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Additional background library research was done, and xeroxes were made of selected printed materials which are attached to this report. More research was done in the New Orleans Notarial Archives. A trip was made to the Hancock County Court House in Bay St. Louis to obtain copies of documents relating to the title history of the land. On the same trip, a visit was paid to Dr. Marco Giardino, archaeologist, in order to consult with him on the research findings. The docket number of the Louis Boisdore Private Land Claim was obtained, and a letter was written to the Federal Archives in Washington D. C. requesting the cost of copies of documents in this file.
Important passages pertaining to the study area are underlined in the attached xeroxed materials. Noteworthy information obtained in the course of additional research is briefly described belowi
The Jackson Landing/Mulatto Bayou Archaeological Site may have pre-ceramic componants dating back more than 3000 years (Gagliano, 1963i 116). The mouth of the Pearl River had a particularly intensive development of Poverty Point Culture, and pottery was present in the area before 11^0 B.C. (Marshall in Me Lemore, 1973» 35. 36).
In the early nineteenth century, members of the Boisdore family wei(e^gunsmiths. In the last report, information was attached showing that Louis Boisdore's son-in-law Valery Nicolas was a gunsmith by 1808 (Wilson, 198?t 353~57)» Charles Boisdore was a gunsmith located at 12 St. Louis Street in New Orleans in 1826 (The Argus. Aug. 12, 1826, p. 3, col. 4). Louis Boisdore was