. Crossing, prizes, and expenses of Le Pandoure signed by Captain Frederic You. (in French)
Folder 8. 1812, September 17. Le Pandoure Inventory signed by Captain Ferderic You. (in French)
Folder 9. 1812, September 17. Settlement of spoils captured by Le Pandoure. (in French)
Folder 12. 1812, August 23. Frederic Tainburier's affadavit of hurricane that nearly destroyed Le Pandoure. (in French)
Folder 13. 1812, August 23. Affidavit by several crewmembers of Le Pandoure about hurricane. (in French)

Pierre and Jean Lafitte Collection (MSS 56)
          1813. Unsigned letter requesting Letter of Marque for Diligente. Certificate of Inspection of Diligente, owned by Pierre Laffite, captained by Jean Laffite.
              Roll of crew listing name, rank, age, and birthplace.


 
Maritime and Naval History
Allen, Olive E.  The Windjammers.  Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1978.
Amsterdam Maid (or A-rovin')

Baker, William A. Sloops and Shallops. Barre, MA: Barre Publishing, 1966.
Barker, Richard. "Careening: Art and Anecdote,"  Mare Liberum. No. 2, 1991, pages 177-207.
Beck, Horace. Folklore and the Sea. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1999.
Beckett, Captain W.N.T. A Few Naval Customs, Expressions, Traditions, and Superstitions. Portsmouth, Gieves, Ltd.
Biddlecombe, George. The Art of Rigging Containing an Explanation of Terms and Phrases and the Progressive Methods of Rigging Expressly Adapted for
     Sailing Ships
. New York: Dover, 1990.

Blake, Nicholas, and Richard Lawrence. The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy. London: Chatham Publishing, 2000.
Broadside (life in the Royal Navy-late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries)

Chapelle, Howard I.  The Search for Speed Under Sail 1700-1855. New York: Bonanza Books, 1967.
Chapelle, Howard Irving. The Baltimore Clipper. New York: Bonanaza Books, MCMXXX.
Chaplin, Joyce E. “A Historian’s Life at Sea,” Common-Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life, (6:2) January 2006.
Clary, James.  Superstitions of the Sea.  St. Clair, Mich.: Maritime History in Art, 1994.
Cornwell, Edward Lewis. Illustrated History of Ships. New York: Crescent Books, 1979.

Dodds, James.  Building the Wooden Fighting Ship.  London: Hutchinson, 1984.
Druett, Joan. Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Dudley, Wade G. Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2003.

Faye, Stanley. "Types of Privateer Vessels, Their Armament and Flags, in the Gulf of Mexico," Louisiana Historical Quarterly XXII: unknown (January 1940), pages 118-130.
Fighting Sail: The History of Naval Warfare from 1775 to 1815

Friedenberg, Zachary B. Medicine Under Sail. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002.

Hahn, Harold M. The Colonial Schooner, 1763-1775. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981.

Hammond, Walter. Mutiny on the Pedro Varela: The Adventures of a Twentieth Century Whaleman. Mystic, CT: Marine Historical Association, 1956.
Harland, John.  Seamanship in the Age of Sail.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984.
The Historical Maritime Society: The Naval Re-Enactors
History of USS Ranger
HMS Victory

Ireland, Bernard.  Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: War at Sea 1756-1815.  New York: W. W. Norton, 
2000.
Isil, Olivia A. When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There’s the Devil to Pay. Camden, ME: International Marine, 1996.

Johnson, Gene.  Ship Model Building.  Cornell Maritime Press, 1961.
Jones, Neil.  "Figures of Fortune," Realm. May/June 1998, pages 48-49.

Konstam, Angus. History of Shipwrecks. New York: Lyons Press, 1999.


Lambert, Andrew. War at Sea in the Age of Sail 1650-1850. London: Cassell, 2000.

Life of a Sailor during the War of 1812
Lovette, Leland P. Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage.

