Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].
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Description
- Title
- Augustin Dominique Tureaud papers, [18--]-[19--].
- Creator
- Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764
- Abstract
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Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes the Alert's interception and interrogation by a British privateer, the Spring Bird, and subsequent capture by a British ship, the Crescent. Tureaud was held on suspicion of smuggling goods for the benefit of France. Describes Tureaud's detention and examination in Port Royal by the English Admiralty Court; an accidental shooting, an outbreak of yellow fever, several encounters with other English vessels, and an attempted mutiny by the crew following the resumption of the Alert's voyage to Vera Cruz; the ship's inhospitable reception by the Spanish governor of Vera Cruz; and Tureaud's eventual settlement in New Orleans and introduction into New Orleans society. Details the arrangement of his marriage to Elizabeth Bringier and several other romantic attachments
Accompanied by newspaper clippings from a 1911 issue of the New Orleans Picayune which partially transcribe Tureaud's manuscript and include reproductions of paintings of the Tureaud family, pasted into a scrapbook with manuscript annotations by reporter Trist Wood. Includes a printed English transcript of the annotated clippings
- Description
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Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, Tureaud settled in New Orleans, marrying fourteen-year-old Elizabeth (Betzy) Louise Bringier in 1803 to solidify a partnership with her father, Marius Pons Bringier. Tureaud later became a judge in Acadia County, Louisiana.
Materials in French and English. - Provenance
- Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
- Extent
- 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Folders 2-3 fully digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-2487
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Personal narratives
Memoirs 19th century - Subject (Geographic)
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United States.
United States
Latin America.
Latin America
New Orleans (La.)
Port Royal (Jamaica)
Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico) - Subject (Name)
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Bringier, Marius Pons.
Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764.
Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788.
Wood, Trist.
Alert (Ship)
Spring Bird (Ship)
Crescent (Ship)
La Seine (Ship) - Subject (Topic)
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Naval operations
Yellow fever
Merchant marine
Merchant mariners
Commerce
Social life and customs
Description and travel
History - Subjects
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Bringier, Marius Pons
Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764
Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788
Wood, Trist
Alert (Ship)
Spring Bird (Ship)
Crescent (Ship)
La Seine (Ship)
Times-picayune
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Naval operations
Yellow fever
Merchant marine > United States
Merchant mariners > Personal narratives
United States > Commerce > Latin America
Latin America > Commerce > United States
New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
Port Royal (Jamaica) > Description and travel
Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico) > Commerce > History > 19th century
19th century
United States
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Augustin Dominique Tureaud Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 6687575
- Object ID (OID)
- 17265903
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