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ii.t .cuci, iiuciiucu lor wnomever may find it, is self-explanatory and is quoted here in its entirety. Gertrude was then a young bride, having been married the previous year to Stephen Michel Penny, according to a wedding announcement which she thoughtfully pasted at the top of the letter. Here is what she wrote almost 70 years ago.;
?'This house was a long low building in 1821. In 1867 the gables were added.
?This is the year of 1905, and at the present writing the house is still in good condition, only needing a few new pieces of weather board thereon.
"This house has been in the possession of the Cowands nearly a century.
"At present it is owned and occupied by Sidney L. Cowand and his sister and her husband, Gertrude Cowand Penney and Stephen M. Penney.
'The house has been a showplace in Bay St. Louis for years.
"It is now being repaired by
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Stephen >!. Penney this beautiful sunshiney day.
?Gertrude and Stephen and Sidney are a united family and very happy together?all being in the springtime of life.
?The only other member of the family is a bright little horse named Baby.
?This is written here by Gertrude Cowand Penney this beautiful day of of our Lord 1905 on Wednesday, March 1st"
The history of Bay St. Louis, as written by Mrs. Penney for the Echo in 1905 is also reprinted in its entirety to illustrate the charm and thoroughness of this remarkable woman.
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the soft skin of a wolf are studying the parchment suspended before them upon, an improvised easel of sticks, whereon are traced by the crude hand of the red man subjects for the young savages? receptive mind to grasp.
This scene is evidently pictured from the heart of the woodland, it is possible and probably, may have really been enacted upon the very site of the Bank, say some two centuries ago.
Yet, at this later day, we cannot fancy the corner of Main and Front Streets harboring such a scene, for the poor Choctaw, like the rest of his nation, gave way to the white man long ago, who brought with him civilization and progress.
It seems pathetic to have driven the red man from his haunts of a thousand years or more, but, in the course of events it had to be; for progress conquers all before
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The graves of Stephen Penny and his second wife, May, lie in a joint family plot with a site reserved for Gertrude's only child, her namesake.
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A Sincere
Thank You
To Everyone for their support in electing me School Board Trustee Saturday, March 1,
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In the year of 1798 Loui Alexo Lessassier applied I Manual Gayoso de Lemo; Brigadier of the Royal Arm and Governor General of thos provinces, and, at the reque; of his excellency, the Baron d Carondelet,, General-Mai^? Gayoso de Lemos directed? secretary, Don Andrew Lope Armesto, to search for record of the Lessassie claim. It was found copied an Louis Alexo Lessassier agai gained possession of the lane
The above mentioned ol document is in the writer? possession and was exactl one hundred and seven year ild the 12th of last Decembe (1904). Time has touche its former white pages wit the tint of saffron, but it i otherwise as perfect as whei it was signed by the followin men, prominent in the Histor; of New Orleans; - First, Hi excellency, the Baron d Carondelet, one of the kindes hearted noblemen of his time then Don Manual Gayoso d Lemos, Don Andrew Lopez Armesto, Don Anesto Monte de Oca, Franco Masco de St Mareant and Hernand' Domingo Sansa.
All these signatures are wel written, and it is evident tha these old Spanish grandee and French noblemen wen men of character and in tellect.
This ancient deed bear many marks left by th proverbial ?red tape? of th'
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