MacGregor, David R. Merchant Sailing Ships 1815-1850. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984.
MacGregor, David R. The Schooner: Its Design and Development from 1600 to the Present. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
MacGregor, David R. Schooners in Four Centuries. Annapolis Naval Institute Press, 1982.
Marquardt, Karl Heinz. The Global Schooner: Origins, Development, Design and Construction, 1695-1845. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2003.
McMullen, Drew. Schooner Sultana: Building a Chesapeake Legacy. Centreville, MD: Tidewater, 2002.
McQuillan, Steve. Super Frigates - America's High Tech Weapons of the 1790's.
Miller, Nathan. Broadsides: the Age of Fighting Sail, 1775-1815. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Mitchell, C. Bradford.  "Pride of the Seas," American Heritage, December 1967.
Murphy, Martin.  "Sunken Ship Hull Yields Wealth of Data," Washington Post, 28 August 1988.
Museum of American History's exhibit on ships - Smithsonian.

The Nagle Journal: a Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, from the Year 1775 to 1841.  New York:  Weiderfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
The National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, England)
Naval Discipline - Flogging
Navy Regulations, 1814
Naval Warfare in the American Revolution - Lesson Plan #10: Period Music
Norris, David A. "Life on a Warship in the Days of Sail," History Magazine. October/November 2003, pg. 47-51.

Plymouth Naval Base Museum - Notes on Sailing Warships Part I: Cannon and Carronades
Plymouth Naval Base Museum - Notes on Sailing Warships Part 2: A Glossary of some terms.
Pope, Steve.  Hornblower’s Navy: Life at Sea in the Age of Nelson. New York: Welcome Rain, 1998.
Prince, Christopher. The Autobiography of a Yankee Mariner. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2002.
Privateer Lynx

The Rattlesnake: the Original 1780 Privateer
Rediker, Marcus. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1987.
Rigging of American Sailing Vessels - adapted from RIGS of the Nine Principal Types of American Sailing Vessels. Peabody Museum.
Rodger, N. A. M.  The Wooden World.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986.

Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy: SOPHIE.
Sailing - Ship Rigs
Schauffelen, Otmar. Great Sailing Ships. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.
Schooner Sultana
Seaman's Food and Drink
Sheads, Scott, and Jerome Bird. Privateers from the Chesapeake: The Story of Chasseur, the “Pride of Baltimore,” and the War of 1812. Baltimore: Pride of
     Baltimore, 2001.
Snediker, Quentin, and Ann Jensen. Chesapeake Bay Schooners. Centrevill, MD: Tidewater, 1992.
Spectre, Peter H.  The Mariner’s Book of Days 1999.  Spruce Head, ME: Compass Rose, 1998.
Stannard, Bruce.  "Savoring the Taste of Danger," The Baltimore Sun. 11 December 1997, page A2.
Svensson, Sam. Sails Through the Centuries. New York: Macmillan, 1965.
Swartz, C. Crossing the Line: Tradition, Ceremony, Initiation. (Research paper for Naval Science 1 - 1998).

Tompkings, Shannon. Pirogues: Time-Tested Craft for Hunters and Fishermen.
Tour of HMS Rose.
Tucker, Spencer C. "Arms and Men: the Carronade at Sea," MHQ: the Quarterly Journal of Military History. Spring 2000 (12:3), pages 50-53.
Tunis, Edwin.  Oars, Sails and Steam.  Cleveland: World Publishing, 1952.

U.S. Frigate Constellation History
Uranker, J. P. Maritime Sea Chests

Wilbur, C. Keith.  Tall Ships of the World: an Illustrated Encyclopedia.  Globe Pequot Press, 1986.
William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine
Williams, Glyn. Prize of All the Oceans.  New York: Viking, 2000.
Woodyard, Edward L. "1812 Privateers: the First Defense of American Freedom," No Quarter Given. (IX:2) March 2002, pages 4-5.

 
Medicine
Arnebeck, Bob. Destroying Angel: Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever and the Birth of Modern Medicine. 1999.
 
