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“The past week has been probably the most eventful of my whole life, and I can but be thankful that I have escaped unharmed through the thrilling events & scenes which it has been my lot to pass through.” Diman then describes in great detail the preparations, the course of the battle itself, and the grisly aftermath—tending to the wounded and burying the dead. He further notes, “Do not call this Butler’s expedition anymore, he nor any of his troops . . . did the least thing until after the city and forts had surrendered, and now they will probably occupy the place, but to the gallant Farragut belongs the glory.”
The second item is a watercolor painting of the Kineo made by the master’s mate on the boat, Walter Davis, and dated November 8, 1862. It shows the boat on the Mississippi River and was sent by the commander of the Kineo, George Ransom, to Admiral Farragut. This piece aligns nicely with a 2014 acquisition of another watercolor made by Davis (2014.0262.1), showing the forts on the Mississippi River after their capture by Union forces.
—ROBERT TICKNOR
An Accurate Chart of the Coast of West Florida and the Coast of Louisiana ....
2075.0330
From 1764 until 1771, Scottish-born surveyor George Gauld (1731-1782) devoted his professional life to exploring and charting the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Following the British acquisition of West Florida, in 1763, officials recognized the need for better intelligence concerning the “Isle of Orleans” and adjacent waterways—areas that might one day be navigated by British merchants or ships of war. Gauld was commissioned to carefully map the coastal areas of newly Spanish Louisiana and British Florida. After hostilities erupted between Britain and Spain, Gauld was captured in Pensacola, in 1781, by Spanish forces under the command of Bernardo de Galvez, but he was eventually freed and allowed to return to England, where he died in 1782. The quality of Gauld’s surveys attracted the attention of geographer and publisher William Faden
(1749—1836), who issued Gauld’s work posthumously.
Gauld’s monumental 1803 chart of the coasts of West Florida and Louisiana was engraved and printed on four large sheets. The entire chart, when assembled, measures over 10 feet long. The reduction and reconciliation of multiple draft surveys to a common scale was likely done by Gauld himself, in 1779. This extremely rare admiralty chart is the crowning achievement of Gauld’s life’s work, encompassing over 850 nautical miles of the northern Gulf coast and delineating bays, rivers, and lakes in addition to recording depths and bottom characteristics. The commanders of the 1814 British expedition against New Orleans used the 1803 Gauld chart to plot their route to the city via Bayou Bienvenue. —JASON WIESE
Playbill for Louis Armstrong at the Golden Dragon
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During his long performing career, trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was an international ambassador of jazz, goodwill, and what it means to be from New Orleans. His distinctive playing style and stage presence catapulted him from poverty
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