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between the United States and Great Britain continued to percolate in the post-Revolutionary decades, eventually spawning the War of 1812. It can be said that the independence won from Great Britain at Yorktown in 1781 was irrevocably guaranteed in Louisiana in 1815. That January, on the Plains of Chalmette, just south of
Thomas Cripps, ca. 1869 (1993.76.1a).
From chorus master at the St. Charles Theatre to music instructor at Hewitt?s Music Store, English immigrant Thomas Cripps enjoyed an accomplished musical career in New Orleans.
New Orleans, the British army suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Andrew Jackson?s forces. Jason Wiese, special projects librarian at the Williams Research Center, will describe The Collections considerable Battle of New Orleans holdings, which rank as the world?s foremost assembly of original documents, artworks, rare books, and memorabilia on this seminal event.
The War of 1812 marks the final British attempt to conquer territory in Louisiana, but not the final flowering of British cultural imperialism. H. Parrott Bacot, professor of art history at Louisiana State University, will discuss the lingering evidence of British tastes in local architecture and decorative arts. And Alfred E. Lemmon, director of the Williams Research Center, will trace the musical career of Thomas Cripps, an English immigrant to Louisiana.
Battle of New Orleans by Dennis Malone Carter, 1856 (1960.22)
English Victorian coal scuttle, ca. 1855, from the residence of Kemper and Leila Williams (72.272a-cWR)
Together, the scholarly presentations at the tenth annual Williams Research Center Symposium will highlight the multifaceted nature of the British influence on Louisiana. English has long been spoken here.
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Light T. Cummins, the Guy M. Bryan Professor of American History at Austin College, will serve as moderator of the tenth annual Williams Research Center Symposium. He specializes in the history of Spanish Louisiana, particularly the 18th-century Anglo-American migration into the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast areas.
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The Historic New Orleans Collection gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors to date.
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