Cabildo: Antebellum Louisiana: Disease,Death, and Mourning. Louisiana State Museum.
Carrigan, Jo Ann. The Saffron Scourge: a History of Yellow Fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905. Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1994.
Carson-DeWitt, MD, and Rebecca J. Frey, PhD. "Yellow Fever," The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Research, 2004.
Coupland, Robin M.  Amputation for War Wounds.  Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross, 1992.

Duffy, John. Sword of Pestilence: the New Orleans Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1966.

Finney, Peter, Jr. "West Nile epidemic recalls Yellow Fever's holy martyrs New Orleans," Clarion Herald, 14 August 2002.
Folsom, James. The Mariner’s Medical Guide. Boston: James Folsom & Co., 1884.
Friedenberg, Zachary B. Medicine under Sail. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002.

Humphreys, Margaret. Yellow Fever and the South. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, 1992.

The Loss That is Forever: the Lifelong Impact of the Early Death of a Mother or a Father.  New York: Dutton, 1995.
 
Murphy, Jim. An American Plague: the True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. New York: Clarion Books, 2003.
 
Oldstone, Michael B. A. Viruses, Plagues, and History. New York: Oxford, 1998.

Page, David W.  Body Trauma.  Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest, 1996.
Patterson, K. David. "Yellow Fever Epidemics and Mortality in the United States, 1693-1905," Social Science & Medicine. 34:8 (April 1992), pages 855-865.

Touchstone, Samuel J.  Herbal and Folk Medicine of Louisiana and the South.  1993.

Warren, David J.   Old Medical and Dental Instruments.  Princess Risborough, UK: Shire Publications, 1999.
Watts, Sheldon. Epidemics and History: Disease, Power and Imperialism. New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1997.
Wilbur, C. Keith. Civil War Medicine. Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1998.

Yellow Fever Deaths in New Orleans, 1817-1905. Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library.
 

New Orleans & Louisiana

Archaeology at the Cabildo
Arthur, Stanley Clisby. Old New Orleans.  Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1995.
Asbury, Herberte. French Quarter.  New York: Knopf, 1951.

Baudier, Roger.  A Historical Sketch of the St. Louis Cathedral.  New Orleans, 1935.

The Cabildo
Cable, Mary. Lost New Orleans. New York: American Legacy Press, 1980.
Capturing Oak Alley: Visions of a Lousiana Great River Road Plantation. Vacherie, LA: Oak Alley Foundation, 2002.
"Choctaw." The American Indian: an Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Clarke, John. New Orleans 1718-1812: an Economic History.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1970.
Crêté, Leliane. Daily Life in New Orleans 1815-1830. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981.
Cox, Jeff and Marilyn. Flowers for all Seasons. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1987.

Davis, Edwin Adams. Louisiana: a Narrative History, Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division.
Davis, Edwin Adams. Louisiana the Pelican State. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975.
Dormon, Caroline. Wildflowers of Louisiana. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, MCMXXXIV.
Dufour, Charles L. Ten Flags in the World: the Story of Louisiana. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.

Fossier, Albert E. New Orleans: the Glamour Period, 1800-1840. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1998.

Guirard, Greg. "Seasons of Light," Louisiana Life.
 
Heard, Malcom. French Quarter Manual: an Architectural Guide to New Orleans’ Vieux Carré. New Orleans: Tulane School of Architecture, 1997.
Huber, Leonard V. Landmarks of New Orleans. New Orleans: Louisiana Landmarks Society & Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission, 1991.
Huber, Leonard V. New Orleans: a Pictorial History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1971.
Huber, Leonard V. New Orleans as It was in 1814-1815. The Battle of New Orleans 150th Anniversary Committee of Louisiana, 1965.

Johnson, Jerah. Congo Square in New Orleans. New Orleans: Louisiana Landmarks Society, 2000.
Joynes, St Leger and Jack DuArte. The Insider’s Guide to New Orleans.  New Orleans: Insiders’ Publishing, 1982.

Kendall, John S. "Early New Orleans Newspapers," Louisiana Historical Quarterly. July 1927 (10:3),  pages 383-401.
Klein, Victor. New Orleans Ghosts.  Chapel Hill: Professional Press, 1993.

Landi, Val. Great American Countryside: a Traveller's Companion. New York: Macmillan, 1982.
Laughlin, Clarence John.  Ghosts Along the Mississippi.  New York: American Legacy Press, 1948.
Louisiana Documents: Pinkney's Treaty

A Medley of Cultures: Louisiana History at the Cabildo.
Madame John's Legacy. Louisiana State Museum.
Madame John's Legacy, a historic property of the Louisiana State Museum (handout).
McConnaughey, Janet. “Cathedral Dig Yields Finds from 1700s New Orleans,” Newsweek (16 July 2008).
Micheletti, Ellen. The Free Black Men and Women of New Orleans and the Placage System
 
Niering, William A. Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,  1979.
New Orleans Courtyards and Gardens.  Knapp, 1984.
New Orleans Decorative Ironwork.  Knapp, 1984.

Pitot, James. Observations on the Colony of Louisiana from 1796 to 1802. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979.

Robinson, Lura. It's an Old New Orleans Custom. New York: Vanguard Press, 1948.

Smither, Nelle. A History of the English Theare in New Orleans. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1944.

Tallant, Robert. The Louisiana Purchase. New York: Random House, 1952.
Thrasher, Albert. "On to New Orleans": Louisiana's Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt. New Orleans: Cypress Press, 1996.
Tinker, Edward Larocque. Creole City: Its Past and Its People. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1953.
"Touring the Cemeteries of New Orleans," Southern Living. Nov. 1987, pages 32-34.

Vals-Denuzière, Jacqueline P. Homes of the Planters.  Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Publishing, 1984.
Virgets, Ronnie. "Up from the Ashes," Louisiana Life. Jan.-Feb. 1989, pages 43-47.
Vogt, Lloyd. Historic Buildings of the French Quarter. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 2002.

Wilson, Everett B.  America's Vanishing Folkways.  New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1965.
Wilson, Samuel. A Guide to Architecture of New Orleans 1699-1959. New Orleans: Louisiana Landmarks Society, 1998.
Wilson, Samuel, Jr. The Pitot House on Bayou St. John. New Orleans: The Louisiana Landmarks Society, 1992.

Zim, Herbert S. Flowers: a Guide to Familiar American Wildflowers. New York: Golden Press, 1950.
Zim, Herbert S. Seashores. New York: Golden Press, 1955.
Zim, Herbert S. Trees. 1987.

 
Movies & Videos
American Experience: Hurricane of '38

Battles That Changed the World Series
     Battle of New Orleans
     Trafalgar
     Waterloo
The Buccaneer – starring Frederic Marsh
The Buccaneer – starring Yul Brynner

The Great Ships Series - A & E
     Armament, 1998.
     Frigates, 1996.
     Whalers, Galleons, Clippers & Frigates, 1996.
 
Magical Worlds: Voodoo in Haiti - Discovery Channel
Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
Myth of the Spanish Inquisition (Ancient Mysteries) - A & E

Napoleon Bonaparte and the Battle of Austerlitz - A&E Biography
Napoleon's Last Battle - A & E

Pirate Tales.  Turner Original Productions, 1995.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Raging Planet: Hurricane - Discovery Channel

Secret World of Dreams - The Learning Channel
The Story of Naval Weapons: The Great Ships - Armament. A & E, 1998.

Tall Ship: High Sea Adventure – Discovery Channel


Pirates
Black, Clinton V.  Pirates of the West Indies.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Bold in Her Breeches: Women Pirates Across the Ages.  London: HarperCollins, 1995.
Bottin, Douglas.  Pirates (Time-Life Seafarers)  Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1978.
Butler, Lindley S.  "Blackbeard's Revenge," American History, August 2000, pages 18-24.

Captured by Pirates: 22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas.  Cambria Pines by the Sea, CA: Fern Canyon Press, 1996.
Chapman, Jeff.  "Privateers of the Caribbean," History Magazine.  October/November 2000, pages 36-38.
Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag.  New York: Random House, 1995.

Damashi of Tora (Richard Rasner). "Fun Facts about Quartermasters: What You Really Ought to Know about the 'Number Two' Position on Board," No Quarter Given.
     (X:1) January 2003, pages 6-7.

dePauw, Linda Grant. Seafaring Women. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
Dow, George Frances.  The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730.  New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, Ltd., 1968.

Eastman, Tamara J., and Constance Bond.  The Pirate Trial of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Cambria Pines by the Sea, California: Fern Canyon Press, 2000.
Esquemeling (Exquemelin), John. The Buccaneers of America.  New York: Dover, 1967.

Judd, Katherine. "Captain Jack Sparrow: Character Analysis," The POTC Interactive Project.

Klausmann, Marion Meinzerin, and Gabriel Kuhn.  Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger. New York: Black Rose Books, 1997.
Konstam, Angus. Buccaneers 1620-1700 (Elite)  Oxford: Osprey, 2000.
Konstam, Angus.  The History of Pirates.  New York: Lyons Press, 1999.
Konstam, Angus.  Pirates 1660-1730 (Elite)  Oxford: Osprey, 1998.

Le Golif, Louis Adhémar Timothée. The Memoirs of a Buccaneer.  London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
Little, Benerson. The Sea Rover's Practice. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2005.
Lucie-Smith, Edward.  Outcasts of the Sea: Pirates and Piracy.  New York: Paddington Press, 1978.

MacLeod, Michael. "The Black Iron's Thunder," The Pyrate Prymer. Riverside, Calif.: No Quarter Given, 1997.
Marler, Don.  "Privateering: a Historical Review," The Laffite Society Chronicles.  Galveston, TX: February, 2000 (VI:1).
Marley, David F.  Pirates & Privateers of the Americas.  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Mulder, Kenneth W.  Piracy: Days of Long Ago.  Tampa: Mulder Enterprises, 1995.

Pirates and Privateers: New Perspectives on the War on Trade in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter Press, 1997.
Piracy and Privateering.  (National Maritime Museum Library, Greenwich, England)  London: HM Stationery Office, 1972.
Pirates' Articles
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Pirates Own Book.  New York: Dover Publications, 1993.
Pirates: Terror on the High Seas from the Caribbean to the South China Sea.  Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1996.
Platt, Richard.  Pirate (Eyewitness)  New York: Knopf, 1994.

Rankin, Hugh F.  The Golden Age of Piracy.  Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg, 1969.
Rediker, Marcus.  Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.  Cambridge, 1999.
Rogozinski, Jan. Pirates!  Brigands, Buccaneers and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend.  New York: Facts on File, 1995.  (contains some inaccuracies)
Roo. "The Historical Accuracy of Pirates of the Caribbean," The POTC Interactive Project.

Sherry, Frank.  Raiders and Rebels.
Steele, Philip.  Pirates.  New York: Kingfisher, 1997.

Verrill, A. Hyatt.  The Real Story of the Pirate.  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1928.

Wilbur, C. Keith. Pirates and Patriots of the Revolution.  Chester, CT: Globe Pequot, 1984.
Woodbury, George.  The Great Days of Piracy in the West Indies.  New York: Norton, 1951.

 
Signs & Superstitions
Addison, Josephine.  Love Potions: a Book of Charms and Omens.  Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1987.

Bruce-Mitford, Miranda. Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols. New York: DK Publishing, 1996.

Parker, Julia and Derek.  Parkers' Complete Book of Dreams.  New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Pickering, David.  Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions.  London: Cassell, 1995.

Radford, E. and M.A. Radford. Encyclopedia of Superstitions. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1961.
 

Slavery

Berry, Jason. “Beneath the Gentility, a harsh, hidden past,” National Catholic Reporter. February 25, 2000.
Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo.  Africans in Colonial Louisiana.  Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1995.
Law, Robin. "Barracoons," Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery.  Macmillan, volume 1.

Society of Friends
The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Spanish Inquisition
Blotzer, Joseph. "Inquisition," The Catholic Encylopedia, vol. VIII, 1910.
 
Gui, Bernard. Inquisitor's Manual. Translated by David Burr. Medieval Sourcebook.

Inquisition
Inquisition

O'Connell, Marvin R. The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction.

Procedure of the Roman Inquisition

Rice, Ellen. The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition. Catholic Educator's Resource Center. 1996.

 
Steamboats & Transportation

Cain, Wilma Wilson.  Story of Transportation.  Grand Rapids, MI: Gateway Press, 1988.
Cussler, Clive, and Cray Dirgo. The Sea Hunters.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Cussler, Clive, and Cray Dirgo. The Sea Hunters II. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hilton, Suzanne.  Getting There: Frontier Travel Without Power.  Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1980.

Latrobe, J.H.B. The First Steamboat Voyage on the Western Waters. Maryland Historical Society, 1871.

"Nicholas Roosevelt's 1811 Steamboat New Orleans," Moniteur de la Louisiane à la Novelle-Orléans. 14 Janvier 1812 (14 January 1812).
"Nicholas Roosevelt's 1811 Steamboat New Orleans," The Louisana Gazette and Daily Advertiser. 3 June 1811; 23 September 1811; 9 October 1811; 6
     November 1811; 4 December 1811; 21 December 1811;
16 January 1812; 18 January 1812; 20 January 1812; 21-23 January 1812.

Wilson, Anthony.  Visual Timeline of Transportation.  New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.

 
Voodoo

Gersi, Douchan.  Faces in the Smoke.  LA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1991.
Huxley, Francis.  The Invisibles: Voodoo Gods in Haiti.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.
Métraux, Alfred.  Voodoo in Haiti.  New York: Schocken Books, 1972.
Tallant, Robert.  Voodoo in New Orleans.  Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1994.

 

War and Napoleonic History

Barthorp, Michael. British Infantry Uniforms Since 1660. Poole: Blandford, 1982.
Mollo, John. Uniforms of the American Revolution. New York: Macmillan, 1975.
Trungpa, Chögyam.  Shambhala: the Sacred Path of the Warrior.  Boulder: Shambhala, 1984.
Windrow, Martin.  The British Redcoat of the Napoleonic Wars.  New York: Franklin Watts, 1985.

 
War of 1812

1812 US Navy Uniforms


American Book of Days.  New York: H.W. Wilson, 2000.
Atlas of American History.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.
 
Coles, Harry L. War of 1812. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

Dudley, Wade G. Splinterint the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003.

Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Denver: ABC-Clio, 1997.

Hickey, Donald. War of 1812.  Chicago: University of Illinois, 1989.
Howes, Kelly King. War of 1812. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002.

An Introduction to the War of 1812. Cobblestone. January 1998 (9:1)
 
Katcher, Philip. The American War 1812-1814 (Men-at-Arms)  Oxford: Osprey, 1998.

Leech, Samuel. Account of War at Sea. 1812.
 
Macclay, Edgar S. "Chasseur: privateer engages HMS St. Lawreence 26th February 1815," A History of American Privateers. New York: 1899.

Naval War of 1812. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998.

Roosevelt, Theodore.  The Naval War of 1812.  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987.

Surtees, William. Twenty-five Years in the Rifle Brigade. London: Frederick Muller, 1973.

Tucker, Glenn.  Poltroons and Patriots: a Popular Account of the War.  New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954.
 
Uniform Regulations, 1814.

The War of 1812: a Soldier's Story
War of 1812 Eyewitness Accounts: an Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood  Press, 1977.
War of 1812: Privateers
The War of 1812 Website
Whitehorne, Joseph A. The Battle of Baltimore 1814. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1997.
 

White House and the American Government

Online Reference Desk. Kansas City Public Library.
United States Secretary of the Navy, Wikipedia.

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